Staff Blog http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/articles en Participating in 48 Hour Launch Event http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/participating-48-hour-launch-event <p>The 48HL Event, hosted by <a href="http://colab.is/">The Company Lab</a>, is an event for entrepreneurs to develop their business idea with the help of volunteers and to show what they accomplished 48 hours later. An event that has occurred for a couple of years, the 48HL is quickly becoming popular among startups in Chattanooga. Next week, another 48HL begins Friday evening (November 11, 2011), and concludes the following Sunday evening. <em>Smooth Stone Services</em> has chosen to participate in this event.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/participating-48-hour-launch-event" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/participating-48-hour-launch-event#comments Information Technology Technology & Community Development Website News Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:42:20 +0000 David 107 at http://www.smoothstoneservices.com The Different Types of Webhosting, and Why it Matters http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/different-types-webhosting-and-why-it-matters <p><img alt="A &quot;server&quot; typically looks different than a normal every-day computer, and is usually compact and can fit into a &quot;rack&quot; containing multiple servers." src="http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/files/images/server-resized.jpg" style="width: 298px; height: 240px; margin: 5px 10px; float: right;" />There are thousands of webhosting companies in business today, and while many provide great service, the market is saturated with companies that provide less-than-stellar service at low prices.</p> <p><a href="http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/different-types-webhosting-and-why-it-matters" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/different-types-webhosting-and-why-it-matters#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:16:07 +0000 David 103 at http://www.smoothstoneservices.com Introduction to Twitter & Twitter Glossary http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/introduction-twitter-twitter-glossary <p><em>There are two parts to this Blog Post: The <a href="http://smoothstoneservices.com/introduction-twitter-twitter-glossary#intro">Introduction to Twitter</a> and the <a href="http://smoothstoneservices.com/introduction-twitter-twitter-glossary#glossary">Twitter Glossary</a> below it.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/introduction-twitter-twitter-glossary" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/blog/introduction-twitter-twitter-glossary#comments Information Technology Technology & Community Development Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:31:12 +0000 David 102 at http://www.smoothstoneservices.com Some Server Admin Basics http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/articles/some-server-admin-basics <p>The following are 3 broad suggestions that I gave to a nonprofit organization who I used to work for full time, in administering their servers, in an email (which I just wrote for free). While Smooth Stone Services does provide consulting and server administration services, the following are some best practices that I have no problem &quot;giving away&quot;. Incidentally, we hope that this article will help our potential (future) system administration clients in determining that we really do know what we&#39;re talking about, and we really do have your best interests in mind.</p> <p><a href="http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/articles/some-server-admin-basics" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/articles/some-server-admin-basics#comments Information Technology Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:47:58 +0000 David 86 at http://www.smoothstoneservices.com Striving for Excellence in Customer Service http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/striving-excellence-customer-service <p>Smooth Stone Services is committed to providing excellent customer service. As it says on our home page, &quot;Our mission is to provide affordable information technology services to organizations seeking to transform poor communities around the world, and to provide a crucial role in a community&rsquo;s transformation by providing technology education and jobs to its members.&quot; We feel that the best way for us to do this is to provide quality web hosting and technology solutions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/striving-excellence-customer-service" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.smoothstoneservices.com/striving-excellence-customer-service#comments Information Technology Website News Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:34:02 +0000 David 73 at http://www.smoothstoneservices.com