Comments on: I Am Your Shepherd http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/ Tales From the Inside! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Juliet http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15953 Juliet Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:24:18 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15953 Hey Josh. Thanks for the t-shirt design plug. I ended up with a respectable 2.22 out of five. I know you guys are working hard to fix the problems, and I love the blog. See ya later! Hey Josh. Thanks for the t-shirt design plug. I ended up with a respectable 2.22 out of five. I know you guys are working hard to fix the problems, and I love the blog. See ya later!

]]> By: Dmitry Chestnykh http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15494 Dmitry Chestnykh Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:37:03 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15494 Hey, I bought your hosting because of that post about your wife! No, not because of the actual content. I was looking for a hosting to transfer my existing sites (away from G*D*ddy) a week before and didn't like any providers I heard of. Then one day there was a link to your post at Daring Fireball and I remembered DreamHost (I heard of it before, but forgot then). It turned out you was just what I needed and I bought an account. I hope you'll get more clients from all that (at the first sight) ...unrelated to web hosting... traffic! Hey, I bought your hosting because of that post about your wife! No, not because of the actual content. I was looking for a hosting to transfer my existing sites (away from G*D*ddy) a week before and didn’t like any providers I heard of. Then one day there was a link to your post at Daring Fireball and I remembered DreamHost (I heard of it before, but forgot then). It turned out you was just what I needed and I bought an account.

I hope you’ll get more clients from all that (at the first sight) …unrelated to web hosting… traffic!

]]> By: leanne http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15454 leanne Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:14:21 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15454 I thought it was cool I thought it was cool

]]> By: Vlad http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15236 Vlad Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:16:31 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15236 September 8, 2006 on 6:40 pm 6:40 PM That doesn't seem office-hour-ish to me September 8, 2006 on 6:40 pm

6:40 PM

That doesn’t seem office-hour-ish to me

]]> By: Barbara http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15142 Barbara Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:26:59 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15142 wow, didn't even notice any of my sites down. I must be on the same server as this blog. Josh: I actually don't find this one as funny as the others...c'mon, you can do better. Go cellophane all the toilets in the building (but wait til you punch out of work and put the cellophane under the seat) and tell us what happens... I doubt that Josh writes these on company time or even at work. He probably develops these while he is driving home from work, then rushes in to his house and posts them...right Josh??? wow, didn’t even notice any of my sites down. I must be on the same server as this blog.

Josh: I actually don’t find this one as funny as the others…c’mon, you can do better. Go cellophane all the toilets in the building (but wait til you punch out of work and put the cellophane under the seat) and tell us what happens…

I doubt that Josh writes these on company time or even at work. He probably develops these while he is driving home from work, then rushes in to his house and posts them…right Josh???

]]> By: Nenad http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15133 Nenad Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:51:51 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15133 People need to chill a bit, so your site is down, it's not the end of the world, if it is you should have payed for better hosting. A little humor is always welcome :) People need to chill a bit, so your site is down, it’s not the end of the world, if it is you should have payed for better hosting.

A little humor is always welcome :)

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15085 Kevin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:53:07 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15085 What #60 says. The title of this blog is "The Official DreamHost Weblog," which suggests to me that it ought to be more about what's going on inside DreamHost and less about funny-things-that-happen-to-Josh, particularly when things aren't going well. Yes, the status page is a good place to find out what isn't working today, and the troubleshooting forum is a good place to find out what problems other customers are experiencing. But when the problems persist for as long as they have, there needs to be a place where your customers can read that A) you recognize that things aren't going well, and B) what you're going to do about it. This "official" blog would be a great place for that, IMHO. When things are working well, the goofy humor is appropriate and appreciated. When things are broken, it's neither - we want to see that DreamHost takes these problems seriously, and these types of posts suggest that maybe you don't. What #60 says. The title of this blog is “The Official DreamHost Weblog,” which suggests to me that it ought to be more about what’s going on inside DreamHost and less about funny-things-that-happen-to-Josh, particularly when things aren’t going well.

Yes, the status page is a good place to find out what isn’t working today, and the troubleshooting forum is a good place to find out what problems other customers are experiencing. But when the problems persist for as long as they have, there needs to be a place where your customers can read that A) you recognize that things aren’t going well, and B) what you’re going to do about it. This “official” blog would be a great place for that, IMHO.

When things are working well, the goofy humor is appropriate and appreciated. When things are broken, it’s neither – we want to see that DreamHost takes these problems seriously, and these types of posts suggest that maybe you don’t.

]]> By: Rob http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15071 Rob Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:40:35 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15071 P.S. Why am I coming here with hopes of finding out why my sites are down? Come on. Do you really feel you're getting the answers you deserve on the Dreamhost Status page? P.S. Why am I coming here with hopes of finding out why my sites are down? Come on. Do you really feel you’re getting the answers you deserve on the Dreamhost Status page?

]]> By: Rob http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15070 Rob Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:36:31 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15070 I'm going to say this because it needs to be said. I'm not OK with coming here in hopes of finding more info on why my sites are down, only to find jokes from dreamhost. Their clever persona was fun when my sites were reliable. It's insulting now that they are not. I don't care about your wife. I care about my websites. That's why I pay you. Save the comedy for when I can have faith in your services. Right now, I can't. I’m going to say this because it needs to be said.

I’m not OK with coming here in hopes of finding more info on why my sites are down, only to find jokes from dreamhost. Their clever persona was fun when my sites were reliable. It’s insulting now that they are not.

I don’t care about your wife. I care about my websites. That’s why I pay you. Save the comedy for when I can have faith in your services. Right now, I can’t.

]]> By: Wendy Ju http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/comment-page-2/#comment-15049 Wendy Ju Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:07:05 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/08/i-am-your-shepherd/#comment-15049 At the risk of sounding like an ass, our org would totally have installed Subversion and used it if our servers didn't keep crashing *all the time.* We're totally paranoid about it now; it's one thing to have your website down. It's another to have production halted... At the risk of sounding like an ass, our org would totally have installed Subversion and used it if our servers didn’t keep crashing *all the time.*

We’re totally paranoid about it now; it’s one thing to have your website down. It’s another to have production halted…

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