Yesterday, representatives from mTLD, (the .mobi registry) held a conference call speaking directly to .mobi domain owners. Like or dislike .mobi, I gotta ask, when have you ever heard of a TLD registry actually meeting directly with it's registrants to discuss the direction of it's channel? Umm.. can anyone say never. In case you were not able to ...

For those of you who are still living under a rock and don't know, there was another pathetic attempt to kill the unkillable. The real thieves of The World, who are trying to strong arm their archaic dinosauresqe fantasy agendas over the free people of The Earth, have once again professed their stupidity for all the world to take note. IT WILL NOT ...

I just listened to a report on NPR where a Clinton, Michigan florist named Judy Van Fossan, has been receiving hundreds of calls a day from people inquiring about the GM rebate program after the company began advertising a national toll-free cash-for-clunkers toll-free number that's nearly identical to the shop's toll-free number. The floral shop's...

The now notorious islander domainer Frank Schilling, left us with what now may be one of the most important posts ever written about the business of domaining. I won't go too much into what Frank said, but if you have some free time and you haven't read his last post in a while, go check it out again. His words got me thinking harder about my domai...

John, before this situation gets any uglier, I'd like to clarify my comment on PredictiveDomaining.com where I mentioned your e-book promotion. I haven't read your e-book, so I was not in any way commenting on the content of your book.Rather, what I was commenting on was the way in which you went about trying to have other domainer's hustle it out ...

If you thought I was joking with my first post of 2009, then you guys obviously haven't really been reading anything I've written. Things are changing and you're either gonna stay sinking on this quick burning ship or you're gonna finally find your spine, take a big deep breath, and JUMP IN and start swimming.Your well thought out 'domain monetizat...

April 10th will be the day that the MysteryDomainAuction ENDS. It's only been half a day since it's launch but I think I understand exactly why John Motson (http://dnxpert.com) needs lots of TIME for his 'mystery' to unfold. In fact, MysteryDomainAuction.com is NOT even an auction at all. What it is though is a shady advertising model that needs at...

All I gotta say is be safe and watch your back. 2009 will no doubt be challenging and unlike any year before it. Keep making shit happen and do what you gotta do to keep your head above water. Nobody's gonna hand you a golden ticket. Stay creative and stay focused. By now developing your domains should be a no brainer. If you're cash strong be on t...

The telephone is an amazing tool, but who wants to 'interrupt' anyone these days? Be honest, we live in an "ask permission first" world, and the last thing that people respond to are crafted messages from companies or people that they don't know. One would be wise to better utilize the many wonders of the social web to form meaningful relationships...

After eight days straight of being under the camera eye, I gotta say it's been a wild ride so far. I've met hundreds of people that I never would have met if not for this experiment. The conversations have been mostly intriguing, at times mind expanding, and every now and then, a little mundane. So in the spirit of the American holiday of Thanks Gi...

In light of my latest project LIVEdomainer.com, I don't really know what to say about this tragic news... but it really hit a dark place in my heart when I found out about it. I haven't watched the archived footage, and I don't plan to... . THIS KINDA SHIT DESTROYS ME INSIDE... IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. via: Jeremy Armer (twitter.com/NameSugar...

So I've given it some thought and have decided to go ahead and begin LIVE streaming throughout the day/night. The way I see it is like this, the technology to communicate a LIVE visual message is here, it's in-expensive, relatively simple to activate and stands to bridge a major gap in the DIY divide. I'm going LIVE to serve as a point of pause for...

To those who have not heard, ICANN has just approved mTLD's request to release single and double character second level domain names. You can read mTLD's blog post about it for more info.To anyone in the .mobi domaining community, this 'approval to release' was certainly not unexpected. I'm looking forward to seeing how the registrant approval proc...

The Internet is the world's nervous system and DOMAINS spawn hyperlinks which subvert hierarchy. The Net will wear away all institutions that have forgotten how to be human. This is happening.DOMAINS ARE VERY VALUABLE. We (in rich, developed worlds) have known this for years, but now domain names are becoming even more valuable than ever before, in...

OK, so it's been over 2 months since I've written anything here. I guess I'll throw this one out there to see who's really listening.Face it, most of your domains suck. Pretty bold statement, right? Want to hear something even bolder? ALL OF MY DOMAINS SUCK. Yep, they sure do. Every domain that I have in my portfolio, the developed ones, the parked...