Well since moving to DreamHost a few days back, there’s been no problems so far – in fact, I’m finding their organizing to be much better than the previous hosting solutions I’ve used. As of today, the under-maintained ZEE4 site is running on it as well… now about that under-maintained part…
Well after running ZEE4 since about 2002, I’ve decided it’s finally time to get a server. Basically the high cost of semi-dedicated machine has been the major hurtle. Thanks to a 1970s-style Canadian dollar (means an automatic 2% discount on U.S. prices as of today) and general price drops in servers, it’s about time.
I’m sitting in a local Second Cup dashing (ok, bit faster than crawling) through my TTD (Things To Do) list, fueled by cold coffee (yes, more caffee – same price) and I’m thinking about the “Digital Bedouin” (so termed by a U.S. writer Dan Fost in his article WHERE NEO-NOMADS’ IDEAS PERCOLATE, written a few months back) and I’m wondering what it means- kind of like the team cybercrime or auto-crime (yes, apparently when cars where new, criminals who used cars where refered by their tool, much like there is crime and there is cybercrime – I give it another 10-15 years before it’s just called “crime” except for the old folks at CTV – yes, they still show temperatures in Fahrenheit, what 20 years on?).
Anyways, I’m thinking that it’s one of those things that people will just start doing without really thinking of it as anything special- go to a university campus and you’ll see students working on laptops far from the classroom – in a few years some of them will be working far from the boardroom- hopefully with newer laptops. Doubt most of them will describe themselves as Digital Bedouins as much as anyone called themselves a “computer user” past 1990.
In the mean-time, there’s a few good links over at Slashdot, ShannonClark, or Going Bedouin at Web Worker Dail if you’re looking to get into it anyways.
ZEE4YYZtech.ca