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Set the bar high, despite the medium

Today I received some announcement spam from Work.com, a new portal for businesses. Unfortunately, Work.com’s PR department didn’t exactly utilize the utmost care when sending out the announcement. Here’s the opening of the email they sent me: Hi Jason Clarke’s, As a website of valuable information for business, we wanted to tell you about our […]

Yahoo! Mail’s CAPTCHA: Helpful or annoying?

I recently switched over to Yahoo! Mail. I’m enjoying the service, but since Sunday, I’ve noticed they’ve implemented an occasional feature I’m not too happy about so far. About half the time, after I’ve clicked the Send button on an email message, I’m taken to a CAPTCHA page that I have to pass before Yahoo!