Bob Parsons

Every time we think GoDaddy has tried to put to rest the controversy over CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant, Parsons brings it back up. This time he has tweeted a link to a a cover story for NRA digital magazine America’s 1st Freedom, which reports in line with Parsons’ own defense for his actions. Do you think Parsons was right or wrong to kill the elephant? Comment here. Clearly there are people standing up for both sides of the argument. PETA has been the most vocal opponent, and much...Read Full Story

Selecting The Best Top Level Domain – Quick Blogging Tip Thursday Image via Wikipedia Thursday’s are for quick blogging tips so I’ll get straight to the point. A while back, 2002 I think, I registered one of my first domains, cheapazz.net. This was way before I knew anything about the importance of keywords in domains or the importance of one top-level domain (TLD) over another. In other words, I didn’t realize that a .com was better, in most cases, that a .net or .org. Since that...Read Full Story

iPhone and iPad accesorries for your mobile life 1. 离开安乐的环境。 我相信，当我们身处安乐的环境之中时，将不会取得任何成就。我听有人说：“但离开舒适的环境令我没有安全感。”对此，我的回答很简单：“死人才需要安全感。” 2. 永不放弃。 当第一次尝试某件事情时，通常都不会取得成效。但你的所作所为没有取得成效，并不意味着它不会成功。这仅仅意味着，你的工作方式可能不正确。如果事情非常容易，每个人都能成功，那你也将不会拥有任何机会。 3. 当你准备放弃时，目标往往已近在咫尺。 中国古语云：“行百里者半九十。”意思是：“在即将成功前，放弃的诱惑是最大的。” 4. 对你担心的任何事情，不仅仅是需要接受可能产生的最坏结果，而且要度量究竟哪些坏事可能会发生。 只有在极少的情况下，才会出现无法度量的最坏结果。在很早以前，当我用光所有金钱努力拯救帕森斯技术公司时，我的父亲说过：“罗伯特，即便不成功，天也塌不下来。 5...Read Full Story

The main thing that can go wrong with elephants. GateHouse — There are a great many ways to travel the road of life, and a great many belief systems to abide by while doing so, but a good rule of thumb is this: If you are the subject of a headline that ends with “defends video of Zimbabwe elephant hunts,” you’re getting nearly all of them wrong. Or you’re deeply unlikable GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons, who knows that, even if you’re doing something for purported humanitarian reasons, it’s just not...Read Full Story

Apparently, Bob Parsons, the very outspoken CEO of the largest Internet domain registrar Go Daddy, shot and killed an elephant in Labola, Zimbabwe and then posted a graphic video of the hunt online. The elephant kill footage, dated March 8, first caught the attention of people after being posted on his Twitter account March 14, CNN reported. The video gained further attention after making its way onto online petition site Change.org. Parsons and his company are now facing fall out, despite...Read Full Story