InfoWest Weblog

Our filtered internet service is called “Clean Internet” and it prevents access to MySpace.com. Several months ago we began receiving complaints from parents about a site called MySpace.com. We, at the time, hadn’t heard much about it. We sure have now. It has been all over the news.

MySpace.com was originally created as a creative outlet for rock bands and independant music labels to spread word of their latest work and to build a fan base. It has evolved into a mix of Blogs, Picture sharing, Personal Ads & social networking. Read the rest of this entry »

Just wanted to let you guys know that we’re working on new posts that we hope to put up this week, including Webmail Features (part 2) and a post about Clean Internet and Myspace.com

Also, you can look forward to more insights from our Web Designer, Karl-Erik in the near future.

Mostly, though, I just wanted to post this to test the “Asides” feature of K2, which is the Wordpress theme we’re currently using.

Note: Well now that I see them, they don’t seem too nifty.

Web sites are quite a unique medium. They are the ultimate in multimedia functionality but it can be a challenge to decide what to include. One rule I have in design and multimedia is “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” We have all seen commercials using a special effects or media that was completely unnecessary and was distracting from the overall message. Read the rest of this entry »

I was recently asked by a customer, “so how are you guys connected with Interlinx?” As I tried to explain the big picture, it became obvious that I should spend some time to spell out what our business and technical connections are, and why they matter. Here’s my first attempt - I welcome any questions. Read the rest of this entry »

Webmail is an extremely useful tool for those of us who check our email from numerous places, but the current InfoWest webmail system has some limitations. There’s one way to get past the limits of webmail, while still keeping your infowest.com email address, and that’s webmail2.infowest.com Read the rest of this entry »