July 2008 Archives

If you’re running Cisco’s VPNClient on a Macintosh, you might run into Error 51 from time to time. Thanks to a blog posting on Anders.com for the solution. In Terminal, run the following command:

sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN restart

Lately, a lot of our work in the area of email correspondence systems has been in weening clients off of Constant Contact or other third party systems and setting them straight on the MailChimp path.

MailChimp is by far my favorite third-party, hosted email campaign system. The user interface is spectacularly well designed, the mail servers fly ridiculously fast, the analytics are more detailed than I could ever imagine, the optional spam inspection tools are helpful in ensuring your campaign reaches as many customers as possible, and the fully branded HTML emails are a sweet deal (i.e. no annoying “Powered by Constant Contact” badges).

I was going to do a detailed comparison between MailChimp and Constant Contact, but decided it wasn’t worth the energy. This does the trick for me: compare Constant Contact’s featured client list with MailChimp’s.

No offense, Boston Duck Tours, but you’re on the wrong boat. Contact us when you’re ready to make the switch.