The shortlist for this year's Golden Spiders was announced last Friday. As usual people are none too pleased with the list and I'd be a hypocrite not to agree with them. Why so much displeasure? Well you could look at the entry criteria...... Even though the awards are sponsored by large companies you still have to pay to nominate a site. Why do I get the feeling that a lot of … [Read more...] about Golden Spiders – Not So Shiny
IIA NetVisionary 2006 Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for the 2006 Net Visionary Awards was announced earlier today. We won't know who the winners will be until the night of the event, so it should be quite exciting. I have been shortlisted in two categories, which I wasn't expecting - blogging and entrepeneur. It's nice to see that there are so many familiar names on the list, though, as usual, there are also quite … [Read more...] about IIA NetVisionary 2006 Shortlist Announced
Paypal Adds More Currencies
I'm not sure when this happened, but I've just noticed that PayPal has suddenly expanded the number of currencies available. You can now maintain your account using the following: Euro Australian Dollar Canadian Dollar Czech Koruna Danish Krone Hong Kong Dollar Hungarian Forint New Zealand Dollar Norwegian Krone Polish Zloty Pound Sterling … [Read more...] about Paypal Adds More Currencies
More Irish Spam – Grr!
When idiots invade my inbox with unsolicited junk about websites I get annoyed. When they obviously scraped the email address from a 3rd party website I get really annoyed. If you want to market your website there are ways to do it. Spamming me is not one of them. Expecting me to unsubscribe from a mailing list I never subscribed to is unacceptable. An Fearr Rua are obviously … [Read more...] about More Irish Spam – Grr!
Net Visionary Voting Closed
The voting in the 2006 Net Visionary awards has now closed, so we'll all have to wait and see who has been shortlisted..... … [Read more...] about Net Visionary Voting Closed