http://www.iadam.org Musings about Digital Serendipity Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:14:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the fastest-growing social media platforms of late has been Twitter. Despite the buzz, many would-be newcomers have had trouble grasping what it is, why they should use it, how it differs from other technologies like Instant Messaging applications and how to best leverage it. This article touches on these ... http://www.iadam.org/2008/05/03/quick-guide-to-twitter/ RSS is a great tool for staying current on blogs, sites, articles and happenings in general. The problem is that there's just too much good stuff out there - far more than we have time for. We tend to self-medicate to the point of detriment. By this I mean that ... http://www.iadam.org/2008/04/22/keeping-it-simple-with-rss/ A few months ago one of the hundreds of RSS feeds that I monitor had a great tip that I've been testing that addresses the issue of buying on impulse and how if we all just stop buying on impulse it would save us a lot of money. The web has ... http://www.iadam.org/2008/04/19/delayed-gratification/ Can you imagine storing 55,000 email messages, indexed and searchable? A couple of years ago I started using this technique to create an off-site archive of my email so I could quickly locate anything I sent or received. It has saved my butt hundreds of times over the past 24 ... http://www.iadam.org/2008/02/28/just-hit-55000-email-messages-in-my-off-site-email-archive/ By Adam Boettiger NOTE: This article is being updated with new resources and additional information and will be a living document. Last updated: 27 FEB 2008. If you'd like to be notified when new links or information are added, subscribe to the RSS feed at i-advertising, or click here to pick ... http://www.iadam.org/2008/02/26/where-can-i-learn-more-about-digital-marketing/ By Adam Boettiger This article explains what RSS is, how you can benefit from it, how to set up an RSS reader and where to find RSS feeds to read. "RSS" stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is not a buzzword. It is an acronym. It's also not new. RSS syndication was ... http://www.iadam.org/2008/01/28/what-is-rss/ AKA: "How to Create a Sewage Treatment Facility for Spam" If you've been online any length of time, you probably have an email address or addresses that are receiving spam (bulk, unsolicited, commercial email). This article will outline an inexpensive way to keep spam out of your Inbox (or at ... http://www.iadam.org/2007/10/05/how-to-block-spam-and-prevent-spam-email-from-reaching-your-inbox-by-washing-your-email/ By Adam Boettiger [Updated with new information: 4 JULY 2008] How to migrate email from one Gmail account to another Using Google Apps Premier to boost the storage capacity of your email archive Would it be useful to you to be able to access any email you ever sent or received? What if you ... http://www.iadam.org/2007/09/29/how-to-create-a-free-off-site-email-storage-archive/