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Archive for January 25, 2011
Web Host Review: GoDaddy.com
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The Daddy of all web hosts? Yes, in my humble opinion (imho), GoDaddy is great as far as a Web host. We have had sites hosted here for about a decade, and we can attest to the reliability, customer service, and software availability on Godaddy. It’s also as economical as any other Web host out there, depending on your needs.
We have a special right now, where you can have us handle organizing and setting up your Web hosting, e-mail, and any other online services you may need (such as online file sharing, faxing, calendar) for only $199 plus the GoDaddy hosting fees. Contact us at 505-977-8827 if you’d like to get started today, or email us.
That means you can gain the efficiency of our GoDaddy knowledge, as we have worked with their systems for several years. You can get your site set up fast, with any support you need for moving forward. This is a great advantage, since it can take a while to learn about host software, WordPress (if you want to start a blog), and Web design and security at any Web host. We can handle all this for you!
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To keep it real, the only down side I have ever experienced is a little bit of need to study how their Web site is organized. Sometimes it is apparent, but sometimes I need to hunt to figure out how to do something. This is better than being limited by services not offered at all.
If I call, their customer service is available 24 hours a day, however. So any difficulties are ameliorated by their strong customer service.
What are the things I have done on Godaddy? Well, here is a partial list:
- Worpress sites
- Web sites and Email (including Web mail) for clients’ domains
- Securing Web sites with SSL
- Online Fax Services / Email Faxing
- Ecommerce & Web Shopping Carts
- Linux/Unix and Windows Web sites
- Web applications (.NET and Java)
- Linking domain names to Google Blogger sites
- Drupal and Joomla Content Management Systems
- Video and audio podcasts
- Online Calendars
- Getting Dedicated Servers for Clients
- Storing large file online
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You can depend on GoDaddy, like any good patriarch 🙂
Shirl Sazynski: Writer and Illustrator
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If you’re interested in genius, you will love Shirl Sazynski’s work! I met her about a year ago through our professional writer’s group in Albuquerque, and find myself very drawn to not only her writing but her art also. You’ll love her blog on her upcoming comic Mistral as well as the rest of the lovely content on her Web site: ShirlSazynski.com.
Writer’s Resource: Miriam’s Well of Current Literary Events and Calls for Submissions
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Shirl Sazynski recommended this resource for current literary events and for writers looking to submit their work. It looks like it is a great blog to keep an eye toward…
Cheers and may the pen be with you!
YouTube Channel for 7000BC, New Mexico Coalition of Independent Comic Artists and Writers
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We created a YouTube Channel for 7000BC, New Mexico’s coalition of independent comic writers and artists. If you like these videos, there are several other artists and writers you may be interested in connecting with at 7000 BC.
To learn more about this organization, you can visit the 7000 BC Web site or visit the 7000 BC Comics YouTube Channel.
We posted the first lesson (three videos) in Making Comics Our Way, a series of lessons in comic creation.
These are only the first in a series of educational, free videos that will be available to the public. Paul Ziomek (overthetopcomics.com) and Chuck Larntz (larntz.com) produced this video and you can view them below, or visit the 7000bcComics YouTube Channel.
7000 BC Comics is in the process of producing educational videos for comic artists and writers. This set of 3 videos comprises lesson one on creating characters. We at larntz.com directed and filmed the videos, edited the videos, provided graphic design, created a Youtube Channel, and published the videos on YouTube.
You can also see more of Paul Ziomek’s work at Over The Top Comics.
Newsletter Design and Development
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We have a special rate for an HTML newsletter project (design and development–you supply the content), of $500 per project. If you would like some Web/HTML support to get your newsletter in tip-top shape for e-mail distribution backed up by a Web landing page, please contact us.
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SuperMediaStore for Inexpensive CDs, Dvds, and Storage
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Today we bought a thousand white sleeves for CDs and DVDs for about $20. If we go into a brick and mortar retail store, we pay $9 for about 25 or 50 sleeves. So, conservatively, we saved about $160 compared to shopping in person.
That’s what initially attracted us to SuperMediaStore. We figured it was too good to be true, but we ordered some anyway about 3 years ago. When we received them, all nicely packaged and ready to use, we were pleasantly surprised at the quality and speed of delivery.
Since then, we’ve ordered our media for much less money online than we’d pay in person. For example, I am using lightscribe CDs to record audio presentations for individual clients now, and we save a great deal of money by buying in bulk from these folks.
One of the goals of the technology coaching blog is to clue you in to technology services and products we have tested and experimented with. Sometimes, our reviews may reveal weaknesses in a technology source, as well as its strengths. However, in this case, we don’t see any problems at all to report from SuperMediaStore.
SuperMediaStore is a gem we believe you would benefit from, too. So, please visit them and if you click from here, they’ll know we sent you.
Happy archiving!