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Autoresponder

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Autoresponder/newsletter/mailing list is a must for internet marketing. You must keep your prospect contact in order for you to do follow up.

Below are some popular autoresponder

  • aweber
  • getresponse (usd15/mo for 1000 subscribers. free 30-day trial)
  • mailchimp (free forever for first 2000 subscribers. But with autoresponder add usd10/mo)
  • mailerlite (free forever for first 1000)
  • sendgrid (free first 2000 subscribers)
  • icontact
  • constatcontact
  • infusionsoft
  • campaignmonitor
  • listwire
  • freefollowup.com
  • myemma.com

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Below are some “different” kind of autoresponder or follow up

  1. sendy.co – it is an installed app on server. and use AWS SES to send out email (one-time fee USD69 for a domain)
  2. cloudy.email – hosted by third party, option to use AWS SES as well (hosted service USD1.99 per month)

Securing web application

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Below are things to do to secure your web application

  1. Database user user for the system can only has access to insert, select, update, delete. Not other datase utilities like drop, create etc.
  2. Use recaptcha if wrong login attempt exceeds x times
  3. Never display id on url, use hashed id instead – checkout hashids.org
  4. Always check a user can’t view, access or update any data not belong to him/her. Especially on multi-tenant system
  5. Force at least 8 character length for user password. Better to include numbers, capital letters and special symbols
  6. If use cookies, make sure don’t save sensitive data and always save something that is encrypted that need to be decrypted by server in order to use. For example, for a remember me cookie, use user IP plus the username to construct the an encrypted “token” to be stored in cookie.
  7. Check again input at the back end even it has been check on front-end using javascript
  8. Make the 2-FA (2 factor authentication) available for user to choose
  9. Use SSL/HTTPS
  10. Always use production-standard settings. Not development-standard settings. For example, never display detail errors to the users such as sql error that show table and fields.
  11. Give developers/admins different username and access to what they can only do

Paste an image on top of PDF file

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It is easy to edit a PDF with Mac OS X preview app. Especially to fill up a PDF form. You can also paste your signature on it.

But the constraint is to paste an image (e.g. your photo or company stamp on it)

I found this free tool online that can do the job.

https://www.sejda.com – no signup but limited uploads and feature for free package

There are many others, but this one is the easiest, fast and straight forward.

If the link is not working in the future, you can always google for it.

Completely uninstall Atom in Mac

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Can run the following scripts in terminal to completely uninstall Atom


rm -rf ~/.atom
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/atom
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/apm
rm -rf /Applications/Atom.app
rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.github.atom.plist
rm -rf ~/"Library/Application Support/com.github.atom.ShipIt"
rm -rf ~/"Library/Application Support/Atom"
rm -rf ~/"Library/Saved Application State/com.github.atom.savedState"
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.github.atom
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.github.atom.Shipit
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Atom

source

Disposable email

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Several providers for disposable or temporary emails. Just in case you wan to test anything and need a valid email for temporary

  1. https://mailinator.com – can set xx@mailinator.com
  2. yopmail.com – can set xx@yopmail.com
  3. https://nowmymail.com/
  4. https://getnada.com/
  5. https://mytemp.email – total random, cannot set own name
  6. https://temp-mail.org/en/ – can set own email. provide multiple @domain

 

Help Desk Software

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Here are some help desk software available as SaaS. And some highlights that I can catch on each of them.

  1. groovehq.com – mail-look, neat and easy, only 2 package – free or usd5/agent/mo get all, in slack app, offer API
  2. desk.com – usd20/mo for unlimited agents
  3. cayzu.com – starts from usd12/agent/mo
  4. freshdesk – in slack app,
  5. zendesk – in slack app
  6. nethelpdesk – min 10 agents, seems bit on high side
  7. reamaze.com – usd20/agent/mo
  8. talkus.io – highly integrated with slack. support via slack, usd48/90/month for unlimited agents
  9. liveagent – ladesk.com – starts from usd12/agent/mo
  10. kayako.com – usd20/agent/mo

more

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2489457,00.asp

Some notes on Software Testing

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  • Certification body – Malaysia Software Testing Board (MSTB)
  • Type of certs
    • Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
    • Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL)
    • Certified Tester Expert Level (CTEL)
  • Methods – white/black box, gray box, agile, adhoc
  • Level and method of testing
    • Functional – unit -> integration -> system -> acceptance testing – more info
    • Non-functional – performance, security, usability, compatability
  • List of test management tools – source
    • qtest
    • zephyr
    • practitest