http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog The weblog for Summersault, LLC, a website development firm in Richmond, Indiana Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:52:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend recently noted that 4 of the 5 web-based applications he uses on a regular basis to manage his life are officially still in “beta” status. While I think this has become a fairly standard practice for many web application providers, I hope it’s one that we still ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/04/27/when-beta-really-means-beta.html Just today, we’ve received two reports of our clients getting mailings from organizations claiming that payment is needed in order to maintain or renew services related their hosting account or domain, and in both cases, the mailing was just a scam. These mailings often come in the format of ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/04/16/watch-out-for-domain-scams.html I recently found a neat little application that has been useful both at work and in my at-home computing. It is called Prism, and what it does is allow you to run your favorite web applications (Remember the Milk, Facebook, Google Calendar, etc.) as if they were desktop applications. ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/02/29/bridging-the-gap-between-web-applications-and-desktop-applications-prism.html I’ve been waiting for a while now to see what Google was going to do with their acquisition of JotSpot, the collaborative wiki site that a number of non-profit organizations I’m involved in has used to organize our internal information. In my opinion, the long wait was a big ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/02/28/google-announces-google-sites.html No matter whether you have a huge advertising budget or you’re a one-person marketing department, viral marketing can play a significant role in helping you get the word out about your company or organization. Viral marketing… 1. Gives away products or services 2. Provides for effortless ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/02/18/basics-of-viral-marketing.html Creating an engaging website that keeps your users coming back over time can be an exciting challenge. One way to take on the challenge is to add a feature that encourages real-time human connection: a live chat room. Assuming that meeting in person isn’t possible or logistically easy, ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/02/16/adding-a-free-chat-room-to-your-website.html As the Internet continues to grow and change at a rapid pace, new and innovative website design possibilities become a reality everyday. For our company that means keeping up with the newest innovations in website design and programming, and for our customers it means a broader spectrum of opportunities ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/02/15/net-neutrality-faq.html When Mac OS X Leopard was released in October 2007, there was significant outcry about a number of changes made to the built-in firewall. One security consultant even went so far as to call the firewall “a mess…so simple as to be nearly useless”. Apple soon released a few security ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/02/05/changing-my-mind-about-leopards-much-maligned-firewall.html In a service business, it can sometimes be difficult to measure the true level of satisfaction that our clients experience. The testimonials they offer say a lot, and even after all these years its still surprising that so many of our clients consider working with us to be a ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2008/01/31/tech-support-satisfaction-the-numbers-speak.html As I did with the release of Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger”, I thought I would share a few notes about my experience in upgrading to the latest version of the Mac operating system, 10.5 “Leopard”. If you just want to hear about all of the good stuff I’m experiencing as ... http://www.summersault.com/community/weblog/2007/12/16/notes-on-an-upgrade-to-mac-os-x-105-leopard.html