Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Zappos Visit
I had the opportunity to visit the Zappos headquarters this past week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zappos is an online retailer that started off selling shoes but has expanded into other clothing articles. Zappos prides themselves on customer service and company culture, which I think go hand in hand. My company, PEER 1, got the […]
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Game Developers Conference - San Francisco - 2008
I attended the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week. It is always a fun and energetic show. We run the “Latency Kills” campaign because every gamer knows that latency kills. Our “Latency Kills” t-shirts are always a big hit. Exhibitors included PlayStation, Nintendo, GameSpy, AMD, Intel. We are the only IT Infrastructure provider. […]
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“PEER 1 Social” - Los Angeles
As Manager of Client Loyalty at ServerBeach/PEER 1, one of my initiatives is to put together customer appreciation events on a quarterly basis in various cities across North America. I held my first event in Los Angeles last Thursday evening. I have to say that I was a bit nervous as it was […]
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ServerBeach Farewell video to YouTube
ServerBeach hosted YouTube for 2 years. They started with a single server and grew to over 200 servers in a year’s time span. I managed the YouTube account and what an adventure it was. It was almost like having a house that can only host 150 guests and 1000 show up and they are such […]
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The new AT&T ads
Have you seen the new AT&T ads? I noticed them because one of their commercials mentions San Antonio. The idea is that AT&T understands people live in one city but work in multiple other cities so their phone network has to be accessible in the combination of all the cities you work in. So let’s […]
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Funny web hosting video
As you know, I work at ServerBeach/PEER 1. We are a dedicated hosting, co-location and network provider. What does that mean? For those not familiar with web hosting, let me see if I can give an idea. Basically, we allow you to rent space on the internet. Just like you rent/own a house or […]
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Mosso Einstein Award
Mosso, a Rackspace Managed Hosting Company, gives out an “Einstein Award” to individuals that have made a significant impact on the company whether it be creating a new application, leading a new project or just going above and beyond the norm. My fiance, Jason Bartels, received this award just recently. He leads system engineering for […]
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Adventures in Toronto
I am visiting Toronto, Canada this week. PEER 1 was hosting a leadership meeting and a customer event here. I arrived Monday and will stay until Sunday. PEER 1 activities for the week have ended and what a memorable time it was. The other half of the trip is for personal vacationing. I will note […]
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PEER 1 hits up Austin Game Developers Conference
PEER 1 has had presence at the Game Developers Conference the past few years. I attended the San Francisco GDC back in March. While in San Francisco, we found out about Austin GDC through Mike Steele from Emergent Technologies. Since Austin is literally up the road from San Antonio, PEER 1 decided to exhibit and […]
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WordPress in San Antonio
So Automattic is a customer of ServerBeach/A PEER 1 Company (where I am currently employed). Automattic is more widely know for the development of WordPress. Barry Abrahamson, an Automattic employee and a native San Antonian, was visiting from San Francisco along with his colleague, Andy Skelton, also an Automattic employee, visiting from Austin, Texas. Andy’s […]
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