The other day, I wrote a post called “Will SPAM kill email?” Since writing this email I’ve noticed several people announce their twitter account as a way to reach them.  This works since you can send them a direct message using Twitter.  Another popular podcaster announces his email address but suggests that you never have it written down anywhere that SPAMbots can abuse it.  In this post I am going to talk about another tool you can use in the fight against SPAM.  It’s called MailWasher Pro. Past solutions SPAM Assassin – helps in the identification of...

The other day, I came across an article “E-mail: Communication dinosaur.” It got me thinking. How has email become a dinosaur?  The article discusses why people are moving away from email and towards other technologies for instant communication.  Then I came across another article, “Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox” Today, while wading through the SPAM to find the emails that I care about it became crystal clear to me why so many people are moving away from email.  Email has become a burden to use because of all the SPAM.  It wastes...

When setting up a website you need to consider a few things -  who your target audience is, what their needs are and how you can meet their needs. In anticipation of meeting their needs, the Linking209.com website has been setup using WordPress MU and BuddyPress. The MU stands for Multi-User. BuddyPress is a bundle of WordPress plugins to help bring Social Networking to a WordPress site. These two pieces of software working in concert with each other help create a Social Community. The first part of the journey was the experience of setting up the website. So, far it hasn’t been too...

WiFi service is now free at McDonald’s.  I visited my local McDonald’s just to see how easy it was to use.  I was pretty impressed.  Here is what I found. Regarding Connection: No Login Required Required Acceptance of terms of service & acceptable use. NOTE: This was much easier than the double login required at Starbucks Website Access: Visited all the sites I normally use without issues Visited mrwes.net, Yeah McDonald’s, no gateway or firewall issues. NOTE: Starbucks, had some weird issues with my website.  I’m already “Lovin’...

Most of us take for granted how important USB flash drives have become in our lives.  We use flash drives for storage and transportation of everything digital in our lives.  We store all kinds of documents on them; presentations, resumes, spreadsheets, eBooks, pictures, music, etc. Recently, public computers have been infected by flash drives that had viruses on them.  The IT departments have modified their security policies by removing access to USB flash drives.  So, how does this effect you and your digital life?  What do you do, if you need to use a public computer in an environment...