A few weeks ago (I’m a bit behind on posting this) I tried to view a Webcast of an Amnesty International event. To get in you needed to register and as part of the registration process you needed to supply your e-mail address. Guess what. It seems that their form didn’t like .info addresses. So, like I have several times before, I sent in a complaint. Here’s the response I received (reprinted with permission):
I am very sorry to hear you couldn’t log into the webcast. We have forwarded the request for the system to recognize .info emails to our supplier. I agree with your point that their verification software is very out of date!
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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Hi… I am happy to say we’ve now fixed the problem of the webcast registration described above.
Hi… I am happy to say we’ve now fixed the problem of the webcast registration described above.
Please feel free to watch here: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/webcast