Newsletter: June 16, 2008

Welcome back to the Minnick Web Services Newsletter!

The weather is starting to heat up here in Sacramento, and so is the activity at MWS headquarters. Here’s a little bit of what we’ve been up to in the past month:

1. We’re Switching to Green Hosting
We've reached the point where we need to upgrade our Web hosting servers, and I see this as an opportunity to do something good for the Earth and our clients. So, we’ve partnered with Web hosting provider DreamHost to move our hosting operations to their green servers. DreamHost is a very reliable hosting company, and they are certified carbon-neutral. Over the next few months, we will be transitioning all of our hosting clients' sites to new servers. Current web hosting clients can expect to be contacted soon to schedule a good time to move their site.

2. Interop Dance Contest
Our team recently built a YouTube-like site for Interop Las Vegas’ Dance Competition party. The site was built very quickly using Drupal, and existed only for a couple weeks leading up to the event. The site’s no longer live, but we found a funny YouTube video documenting the sorts of things that went on at this party. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7n7-rTy-xI

3. Is Print Dead?
Mara, Margaret and I had a great time in LA as sponsors of the Western Publications Association Conference. The experience naturally left me pondering the fate of print publications as more and more information moves online. My thoughts on that are the basis for one of my most recent InternetEvolution.com columns. You can read it at: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=544&doc_id=152878&

Hope your summer gets off to a great start. Please let me know if you have any questions or if there are any topics you’d like to see covered in an upcoming newsletter.

Thanks!
-Chris

About Minnick Web Services
Minnick Web Services specializes in providing Web site and electronic publication services to media companies. They continue to develop new Media 2.0 products and services. Learn more at http://minnickweb.com/

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Home Newsletter: June 16, 2008 Welcome back to the Minnick Web Services Newsletter! The weather is starting to heat up here in Sacramento, and so is the activity at MWS headquarters. Here’s a little bit of what we’ve been up to in the past month: 1. We’re Switching to Green Hosting We've reached the point where we need to upgrade our Web hosting servers, and I see this as an opportunity to do something good for the Earth and our clients. So, we’ve partnered with Web hosting provider DreamHost to move our hosting operations to their green servers. DreamHost is a very reliable hosting company, and they are certified carbon-neutral. Over the next few months, we will be transitioning all of our hosting clients' sites to new servers. Current web hosting clients can expect to be contacted soon to schedule a good time to move their site. 2. Interop Dance Contest Our team recently built a YouTube-like site for Interop Las Vegas’ Dance Competition party. The site was built very quickly using Drupal, and existed only for a couple weeks leading up to the event. The site’s no longer live, but we found a funny YouTube video documenting the sorts of things that went on at this party. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7n7-rTy-xI 3. Is Print Dead? Mara, Margaret and I had a great time in LA as sponsors of the Western Publications Association Conference. The experience naturally left me pondering the fate of print publications as more and more information moves online. My thoughts on that are the basis for one of my most recent InternetEvolution.com columns. You can read it at: http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=544&doc_id=152878& Hope your summer gets off to a great start. Please let me know if you have any questions or if there are any topics you’d like to see covered in an upcoming newsletter. Thanks! -Chris About Minnick Web Services Minnick Web Services specializes in providing Web site and electronic publication services to media companies. They continue to develop new Media 2.0 products and services. Learn more at http://minnickweb.com/ ------ More News: Complete News Archive and Subscription Information newsletter