A little before I started this blog I realized I did not use web software for anything important to me. Sure, I used web mail (both GMail and Yahoo Mail) and paid bills online and read alot online but there was nothing really important to me that I used the web for.

At the same time I had just started with Interfolio and my salary became dependent on people wanting to pay for our software and services so it seemed that I should do likewise. As I am not applying to college I could not really eat my own dog food but I knew a blog would have be important to me and I if I could I would constantly tweak it. I decided to go with a hosting service.

So I picked Instantspot because of its features but also because I wanted to experience the joy, the frustration and all the other feelings of using software. Fortunately Instantspot is pretty damn good so I have way more joy than frustration but there are definitely times when I have thought, "with x tag or function I could tweak y to do z". I know at some point I would have tried to incorporate AJAX comments on my own blog. Instead I have tried to provide constructive feedback from time to time to Dave and Aaron.

Overall, not being able to do tweak my own blog and to experience using web software has been a very good thing for me.

A quick word on Instantspot 2: Its very good and the use of AJAX done in a very thoughtful way. If you would like an Instantspot invite let me know in the comments or use the Contact Form on the right. I have 5 to give out.

A quick word on the new look: I created the image with ColdFusion and reflected it with a function writen by Dave Ferguson. Thanks Dave!