Jess Coburn's Personal Blog
Windows Web Hosting, Web Technologies, etc
Introducing WebMatrix a new way to publish
Jul 6th
I’m excited to announce that Applied Innovations has partnered with Microsoft and is providing free beta hosting for WebMatrix users. If you’re not familiar with WebMatrix, (that’s probably because it was launched less than an hour ago), let me bring you up to speed. WebMatrix is a new, easy to use tool from Microsoft ...
My personal take on DotNetPanel’s decision to go open-source
May 8th
Over the past month I’ve been asked several times by vendors, colleagues and friends “What do I think about DotNetPanel deciding to go open source as WebsitePanel?” Well… I think it’s FANTASTIC! There I said it! I’ve evaluated DotNetPanel in the past and found it to be very powerful, full of features and definitely ...
Turning Windows 7 into a Wi-FI Access Point (for free!)
Apr 26th
So I’ve become extremely fond of my iPad. I think it’s the future form factor for ‘sofa surfing’ (that’s web surfing from your sofa while watching TV). I just checked into my hotel here in Bellevue for the Microsoft Hosting Summit and wanted to get my iPad online. The problem only wired internet was included ...
In air review of virgin America and my iPad
Apr 24th
I'm currently in seat 10a on my flight to San Francisco abroad virgin America and am 38228ft above Austin traveling at 430mph and thought what a great time blog. Well first let me say this is the greatest flight experience ever! We arrived at8 am for our flight only to see the lines at southwest ...
Great news for Windows Hosters and Windows Dedicated Hosting Customers
Jan 4th
Microsoft has loosened the usage rights (SPUR) around Windows Web Server 2008 R2. This is the low cost server license available from Microsoft. In the past you were limited on what could run on this server to only include web servers (HTTP) no database servers, no DNS services, nothing. This meant you needed to opt ...
