Those who choose to take blogging to the next level normally tend to opt for buying their own domain names. It portrays a certain professionalism and credibility. More advertisers are willing to come on board and connect with these bloggers. When you go down this path, you will be given an xyz.com domain and you can start to use yourname@xyz.com as an email address.

If you’re running a business, it’s a no brainer – you need to exude your brand via your domain and email at the very least. Rather than hand out cards bearing an yourname@yahoo.com email address, get your own yourname@xyz.com for all your staff.

IT IS NOT EXPENSIVE – even if it were, I’d still say it’s a worthwhile investment.

If you’re scouting for a good offer, Integricity Technology, together with milkadeal are now offering a rock bottom discounted package where you not only get a domain for USD13 (RM39) per year, but also webhosting – where you can set up a website or blog.

Time is running out by the second, so grab it before Friday, 15 April 2011. Click here to find out more.

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY ever calls their support line to say, “good job, mate. I’ve got fast Internet”. Conversely, the flood of calls comes in the second there is an Internet hiccup anywhere along the line.

These guys are the frontliners, and have developed a natural skin polymer that is lined with kevlar to protect against the endless firey bullets that head their way.

So, let’s cut to the chase. Thank you, Integricity Technology, and do keep deflecting those bullets!

Perhaps you should take a moment to think of your team mates and other colleagues. Do send them a card or a note. (Preferably one with a large smiley face!)

Before they departed, they wanted to send video greetings from their blog, and I was given the “privilege” to help them with that, and edit it too, with my limited amateur skills!

Several hours later, here you go…

A lot of project management! And some programming.

I’m currently heading the projects division at Integricity Corporation and there’s always so much going on, especially around this time of year when all clients are trying to launch their new sites.

We’ve probably launched 10 different projects in the last month, with one that was just launched tonight! We welcome Louis Pang’s refreshed blog to the blogosphere – much more intuitive with a whole lot of new functionality! Louis is a good friend, and probably one of the most sought after wedding photographers in Malaysia (and by many from abroad too!). All the best with the new blog, Louis Pang Studio!

What else have I been busy with? Well… here’s a sneak peak at an Integricity-owned project that will revolutionize the dining experience for Malaysians. It’s called TheQguides, and it’s not out yet… but will be very shortly. A teaser is on the website here. I can’t show you more, but here’s a brief glimpse of what’s being birthed in our labs…

As such, I’ve been rather tied for time. BUT, just to let all of you know… I have swung to the dark-side. I am now the owner of a hand-me-down Macbook Pro from my wife. She has got a new-fangled Macbook Pro, but I’m happy with what I have now. There’s much to learn, but I’m getting there. I’ll share more info soon on the learning process and how a PC is different from a Mac.

Oh, the pain of relearning shortcut keys! GRRR…

I started out The Backpackr project to see how far it would get and it’s been great fun. We fell a little short on unique visitors hitting our site, but made up for it in video views on YouTube. I’ll reveal our stats next week.

For now, I’m off for a cruise with my wife Grace (who runs Integricity Visuals and Wedding Story together with her business partners). It’s actually a work assignment from a client of hers who is coming up with a movie, and needs certain elements of the ship captured in photos and videos – so that it can be used in digital 3D recreations… amazing, huh? And of COURSE Grace can’t do the assignment alone, so she needs an adept assistant who will also share a cabin with her for cost saving reasons!

Woohooo, so Superstar Gemini, here I come… It’s not a long trip though… 3 days and 2 nights, SNORT! Let’s see… we leave on Saturday at 2pm, spend a night out at sea while heading down to Singapore, have a full Sunday on board, then disembark at 9am on Monday! WHERE’S MY 24 x 3 HOURS? It’s only 43 hours on board, not even a full TWO DAYS. Someone from the marketing team should learn how to count the hours.

Anyhow, it’s gonna be exciting, and here are two videos I found on YouTube that show what the Superstar Gemini is all about. Quality is a little crap, be warned…

Alright, I’ve got to go pack in our 2 camera bodies, flash lights, Panasonic AG-HVX202 HD video camera, notebooks, data storage drives, etc… oh yes, some clothes too, I guess…

This is called a “Gipsy” show – doubt it’ll be playing when we’re on board, but looks fairly cool.

Okay, we’re not going on the Superstar Virgo, but here’s their promo video. I hope we’ll get something like that!