At LAb[au], we run our own housemade mailinglist software, which we use to regularly update our 4K users about next performances and events with a grpahically appetizing newsletter. The tool is in constant improvement since five years and I recently added a way to track opened-email statistics through a simple technique : an img tag which src is a php script updating an sql table with available user information. Of course, the data gathered is not 100% accurate by any means (as no online statistic tool is), but it does provide a good idea on the percentage of people actually “opening” the email. That does not say that they actually “read” the damn thing though, but it still constitutes valid information on how well “your email campaign penetrate your market”, to speak in e-marketeer’s language.
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Author: pixeline
Date: November 18th, 2008
filed in: Development, General, internet marketing
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Let’s face it, most people play free poker online because they are either trying to improve their skills to play poker for money. Whatever you motivation for playing free poker is, while you are there you might as well take full advantage of it.
The best way to spend your time while you play poker for free is to analyze your opponents play and practice your own playing style. In order to maximize your time playing free poker online you will need to stay away from the high stakes tables. Free online poker enthusiasts tend to engage in wild and illogical play at the high roller tables. If you spend a few minutes and watch people play poker on the low limit tables you will be able to develop what is perhaps the best online poker skill; reading your opponent.
The great advantage of playing poker in an online casino is the fact that a player can focus purely on their opponent’s betting style. Within a few hands of playing free poker online, an attentive poker player can easily adjust to their opponent’s betting habits and determine the best time to bluff or slow play. Acknowledging that an individual’s betting habits are being scrutinized by their opponent, it is recommended that a player switch his or her style and betting habits while they play free poker online. Switching up betting and bluffing habits allows the online poker player to develop a strong defense. The harder a player’s betting habits are to determine, the fewer defeats a player will suffer while playing online poker.
The lesson here is not to dismiss the opportunity to play free poker online, a good player can become a great player and a beginner can learn the skills necessary to play online poker. Whenever a player feels like they need a break from the real money card room but still want some action they should really engage in a few hands of free poker online.
One of the best and most trustworthy Casino’s online is 888.com, and you can choose from many games not just poker but also blackjack, roulette, bingo and even sport!
Author: pixeline
Date: June 9th, 2008
filed in: internet marketing
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One of the vital challenges of internet and the most complex issue of electronic medium is to formalize or create the notion of presence, of “being there”. Check out this firefox extension: Me.dium (description by Katherine Yee)
http://me.dium.com/
Me.dium is a plug-in for the Firefox Browser that enables “social browsing”. It occupies a space on left side of your browser window, has a bulls-eye graphic in the top half, and a buddy list/chat window in the lower half. When you navigate around different sites an algorithm at Me.dium it looks through the characteristics of those sites and puts related sites on the bulls-eye. If another Me.dium user happens to be on one of those sites in the bulls-eye, a small buddy icon (yellow for a friend, blue for a generic user) floats near the icon for the their site. You can visit other sites on the bulls-eye or you can chat with anyone in the bulls-eye, friend or not, in the chat box. Or you can just click on a friend in my buddy list to chat. It is a way of expressing how different people and the amount of activity affect a person. For example, when you go outside looking for something to eat, you react to the people’s behavior around you and migrate to the restaurant that has more positive vibes. That’s what Me.dium does. By seeing what other people around you are doing, it gives you a range of options (or supplies a range of information) that mirrors the range you have in everyday life making everyday decisions.”
found via: Digital Media, Digital Meaning
Author: pixeline
Date: January 31st, 2007
filed in: General, Interfaces, internet marketing
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I think i’ve found the ultimate rss feader. Lightweight, tiny, yet highly configurable, visually pleasing, and giving direct access to information. Great usability especially, as it does a good job in helping you digest the great floods of information in a very short time.
And it’s completely free too. KlipFolio.com
Here is how it looks on my desktop (i made it as a tiny floatbar):
Author: pixeline
Date: January 24th, 2007
filed in: Design, General, Interfaces, internet marketing
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In the fight against spam, web developers couldn't do much except installing additional software like spamassassin on their webservers, which is really the webhoster 's job. And that doesn't stop all of it, far from it. Especially if you inherit a website that is all in html, contains thousands of pages, and a lot include your customer personal email address, the one he really can't change, you know? Like firstname(Replace this blurb with the @ sign)lastname.com or something... Like i just did 
So i had to find an easy and efficient way to protect all these pages, blocking email harvesters and spambots BEFORE they could actually parse the pages and collect their victims.
Enters (again) one of your best spam-nuke weapons: Bad Behavior by Michael Hampton .
How to protect a html only website from spambots and email harvesters:
- Make sure your webserver has PHP 4.3.+ enabled
- Download Bad Behavior
- FTP to your site, create a folder that will contain bad behaviour core scripts (personally, i use a "_lib" library for all my scripts, and have my "badBehavior_antispam" folder inside. I name it like this so if another developer inherits the website, he gets what this folder contains without having to dig into the code)
- Create (or update) a .htaccess file, by adding this piece of code:
PHP:
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# BAD BEHAVIOUR ANTISPAM INTEGRATION
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AddHandler php-script .htm .html
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php_value short_open_tag "Off"
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php_value auto_prepend_file "local/absolute/path/to/your/badbehaviour/folder/bad-behavior-generic.php"
an example of the localpath:
PHP:
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/var/www/vhosts/microshmock.com/httpdocs/v2/_lib/badBehavior_antispam/bad-behavior-generic.php
Don't know the absolute local path of your website ? Upload a php file containing the following bit of code and then browser to it, it will display the local path to the root of your site:
PHP:
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<?php
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echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
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?>
That's about it! Your site is protected from email harvesters and spam bots!
[UPDATE:] i've found out (the hard way) that this may break php script if your server 's php.ini file has short_open_tag = Off. (that is: < ? instead of < ?php)
So make sure you either always use < ?php or set the php.ini variable short_open_tag = On
Author: pixeline
Date: August 21st, 2006
filed in: Development, General, internet marketing
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