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from DN Journal,
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to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson.
New
Feature at DNJournal.com: Who Are They? Help Us Match Unidentified
Domainers With Their Photos! Plus, More Upcoming
Conference News
Over
the yearsI have taken thousands upon thousands of
photos of domainers at industry events around
the world, including domain investors, company
representatives, speakers, etc. While I try to
get to know as many people as I possibly can, I
noticed in going through our massive photo
archive recently that we have hundreds of
photos of people whose names I don't have on
file. I would like to change that. I have always
been a big believer in trying to put a name
with a face when industry people come up in
the news. I think that photos add a dimension
that help all of us get to know each other
better and in a small industry like ours where personal
relationships can be invaluable, that is
especially important.
To
match up more of our photos with names I
decided the best course would be to call
on our readers for help. Once or twice a
week, for the next few weeks, I will
post a photo from our files. If you can
identify the person (or people) in the
photo, send me an email (editor at
dnjournal.com) with the person's
name and if you have it, how I can reach
them to verify the identification is
correct. Also include the URL to the
Lowdown post (or the day it was posted)
so I can bring up the photo you are
identifying.
I'll
see what kind of response we get over
the next month or so and if it looks
like this idea will help me match up
enough unidentified people with their
photos, I will make it more fun in the
future by setting up a reward system
of some kind for the first person who
provides a verifiable accurate ID
(I still have to give some thought
to
what those rewards might be - I would
like to offer a choice from among
several options so winners can pick
something they can use - might be a
domain company T shirt, a free DNJ
classified ad, cash or whatever other
cool thing we can come up with).
To
see if this will fly, let's try some test runs
over the next 30 days. I'll post a photo along
with when and where it was taken. If you can ID
the person (or persons) send me an email -
again, editor at dnjournal.com. If it is YOU in
the picture by all means let us know! When we get
a
verified
ID I'll publish it in a follow-up Lowdown post
along with the name of the first person to come
up with the correct identification. It could be
fun on a lot of levels, not the least of which
will be introducing you to some new people
that haven't been featured in our pages
before.
As
any publisher will tell you, nothing gets
people's attention quicker than a pretty face
(fortunately in our business the pretty faces
are accompanied by a lot of brain power too!).
So, let's start with the photo at right.
These two lovely ladies were photographed at the
T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York conference in September
2008. Who are they?
Who
are they?
We
also have a couple of notes on
upcoming domain conferences for
you today. The keynote speaker
for the DOMAINfest
New York Power Networking Day
coming up August 18 at
the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan
has been named. That will be David
Mason, Senior Vice President
for the AOL Content Platform.Mason joined the company
when AOL acquired StudioNow,
which he co-founded in 2007 and
developed into the world's
largest web-based video
creation platform.A veteran technology
entrepreneur and e-commerce
pioneer, he started one of the
first Internet bookstores in
1994, which later became
Buy.com. With all of the
interest in video and creating
content on websites, Mr. Mason's
talk should be a very
interesting one.
We also
have an update on Chef Patrick's DN
Cruise - the first domain
conference on a cruise ship - coming up October
11-15. The Carnival Cruise Lines
boat will leave Miami and make
stops at Key West and in Cozumel,
Mexico before returning to South
Florida just in time for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
South Beach conference October
19-21.
For those
who may have been on the fence about
whether or not to take the cruise, host Patrick
Ruddell just posted a money back guarantee
in a You
Tube video today.
You can
also find answers to the most common
questions about any the
cruise/conference on a FAQ
page at DNCruise.com. I will
be on the boat as well as at
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. South Beach the following
week. Hope to see you there!
We need your help to keep giving
domainers The
Lowdown, so please email [email protected]with any interesting information you might have. If possible,
include the source of your information so we can check it out (for
example a URL if you read it in a forum or on a site
elsewhere).
