This week in VPS.NET

As Ditlev struggles to cope with his baby growing up, and Nick recovers from the  Dibi Conference (or should I really say his night out with new client, WooThemes.com), I give you the VPS.NET edition of as the world turns.
We’re proud to announce that FreeBSD is now available for use with your VPS.NET account. It is currently in beta, however the BSD users out there should certainly appreciate this. I’ve been a Linux user my entire life on the web, but lately I’ve been getting the itch to dig into the BSD world. I’ll be spending this weekend playing around with it. For those of you who wish to join me, it’s available in the Chicago Cloud A location.
We’ve also launched a new ‘report to manager’ feature inside each support ticket. If you’ve experienced extraordinary service (as you should), click the smilie face. We’ll give that technician a pat on the back. If for some reason you feel the service wasn’t up to the VPS.NET standard, click the frown, and the VPS.NET management team will be immediately notified via a message to each of our Blackberries. This is a critical feature in the maturation of VPS.NET, as it’s very important we find out where any service is lacking. I can promise you — not just because I really dislike being awoken by my Blackberry — that any issue where the service wasn’t up to par will be immediately dealt with. 100% client satisfaction is of the utmost importance at VPS.NET.
As I eluded to earlier VPS.NET Managing Director, Nick Nelson, spent much of the week at the Dibi conference. A client even caught him doing his best European style pose, as you can see here. To go along with conference talk, Ditlev, Nick and myself will be attending HostingCon in July. For any of our web hosts out there, I’d highly recommend checking it out. Ditlev and Nick have both attended for several years in a row now, and always have a good time (both for business and fun!).
As a marketing major (graduate in 1 month!), I wander the web reading the various articles posted on marketing. I saw a terrific post the other day by Six Revisions on “Why Branding Yourself is Important.” I think it’s relevant to all of us, even if we’re not a web host, designer or programmer. Your personal brand determines how people view you, and to experience any sort of success in life requires that you have a good brand.
It is an amazing 85 degrees here in Cleveland, Ohio though. It’s time to head outside and play some basketball, especially after my Cleveland Cavaliers advanced in the NBA playoffs over the Chicago Bulls! It’s time to bring a championship to Cleveland!