StopForwarding.Us Blog

StopForwarding.Us at OpenBeta

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:36:23 -0500

Last Thursday I demoed StopForwarding.Us at OpenBeta, a technology “un-conference” held in Oklahoma City. The event drew a crowd of 120 designers, developers and entrepreneurs from the state of Oklahoma into one venue where they could share ideas, demo their projects and discuss future collaboration not to mention mingle.

My demo drew many visitors with a ton of tallents. I hope to get to know them better and possibly draw on them for the future development of StopForwarding.Us and other projects. My biggest surprise of the evening and one that I am proud of is that StopForwarding.Us received the award for “Most Enterprise Potential.” I’m glad that there are others out there who see potential in the service the site provides and am flattered that I was chosen for the award. Part of the prize is that I get to take StopForwarding.Us to the Innotech show floor next week! If you are in town and you’re a fan of the site or you’ve been sending me hate mail and would like to put a knife in my ribs, please stop by!

My thanks to all who stopped by and said hi, the pannel who awarded me and Derrick Parkhurst for putting the event together!

Featured on Komando.com!

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:24:31 -0500

Crazy traffic has been happening this morning thanks to Komando.com! I have to admit I have never heard of this site, but obiously a lot of people have. Thanks for the nod and welcome visitors!

Moose at Lazer 103.3 in Iowa called to ask me a few questions...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:46:06 -0500

Moose at Lazer 103.3 in Iowa called to ask me a few questions about StopForwarding.Us on his morning radio show.

Hate Mail Policy

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:58:00 -0500

I’ve decided that from now on, when I receive hate mail related to StopForwarding.Us that I will ignore the email and post it to the StopForwarding.Us Facebook page.

UPDATE: It turns out that that gets into some murky copyright waters that I don’t have the patience to wade into. So I won’t be posting hate mail. Sorry folks.

stopthefwds.com is the last and only place to send your fwds

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:30:49 -0500

Aaron at stopthefwds.com has built a clever site that may help your forwarding friends clense themselves of their stained, emailing histories. Point your friends to his website and they’ll be able to send all those rediculous emails that they are itching to send to him instead. He’ll post the best (worst) ones on the blog.

Thanks

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:24:00 -0500

Thanks to those of you who have pointed out the typos on StopForwarding.Us. I think I’ve got them taken care of now.

Also, thanks to those who have taken the time to drop me an email with kind words and suggestions. I appreciate the occasional positive email a lot more than the occasional negative email I receive from those who get one of the StopForwarding.Us emails. The next version of the site will most definately have a Spanish language option and hopefully more.

Welcome People of the Internet

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:28:00 -0500

Wow. After a couple of months of letting StopForwarding.Us sit on cruise control, this little site has gotten a ton of traffic thanks to downloadsquad.com and lifehacker.com.

I’ve been contemplating a redesign of the site but have not been able to take the time for personal projects. And to think I was going to add a tipping system for my tattoo fund. Too little too late, I suppose.

I hope you enjoy the site. If you like it, please consider becoming a fan at Facebook.

10 Ways to Turbocharge Your Email

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:07:50 -0500

10 Ways to Turbocharge Your Email: Dumb Little Man (great blog) has a post with ten tips for turbocharging your email. One of the tips happens to be not sending junk to people. Good for them. If you’r looking for some quick ways to improve your email etiquette and efectiveness, read this article.

Now you can still send annoying emails even after you've been raptured!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:46:38 -0500

Now you can still send annoying emails even after you've been raptured!:

The website linked above offers a paid subscription to a service that will email your friends in case you are raptured and they are not.

All theology and email etiquette aside, I must say this is a good hustle! These guys get paid to do nothing but promise that an email will be sent in case you are not around to know if it is being sent or not.

Genius.

Seth Godin's Email Checklist

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:51:11 -0500

Seth Godin's Email Checklist: Marketing guru, Seth Godin has a thoughtful checklist of things to consider before sending your next email. I particularly like 36. If I had to pay 42 cents to send this email, would I? Click the link above for more email tips from Seth.

Return To Waster

Mon, 19 May 2008 10:52:47 -0500

Return To Waster: If you receive a lot of junk mail in meatspace (that’s the real world) then you might consider using this stamp to make an eco-concious point to all the direct mail marketers bombarding your mail box.

Innocent Spam

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:47:16 -0500

Innocent Spam: Artist Janet Nelson has a series of images inspired by spam subject lines. Don’t worry, this link is safe for the office. Very clever and funny.

A Prime Example

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:27:00 -0500

A friend actually forwarded me this message knowing about this site. She told me she was only forwarding it because it was the worst fwd she had ever received. It’s pretty bad. Take a look. What’s the worst email forward you have received? Send your FWD Horror Stories to me at stopforwarding@gmail.com and I’ll post the best here. Here’s what my friend sent:

The president of Argentina received this picture and called it junk mail, 8 days later his son died. A man received this & immediately sent out copies… his surprise was winning the lottery. Alberto Martinez received this picture, gave it to his secretary to make copies but they forgot to distribute; she lost her job & he lost his family. This picture is miraculous & sacred. Send to 10 people.

StopForwarding.Us in the Press

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:03:12 -0500

StopForwarding.Us got a write up on cnet.asia! Thanks for the plug! We also got a mention on dollymix.tv. Thanks to you too!

The Ultimate Email Setup

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:25:34 -0500

The Ultimate Email Setup:

Here’s a great post that helped me reduce my inbox from 1500+ messages down to zero and maintain that zero! With a Gmail account and 5 simple rules, you too can have the peace of mind that an inbox with a low message count can bring.

Don’t have a Gmail account? You should get one. The spam filtering is top notch and it has tons of great filtering features that help you stay organized.

Welcome Stumblers!

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:20:18 -0500

If you’re lucky enough to have StumbledUpon this site, welcome! We hope you find useful tips to help you manage your email and that you or a friend are encouraged to stop forwarding.

Have you sent a polite request to a loved but confused spammer in your life? It’s polite, anonymous and free! You’ve found the blog, did you subscribe?

If you like this site, please consider Digging it or becoming a fan on Facebook.

Digg Us!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:12:08 -0500

Digg Us!: If you’ve found this little website useful or entertaining and you have a Digg account, please consider Digging it by clicking on the link above.

Posted on notcot.org

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:09:56 -0500

StopForwarding.Us got posted on Notcot.org! That’s fun. If you’re not familiar with
notcot.org, get familiar now.

From 10,000 Emails to Inbox Zero in 24 Hours

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:22:52 -0500

From 10,000 Emails to Inbox Zero in 24 Hours: A daunting task, executed flawlessly. I thought I had it rough when I tackled 1500+ in my inbox.

Two Gmail Hacks for Fighting Spam

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:21:46 -0500

Two Gmail Hacks for Fighting Spam