http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog Internet Business Consultant Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:45:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Thursday November 13, 2008, a group of OpenX publishers gathered in the beautiful Laranjezaal at the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam for the first ever OpenX community event in The Netherlands. In addition to Dutch users, there were also delegates from France, Austria and Monaco. I had the privilege of ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-community-event-amsterdam-looking-back/ Together with OpenX, I'm hosting the first OpenX community-led event on Thursday, 13th November in Amsterdam. It’s a free event and everyone is invited. Judging by the registrations so far, on the day you will meet a really interesting mix of new and experienced OpenX users, along with people evaluating the ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-amsterdam-november-13-draft-program/ Today marks a special day for OpenX, because of the launch of two new offerings: OpenX Hosted and OpenX Market. OpenX Hosted is a mostly free, hosted version of the well known ad server, available over the web, saving publishers from installing, configuring, maintaining, upgrading and worrying. OpenX Market is a ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-hosted-market-launched/ The most common reason people give for not making backups of their computer is: "I forgot". That's understandable, but also very unfortunate. Especially when there are free solutions that allow anyone to make regular backups. One of those products is called Mozy. It's a piece of software that you install on ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/backup-computer-free/ I'm very pleased to announce that the next OpenX community event will take place in Amsterdam, on Thursday, November 13, 2008. You're all invited for an informative and fun day, to be held in the beautiful Laranjezaal of the Hortus Botanicus in our nation's capital. Not only is this the first ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-event-amsterdam-november-13-2008/ In the last week of August, I flew to London, UK, to present two training courses about OpenX. Thomas Telford Ltd., the knowledge business of the Institute of Civil Engineers in the UK, had asked me to come over. The first session was with a group of developers at Thomas Telford. ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-training-in-company/ Your domain name is the first point of contact on the internet. It is a vital part of the address of your website and of your e-mail address. You'll be using that domain name for a long time, so it's crucial to spend some time deciding on the best name, ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/good-domain-name/ With the release of OpenX 2.6, many people will want to upgrade their OpenX (or Openads) system to be able to use all the exciting new features and user interface improvements. Not everybody, however, has the time, the skill or the experience to perform the upgrade themselves with confidence. I’m ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-upgrade-service/ I wanted to share with you a video that was published today on TED.com. It's a talk given by Kevin Kelly, the editor of Wired and well known author of many books on biology, business, technology and the internet. Mr. Kelly talked about the fact that the world wide web we ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/kevin-kelly-predicting-the-next-5000-days-of-the-web/ Just before the weekend, OpenX.org announced the availability of the new OpenX Consultants Directory. This directory helps OpenX users (and people considering to start using OpenX) to find an independent consultant. Consultants offer their services to help with various jobs such as installation, configuration, upgrading, training, and website integration. I'm listed ... http://www.erikgeurts.com/blog/openx-consultants-directory/