http://getthenut.com Anything and Everything about Online Communication and Corporate IT Policy Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Email is just part of our lives. Most of us send and receive close to one hundred emails a day; we rely on email to conduct business, to gather information, and to stay in touch with friends. But our dependency on email can be dangerously distracting and, for many, symptomatic ... http://getthenut.com/2008/09/23/i-am-addicted-to-email/ We are very excited to announce that NutshellMail has been featured on Forbes.com. In this short video interview, I discuss the common problem many employees face when they can not access third party messaging sites while at work and how NutshellMail.com address this issue in a compliant way. Check out the ... http://getthenut.com/2008/09/12/nutshellmail-on-the-homepage-of-forbescom/ I have received several emails from disposed political leaders and wealthy business executives in Nigeria, who have honored me with the opportunity to make a cool $20K for helping them transfer money to the U.S.. And all I had to do was give them my bank account! So easy!!!!! It ... http://getthenut.com/2008/08/08/facebook-fraud-is-this-guy-serious/ Many of you are all too aware that Microsoft’s Outlook is less than perfect. However, if you are like me and stuck in your old Outlook ways, I have two great recommendations that can significantly improve the speed and performance of Outlook. There are many new and not-so-new Outlook ... http://getthenut.com/2008/07/21/two-outlook-add-ins-you-can-not-ignore/ On May 30, 2008 a New Jersey State Superior Court determined that emails sent and received on a private email service are subject to legal discovery under the Freedom of Information Act. This ground-breaking ruling relates specifically to emails that were exchanged between NJ Governor Jon S. Corzine and ... http://getthenut.com/2008/06/12/your-personal-email-is-not-safe-you-best-watch-what-you-say/ A Proofpoint study “Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Today's Enterprise, 2008” has revealed some interesting data points on the dangers of using email and other online communication channels in the workplace. Roger Matus highlighted some of the key findings on his blog Death By Email: 44% of companies ... http://getthenut.com/2008/06/11/data-leaks-through-email/ So what’s up with e-mail forwarding? Most people have multiple e-mail accounts and find it a pain to access each one individually. Many email providers allow users to set their accounts to automatically forward all messages to a single universal email address. So why don’t more people do this? I have ... http://getthenut.com/2008/06/10/gmail%e2%80%99s-mail-fetcher-why-you-shouldn%e2%80%99t-forward-messages-into-a-single-account/ If you are considering leaving your day job to start your own business, there are some serious questions you must ask yourself. I did not erratically jump ship when I got bit by the entrepreneur bug. Before leaving my 9-5 (or rather my 8am-1am finance gig), I made sure that ... http://getthenut.com/2008/06/06/a-check-list-for-those-considering-leaving-your-day-job/ So we haven't even launched and NutshellMail is already getting sued! I know you can't hear me laughing, unless you are a member of the FBI surveillance team parked outside my building, but I can't stop. Why you ask? I am being sued by one of my new favorite ... http://getthenut.com/2008/05/08/i-am-getting-sued-and-laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bakery/ The greatest upset in sporting history has been debated countless times, but in my opinion, the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne Foot Race marks one of the most remarkable astonishments of all time. The 544 mile super marathon from Sydney to Melbourne is one of the most difficult challenges of human ... http://getthenut.com/2008/04/04/the-greatest-upset-of-all-time-business-lessons-from-a-61-year-old-potato-farmer/