HOT(TER) KALALOO: And you thought it couldn't get any better! eKalaloo.com has thrown a scotch bonnet in de pot with a jazzier site and homey holiday features. "My Tree to Yours", for the traditional exchange of holiday ornaments; "Caribbean Doll Collection" will add beauty to the tree; plus delicious foods and Caribbean Herbals candles to bring an island breeze to any space. Online tools include account management, customer service access and catalog search capability. And, to top it off, security is ultra tight when you use the latest Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator with 128-bit encryption on your online transactions. To find out more about eKalaloo.com, read the Caribia Q n A with John Engerman...
     
     POLLSTAR: DA BOMB! The cover story on Jon Lucien's participation in the "I Love N.Y." Concert came at the last minute. People are signing on to this worthy concert for the benefit of the victims of 09.11.01 even as we speak. So how did I get the word of Jon's leap onto the roster? This Pollstar alert. I signed up for this free online service from Pollstar a long time ago, and I put in Jon's name and a number of other Caribbean artists. Pollstar has not let me down, sending me handy email alerts that I could share with others. To sign up for your own Pollstar alerts, visit Pollstar and click the little 'autonotify' icon on the right. If your favorite artist isn't in the Pollstar database, pull their shirt and let 'em know!
     
     READ ANY GOOD BLOGS LATELY? Here's something I have been doing almost since I got on the web in '96. Blogging. What's that, you say??? It's short for "Web Logging", keeping an online journal. An activity that has long been private has become as public as can be. The term "Blog" was coined in 1997. Blogging moves along without benefit of promotion or publicity because it is powered by people. Nowadays, there are even Blog engines that publish for you, which means that even if you have never built a web page in your entire life, you can get on the web within just a few minutes. Visit www.Blogger.com, or just view my example, CaribiaGrrl's Bloggin'. Mine is published as part of my 09.11.01 site, but you can get a free 'blogspot' if you do not have a web space to publish to...