What IS Cloud Hosting?

Earlier this year, we changed hosting companies for the first time in thirteen years. I wrote about that change here, and pointed out how boring a topic web hosting is. But it’s important. So much so, we’re getting ready to launch a whole new kind of web...

Hating the Heat: An NBA Fanbase Diss

Despite being a long-suffering New York Knicks fan, I have no reason to Hate The Heat. Sure, my team’s inter-division rival is pretty much always better than we are, but Hating the Heat? Not in my DNA. If you’re a fan, though, you may have just gained a...

What Conversations Are Allowed

Some years ago, I spent a bunch of time in France. As an American, I found cracking the social code there challenging. Then a friend told me the secret of what’s different in France than in the USA. French people reserve familiarity for their friends and...

Flexing Old Muscles (and when you shouldn’t bother)

I rarely find myself flexing old muscles any longer. Yeah, that’s a reference to my old-and-out-of-shape reality, but more it’s about looking at an older part of the business me and wondering where he went. Or whether it matters. When I was The Computer...

Unlimited (Storage)

Let’s talk about a word you think you understand—but probably don’t. Courtesy of our friends at Microsoft OneDrive, today’s subject is the word unlimited. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that previously unlimited storage accounts at their cloud...

Preserving Old Web Pages

Whether the subject is marketing, technology, people, money, or pretty much anything else, managing your business can be tricky. No more so than when it comes to protecting the value of your web site. We’ve mentioned several variations on this theme. A couple of...