So, while I actually started DIYSearch in May of 1996, the actual thing didn’t get going until November 1996. Two years later I bought the DIYSEARCH.COM domain.
Here we are, 11 years. Over a decade. Its funny to think that we’ve been doing this Web Two-Oh thing (you know, user-generated content/submissions) for that long, way before it had some ridiculous pointless tag attached to it.
To mark our 11th birthday, we have decided to beg and plead with anyone who will listen to help sponsor this project. Its starting to hurt a little (paying all of the bandwidth and server costs) and… well I’m not here to bitch and complain, just to drop a little hint. Wink wink, nudge nudge.
Anyway, 11 years. That’s a long time. Yeah sure there are a few gaps in the history, like where the site went down for almost 3 weeks because I lost my job and had to move and find a new job, yeah things break and I try to get to them as fast as possible. Its the way of such things. The site and the project has been rock stable for a year, without any major mishaps or blunders (on my part) so I’m going to take that as a positive.
I’ve been really enjoying the survey responses, and have found them immensely helpful and useful. Such as over 90 percent of you who took the survey think DIYSearch is still relevant, even after all these years. You also have been providing some excellent ideas for future enhancements, real enhancements, stuff that I am going to work on, as soon as Autonomic is launched.
Oh yeah, and lastly, I believe we have a winner for the name change. Oh don’t worry, DIYSearch isn’t going away, but I feel very strongly over re-naming it. I’ll have an announcement soon (weeks) about the new name.
Well, happy 11 DIYSearch.
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