And a new image on Twitter since “something is technically wrong”over at twitter. Oh those Twitter problems.
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Twitter over capacity…yet again
Monday, January 12th, 2009First interviews posted!
Friday, September 5th, 2008We are really happy at WHS that so many awesome people want to take part in the interview project. Currently we have four very interesting men that we interviewed. Thank you all for taking the time to talk to us.
Chris Spooner- He is a web designer and the blogger behind blog.spoongraphics.co.uk. He writes everything and anything related to web designing. And just recently he started his own website, Chris Spooner. Love the clouds dude.
Chris Coyier- He is the blogger behind CSS-Tricks, which is, as you guessed, about CSS. Frustrated with something in your CSS code or want to add something nifty? Check out his site then.
Barrie North- There is a lot we can say about Barrie. He is part of Joomlashack, Compass Design, and most recently, SimplWeb. If you have any questions relating to Joomla, you will have to check out his sites.
David Walsh – Programmer and all in one man, he knows PHP, MySQL, Mootools, Java. Want to learn to program? Stop by his blog and start geeking out.
Chrome’s tarnished surface
Friday, September 5th, 2008This week we saw the release of Google’s Chrome, a new browser. During the first day, people noticed that well, Google is not all about the ‘do no evil’ mission statement. Section 11.1 of the EULA stated that:
“By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.”
Basically, Googled owned your ass, mine, and everything else your browser might cough up. Why such a blatent error? Google PR calls it a honest mistake of cute and paste. But are lawyers really that stupid? Who knows.
At least they came to their senses and rewrote Section 11.1:
“11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services.”
While bloggers and teckies are snickering that the chrome has been tarnished, Chrome is quite exciting. But will this new browser make life even more difficult for developers and designs? As if there isn’t enough trouble with the IE family of browsers, we now add one more to the mix.
What’s the take?
Web Designer Guide & New Interviewees
Friday, August 22nd, 2008One of our teammates is undertaking a massive project. She is creating a comprehensive guide of freelance web designers and small web design companies located all over the US and the world. What’s the purpose of this guide you ask? In Eva’s words: “This guide will aide visitors in finding a web designer in their local area. Say you want to start a website and sell hats and you are based in Tennessee but you have no idea how to make a website. Well, you can look at our list of designers, find one in Tennessee and connect. Instead of searching on Google everywhere, this list already has great designers since WHS has contact with every company listed. We also geographically separated them since many people want to work with someone in their area.”
Well put Eva. If you are a freelancer or own a small company, definitely get in touch with us. You can drop a comment below. =)
And number two on the list: interviews. We started interviewing some very famous CSS blog owners, Chris Coyier, David Walsh, and a few others. An internationally famous illustrator has also agreed and two PHP developers. We are very excited to hear what they say.
With that, happy Friday and a great weekend.
Think you’re cool to be interviewed? Read on…
Friday, August 15th, 2008We’re working on a major expansion of the site which will take place sometime in the near future. Okay, that was really specific. We cannot disclose a whole lot (clandestine operations you know 
) but we are hoping to interview lots of people in the web world. This just would not be hosting providers but also web designers, programmers, and website geeks.
If you know someone we should interview, post here. And maybe add why you think they are cool to be interviewed.
On that note, happy Friday to all. Be safe and find your designated driver when partying. =)
-P
Hostingcon 2008, a recap
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008So I didn’t post on the 30th as it was a busy day to close out the conference. I did not attend any of the sessions, although there was one I really wanted to attend. The exhibition hall was slow and it provided a good opportunity to speak to the company representatives on a more personal level. We were quite excited to find out that some of the companies want to work with us on future media and press information.
And now, some interesting tidbits from the conference-
- Social media is an important form of connecting with consumers
- IPv4 is running out and IPv6 will take affect in two years
- Spam is increasing exponentially and is still everyone’s nightmares
- SaaS (software a a service) is becoming increasing popular as a mode of deployment for software. For customers, SaaS is easy to maintain since the updating and maintenance occurs on the host’s side.
- Green hosting was not a crucial issue. I currently believe that green hosting will be the next step in as companies become more environmentally friendly. Hopefully, it will become more important in the upcoming years with newer technologies to complement it.
- Product branding is vital for hosting companies even though consumers see hosting as a standard good.
If you have questions, feel free to post comments. We appreciate what you think.
Hostingcon, the exhibition hall, and goodies
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008So there were enough complaints about the AC yesterday, that the convention center is more temperate today. Good news that some people consider ice boxes an uncomfortable environment.
The exhibition hall opened today and it was filled with people, goodies, and new ideas. Microsoft, Parallels, and Google served as the traditional powerhouses but there were many other companies to take note of. We met Ratepoint, ARIN, ICC, Limestone, DNA Mail, dotnetpanel, MailChannels, Parallels, and Drupal. We are excited that many agreed to be interviewed and we look forward to asking some tough, and fun, questions about their company, product and outlook on the industry.
We also met some hosting providers and will be expanding our selection soon. Stay tuned because you will have some new options. Woot!
The day is about to close but on a fun note, there were neat prizes given away. I received a Nerf toy (from MailChannels), a couple USB storage devices (ICC and Comodo), and may hopefully win a plasma tv. Okay, that’s just a long shot, but who knows. Oh! And I got a $2 bill…prize or souvenir?
Hostingcon 2008, Monday
Monday, July 28th, 2008The sessions are over for the day. In summary, it was really hot outside and really cold inside. Basically a frying pan to the ice cream freezer.
Despite the freezer situation inside, the sessions provided some great information. Here’s a quick run down:
We’re on Twitter!
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008We’re finally on Twitter. Okay, not really, as we joined last year and totally forgot about it.
But if you want to follow us on twitter, check out the homepage of WHS, the widget on the right side of our blog, or go here to follow us.
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