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December 2007

How and When to Leave Blog Comments

by Roxanne Darling on December 19, 2007

When we get a new client, we often compare the internet to a foreign country. It truly is its own culture, and building a web site there (aka a storefront) is like setting up business in a foreign country. Even though most of what you do will be in English (for most of my [...]

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Peas in a Virtual Pod

by Roxanne Darling on December 15, 2007

I can get cranky easily about all of the social networks I am invited to these days. If you were a fly on my office wall, you’d definitely be hearing the unanswered threat, “If I have to fill out one more profile and find any more friends to invite, I’m gonna…” Fortunately there is increasing [...]

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How much should you budget for monthly website expenses?

by Roxanne Darling on December 12, 2007

Now that most businesses and organizations have a web site, they are used to the line item in the budget for initial development. And for many, getting a site up and running is such a grueling task that they are ready to sit and rest on their laurels for a while after launch! We [...]

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Site ReLaunch: Coffee Kids

by Roxanne Darling on December 10, 2007

Coffee Kids has been our client for almost a decade. As a nonprofit, they help coffee-growing families learn new skills and develop sustainable lifestyles, as the coffee industry suffers from a glut of over-production that keeps income low to the first line of coffee workers – those who cultivate and pick the beans. It’s not [...]

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Blog as Weather Report & ISP Status

by Roxanne Darling on December 5, 2007

We had a large winter storm here on Oʻahu last night. Power was off intermittently, but is now working.
Our main internet connection, via Oceanic Cable, is down. That includes TV service too – so we won’t be watching any OC16 or HGTV today!
My internet service via my cell phone, the AT&T Edge network, is also [...]

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Boycott Facebook & Related Sites

by Roxanne Darling on December 2, 2007

Let me stipulate a few facts:

I live my life online.
I have gotten very used to a certain (large) lack of privacy in most traditional senses.
I am in favor of business relationships with independent media creators.

But the way that Facebook’s Beacon is setting cookies and sending my very specific online behavior (at selected sites) back to [...]

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