Hello, my name is Troy and I am a domain name junkie. Since 1995 I have registered several hundreds of domains, and let hundreds of domains expire. From the days of Network Solutions charging $70 (2 year minimum) to today's super cheap resellers - I have seen it all. But there is one formula I keep coming back to regarding registering domain names and it has saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars on both new registrations and renewals. Use GoDaddy.com for everything I used … [Read more...]
TrustyPig Changes Site Design, Slightly
Posted on August 13, 2008 Written by
In what can only be seen as a victory for everybody who has ever had their site design ripped off, the creators of TrustyPig have at least changed their sites colors and logo on their main blog to something other than the exceptional design by HappyCog they previously copied. While it appears to only be minor css changes (the actual div structure remains the same) - this is definitely a mark in the win column for "the good guys." After a public outcry and a flurry of postings around several … [Read more...]
Trustypig.com Rips Off Smartypig.com Design
Posted on August 11, 2008 Written by
You hear about it almost everyday... there is a nicely designed web site done by a team (or sometimes an individual) that is not only nice to look at, but is also a unique idea, and a fledgling business struggling to be both born and survive in today's depressed economy. Des Moines has become a hotbed of web entrepreneurs, strategists, social marketing mavens, and other services and businesses catering to the tech community. I even wrote about some of them in a previous blog post, here - … [Read more...]
Six Figure Blogging Review
Posted on June 17, 2008 Written by
I was first alerted to the 6 Figure Blogging course by a tweet (Twitter) from Chris Brogan, a highly respected expert on social media, not to mention a friend and colleague after meeting briefly at PodCamp Boston 2. I have been blogging here on TroyRutter.com for many years, and I have always been interested, fascinated, irritated, frustrated at not having the ability to actual monetize the blog. AKA - make money. After reading the course is presented by Darren Rowse of problogger.com … [Read more...]
Summer Web Developer Reading List
Posted on June 16, 2008 Written by
I haven't had a summer reading list since Elementary school, but as I have become painfully aware over the past few months, web technologies and methodologies are changing quickly, and if I don't want to get left behind, I really need to not only look at the "new" coming out, but also catch up on what everybody was talking about the past few months. Web Developer Magazine This is a great magazine from the UK that has a lot of tips and tricks, including a "redesign contest" every issue. To … [Read more...]
