Over the past two years, we’ve seen the genie come out of the bag on blogging. In the good old days if you wanted our content, you came to our blog. Now, our content is being automatically posted in a bunch of spots, perhaps on Facebook, Google Buzz, Google Reader, and even the headline shows up on Twitter. Then we throw our participation on those other sites in, and now we’re all over the place. It’s hard for us to…
Google decided that I was ready for Google Buzz this morning, and it magically appeared in my email console. If you haven’t heard of it, watch this video: On first take, when viewed inside of gmail, Google buzz seems to be a real yawn. Just another place where you need to update statuses to keep in touch with folks. Exactly what I’ve been warning would become the death of social media, the great diaspora wherein we all end up on…
Jeff Bennett had a great post yesterday about a shop that had changed their name to take advantage of the customer’s common name for them I said it absolutely made sense and I fully agree. Indeed from my experiences @ NameMedia this is exactly the way it is. I learned first hand the power and impact of generic names as we built our media business. It costs a lot of money and effort to create awareness for nondescript names and brands. …
Over the years, I’ve noticed that when most people start talking about web development, they immediately throw web hosting into the mix. “Okay, so you develop in PHP, where do you host?” is often the flow of things. The problem is, your website is YOUR BUSINESS ASSET, not mine. Hence asking me where I host is the wrong question. It should be “where do you recommend that we host our site.” That bit was drilled home to me again last…
Karl Susman’s book “Love Your Geek” came out on Monday, and he just told me it’s already gone for a second printing. Excellent news! You can still get your copy on Amazon in the Kindle format, or order the print verision. You can also join the forums and help Karl come up with topics for his next book by registering here for the LoveYourGeek.com forum. Even better, he’s going to be interviewed on Craig Crossman’s Computer America show tonight at…
The big secret of iPhone apps is coming out of the bag: most apps that are downloaded are rarely, if ever used. While I’m not saying we’ve jumped the shark here, it is important to note that if the New York Times has picked up on this fact, then it’s approaching common knowledge. Read their article, “When iPhone Apps Are Too Smart” here. So, for every zealous owner whose iPhone is loaded with little-known programs that predict asteroid fly-bys, there…
Think about this: much of the “web traffic” we see now doesn’t actually go through a web browser at all, instead a lot of traditionally “web” type interactions are now happening on smartphones, etc. through applications. It’s pretty cool stuff. On my phone I have all kinds of neat stuff, such as the Navionics app that allows me to carry around every navigational chart for the eastern seaboard of the US, and navigate in real time, which is great if you’re a…
Last night Karl Susman opened his new site which I developed over the holidays. The site is to support his new book, “Love Your Geek”, which was released over the weekend for the Kindle and will be arriving in the full splendor of print on February 1. Many of you will know Karl from his WestsideGadgetGuy.com podcasts, and if you don’t you ought to check them out. The site is a combination of WordPress and BBPress Forum, designed to foster…
One of the first tasks I’ve tackled this week was updating both the software and the theme on Discussnames.com. A fairly simple project, but one with big rewards for the Afternic.com crew, I think. The project was fairly simple. Take one vBulletin site that had a completely separate look and integrate it into the look and feel of the Afternic.com site. No small task, but luckily one I had some level of experience with, having worked on the http://domainersadvantage.afternic.com WordPress…
A couple weeks ago I was trying to get access to a site that Karl Susman had set up in his hosting account for a new website. He created a new user for me to access that specific directory on the server. Somehow we got permissions or the password messed up and he then deleted the ftp user account so that he could recreate it. The files were also deleted…all of them. Four hours later, when talking with the hosting…