Riaz Kanani's Comments

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : Email's growth is greater than Social Media in 2010

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:46:02 +0000

Tracking the volume is only one important metric for marketers executing today.. tracking percentages is potentially an important indicator for tomorrow. Obviously in the case of social media, that potential is rapidly being fulfilled. With all the hype surrounding social media though, sometimes it is useful to be reminded where the volume is :)

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : The UKâs first email marketing tweet-up!

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:34:16 +0000

I see your point - fixed!

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : Why email and social media will live together

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:56:44 +0000

I think we will see both - it doesn't seem to be a priority for social networks today to build out their email-like offerings. It is only a matter of time though.

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : What does the Gmail Priority Inbox mean for email marketers?

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:20:27 +0000

could not agree more - this makes it very tough to continue with just a batch and blast approach. Unless of course, everyone on your list loves the same content!

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : Gmail's New Priority Inbox

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:11:03 +0000

For those using Google Apps instead of gmail - the priority inbox feature is due to roll out over the next few weeks..

Feld Thoughts : An Alternative For The Mac Address Book App?

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:09:28 +0000

hmm.. intense debate failed to load for some reason after I logged in, losing my original reply but here was the basics.. less crashing and faster I cant help you with.. though with about 800 contacts mine doesnt crash and isn't slow compared to outlook at all suggesting there might be some other underlying issue. For flexibility on fields - you can edit the card template and add fields for skype (i also added twitter) and that adds fields for all contacts. I ended up sticking with apple address book and managed all my contacts through google apps - I sync that on my iphone and also with my address book so having my exchange account empty is no big deal for me. I still miss outlook contacts though. Maybe with Office 2011..

Feld Thoughts : An Alternative For The Mac Address Book App?

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:31:29 +0000

I am having trouble answering your question without knowing what you are looking for - agreed the address book app is weak but what features do you actually want?

IntenseDebate Blog : Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:26:44 +0000

this sounds like a good move to me :)

IntenseDebate Blog : HTML Parsing, New Widget, New Usernames & Profile URL's

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:15:09 +0000

great work guys - ID has come on leaps and bounds in the last few months

Feld Thoughts : A Very Good String Of Books

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:05:51 +0000

wow - I have seen a lot of posts around book recommendations - almost always I scan the recommendations with a "blah" - almost all these have been added to me amazon wish list - cheers for the recommendations! :)

razorshine by riaz kanani : push email on an iPhone - come on gmail ;)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:25:58 +0000

You would think so - one thing I am not expecting yet is something similar to Google Apps - allowing me to use my own domain name but using gmail as the interface. I think I would move back to Yahoo if that came out - Gmail is pretty stagnant right now and Yahoo's email platform looks the best featured. All that assumes the speed of the interface is quick though <grins>

razorshine by riaz kanani : new blog design

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:25:15 +0000

Thanks :) The previous design had 3 columns as well - but the main post area was very narrow - this layout allows me to write more without filling up the entire front page <grins>

razorshine by riaz kanani : what if your IP was portable?

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:43:42 +0000

true - the reverse lookup would not work.. that still requires the ability to take the IP address with you which leaves us back with changing the way the internet works at its core. The only way around that would be to have some way of broadcasting your dynamic dns identity rather than your IP address.

razorshine by riaz kanani : amazon redesign - where'd the books go?

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:43:36 +0000

hmm weird, mine does too now :) well hoorah anyhow :)

razorshine by riaz kanani : Rushmore Drive: An Ethnic Targeted Search Engine

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:06:49 +0000

lol - yea the video is bad - very bad marketing in practice :(

razorshine by riaz kanani : friendfeed or social thing? or are lifestreams a waste of time?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:08:28 +0000

the short answer is not right now - I'll give a more detailed answer in the next few posts!

razorshine by riaz kanani : friendfeed or social thing? or are lifestreams a waste of time?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:26:32 +0000

Think I am contradicting myself in this post somewhat - I prefer the ability to message back into the orginal service, and yet I am saying that users would not have to sign up for the various services.

Does that mean friendfeed is better for mainstream users?

I think I end up with the life stream aggregator being integrates at the OS or browser level (ie not a website) and all these services being able to be signed into using openID (which would allow the commenting.

razorshine by riaz kanani : louis gray and friendfeed

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:15:52 +0000

looking forward to less friendfeed <grins> I do think you have benefited enormously from this though as you have become the figurehead for friendfeed publicly.

razorshine by riaz kanani : louis gray and friendfeed

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:53:34 +0000

I wonder whats next :)

razorshine by riaz kanani : TV service providers - the future

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:11:45 +0000

Have you taken a look at Cachelogic? They cache popular content for ISPs at the edge of their network to help reduce those running costs. For me this is a better place to cache content than on the edge of content delivery networks like Akamai.

Of course I have no idea how well that can scale - but its a first step towards reducing the costs of delivering content using an IP based network.

Riaz Kanani's Comments

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : Email's growth is greater than Social Media in 2010

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : The UKâs first email marketing tweet-up!

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : Why email and social media will live together

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : What does the Gmail Priority Inbox mean for email marketers?

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : Gmail's New Priority Inbox

Feld Thoughts : An Alternative For The Mac Address Book App?

Feld Thoughts : An Alternative For The Mac Address Book App?

IntenseDebate Blog : Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate

IntenseDebate Blog : HTML Parsing, New Widget, New Usernames & Profile URL's

Feld Thoughts : A Very Good String Of Books

razorshine by riaz kanani : push email on an iPhone - come on gmail ;)

razorshine by riaz kanani : new blog design

razorshine by riaz kanani : what if your IP was portable?

razorshine by riaz kanani : amazon redesign - where'd the books go?

razorshine by riaz kanani : Rushmore Drive: An Ethnic Targeted Search Engine

razorshine by riaz kanani : friendfeed or social thing? or are lifestreams a waste of time?

razorshine by riaz kanani : friendfeed or social thing? or are lifestreams a waste of time?

razorshine by riaz kanani : louis gray and friendfeed

razorshine by riaz kanani : louis gray and friendfeed

razorshine by riaz kanani : TV service providers - the future

DMA Email Marketing Council Blog : The UKâs first email marketing tweet-up!