http://collin1000.com/blog Whatevs! Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:05:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Delta: We are no longer together. I think we should end our very short relationship. We've known each other for just two years, but I don't like where things are going. Those of you who follow my Twitter account got a more-or-less play by play of my painful time flying ... http://collin1000.com/blog/?p=163 Previously, I have written blog posts about Horrible Fan Service and Customer Support. Today, I want to share something interesting I have seen. A brand that responds to every single tweet mentioning their name. This is not a tech brand. This is not an internet provider. Their product costs a buck. Who am ... http://collin1000.com/blog/?p=150 I have been fortunate enough to be hosted by dozens of different webhosts. Alot of people ask me upon learning this why I dont use just 1 webhost, or why I dont get my own VPS. (I have one, for the record) The answer is simple: less failure. Lets face it: Hard ... http://collin1000.com/blog/?p=139 Every Steve Up in Redmond Liked Vista a lot But the Cringe Who lived quite south of Redmond Did NOT The Cringe hated Vista and Microsoft too Oh he had his reasons — maybe more than a few It could be that his machine never really quite worked It could be he thought that guy Ballmer’s a jerk But the ... http://collin1000.com/blog/?p=136 So, I saw a cool website called Twilio. Being the webdork that I am, I was all drooly and ooooh and aaaah over it. So I signed up and I started thinking "What is something useful I can use this for?" At the same time, I was working on my webhost, ... http://collin1000.com/blog/?p=134 Every day on the web we share links. We post links to twitter, we share things on Facebook. Most of us use sites like bit.ly and tinyurl.com to shorten our web links. Well, now there is a new site, http://s4c.in that aims to change how we share our links. s4c ... http://collin1000.com/blog/?p=132