AOL’s new idea for email: make you actually WANT to look at it
A cross between Tweetie/Sparrow app for Mac and Pinterest. I have to admit, the author hit the nail on the head with his description of webmail services. They’re an ugly mess, and AOL’s Alto webmail...
View ArticleLast chance to save on web hosting
Now through Cyber-Monday, HostMonster is offering a discount of $1 off per month of their already low monthly rate for quality web hosting. For only $3.95 per month, you get everything you need for...
View ArticleTesting your HTML email campaign
If you create a lot of HTML emails, you surely spend a lot of time making sure those emails look as good as they possibly can no matter what email client the end-user might have. But you can’t possibly...
View ArticleHow to add an email to OS X Reminders app
Add an e-mail to your Reminders list on OS X to ensure that you remember to reply or complete a task. Here’s how. [zilla_alert style=”green”] Since the Cnet article I linked to appears to be having...
View ArticleIn defense of email
Interesting read. I’ve worked for a few companies that tried having an “email-free day,” and even one that tried substituting various web-based messaging services for it. None have worked. Personally,...
View ArticleWrite full emails using Siri on your iPhone
If you thought Siri was a gimmicky feature of iOS, think again—you can do more than schedule an appointment, check game scores, and search the web. Paul over at OSXDaily has posted a simple tutorial to...
View ArticleInfographic: The ridiculous cost of email
Email hasn’t changed in twenty years. This infographic reveals just how inefficient and time-consuming business email has become. Courtesy of: Contatta Related posts: Email client marketshare:...
View ArticleFree email newsletter PSD templates
FreePSDFiles has a collection of three great email newsletter templates in PSD format. Fully layered files make it easy to customize to fit your client’s color scheme and artwork. These files are free...
View ArticleGoogle announces new way to screw with your email
I’m not sure what people’s fascination with making the email process into anything but email, but apparently Google is on board. Gmail wasn’t bad enough, now there’s Google Inbox. I wonder how long...
View ArticleWhere to find email Drafts on your iPhone
When you don’t have time to finish typing an email on your iPhone, you can hit the Cancel button and save the email as a Draft to finish it later. What’s not obvious is where to actually find the...
View ArticleWhat’s the best size for fonts in email, web & TV?
Just because it looks great and is readable on YOUR screen, doesn’t mean that’s the case for your viewers. I like to stick with 14-16 point text for emails and web, and about 28-32 for...
View Article“Outside the box” header design
Everyone expects to see an image header at the top of an email or website. You can spark interest by breaking out of the boxy design. Take a look at these non-rectangular headers for some inspiration....
View ArticleLatest Apple ID spam/scam just not quite up to standards
Riiiiiight. I received this beauty yesterday. Imma get right on this secure my account thing… since you know, they said please! Related posts: Cnet writer shows his ass with latest anti-Apple blogs...
View ArticleForce Apple’s Mail to add images as attachments instead of inline
One of the longest-standing complaints I see about Apple’s Mail app is that it places any images you drag into an email as inline images (which means the image appears in the email wherever you...
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