"Hey, our website is down"

A VPS (Virtual Private Server AKA "Virtual Dedicated Server") is a must-have for a mISV I must say. With shared hosting it was nothing but pain. With a VPS you can host any number of databases, websites and services on it. If you consider yourself more experienced than the average "shared-hosting-support-guy" - why not use your skills?

We've just moved our server that hosts the website, the customers database and other stuff to a new location. Our previous hosting provider - DotNetPark - that we've used for the last two years, has their servers really overloaded, so we decided to move.

Now we have a virtual server in the Atlanta-based datacenter from the VpsLand hosting company. VpsLand's support was quite helpful so far. The connectivity also seem to be fine. We'll see for the rest...

Now, speaking of the website hosting and tech-support,
CHECK THIS OUT: thewebsiteisdown.com.
Awesome hilarious video about the helpdesk everyday work. Must see!

"Cheap" iPhone

Steve Jobs: "Everyone wants an iPhone, but we need to make it more affordable". Sounds very cool and generous at first.

A classic example of charming marketing jabber from the most influential CEO in the industry.

The new $199 iPhone is actually $160 more expensive than the old $399 iPhone cause it requires a 2-year contract with a $35 monthly fee (old iPhone costed $20 a month). more here.

We all should learn from Apple.