Tomorrow afternoon at 1500 UTC, which also happens to be 1500 here in Ireland, .blog will finally go into "general availability". In other words, anyone who wants to register a .blog domain name will be able to do so without any restrictions. Sure, the registry has got a bunch of "premium" names and there's also some names that are "registry reserved", but neither list is … [Read more...] about The Clock Is Ticking .. DotBlog Goes Live Tomorrow!
The Domain For Blogging Addicts Is Launching
I've been blogging on and off for years. Some of my friends like to wind me up about the volume of blogging that I do, but I won't apologise for it. I am a blog addict and that is just part of my being! So when I heard about the .blog domain extension I was naturally interested. Time went by and ICANN took their time processing all the applications. I waited and waited and … [Read more...] about The Domain For Blogging Addicts Is Launching
Making Hosting Sexy In Portland
Earlier this week I was in Portland, Oregon for the cPanel conference. On Wednesday morning I gave the keynote. I'm not sure if cPanel or anyone else recorded it, so in the interim here are my slides: http://www.slideshare.net/blacknightsolutions/make-hosting-sexy My talk wasn't about sex, obviously, but picked up on some of the themes I touched on in this blog post and … [Read more...] about Making Hosting Sexy In Portland
The IANA Transition Is Done And The Internet Is Still Working Just Fine
The IANA transition. Unless you're an internet governance nerd you probably haven't heard about it and to be frank, you probably don't need to. It's something that a lot of people have been talking about a lot over the last few months. With some predicting an almost doomsday type scenario if the US government were to give up what little control they retained. However the … [Read more...] about The IANA Transition Is Done And The Internet Is Still Working Just Fine
Hear Me Speak At cPanel’s Conference In Portland
I've been invited to speak at the upcoming cPanel conference in Portland, Oregon. The conference, which takes place between October 3rd and October 5th, will cover a range of topics of interest to cPanel users and web hosting providers in general. So what will I be speaking on? My keynote is entitled: "How Can You Make Hosting Sexy?" No, it won't be about sex, porn or … [Read more...] about Hear Me Speak At cPanel’s Conference In Portland