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Question!

Do you use Google or Bing for search?  I often wonder how many people have a preference or is down to what is loaded in the browser by the OEM!

If you are thinking of starting to get familiar with website design, blogging or internet development then without a hosting platform you cannot start.  When I first started using the Internet the prices in Ireland were very high so I had to look offshore to the US mainly.  Dreamhost were one of the best prices with as very good reputation and I have been using them now for over 4 years without any problems.

Since then Irish companies like Blacknight have become very competitive but I still use Dreamhost for sites  that I want to target US customers and for quick sites and for experiments as I like their control panel and I can have a domain and hosting usually up an running in a morning.

I use DreamHost for a lot of my sites.  They have a great support service,  excellent pricing and a real easy control panel.  They offer one click install for a large array of blogging platforms, applications and tools.  The link above is an affiliate link so if you click on it I do make some money but I would not recommend them if I was not a fan.  I have over 30 sites with them and so far have not had any problems other than ones caused by myself.

I am off to WordCamp Ireland tomorrow run by Sabrina Dent and gang.  Really looking forward to it!!  It is a great opportunity to meet up with web designers from Ireland and beyond and listen to some great tracks and speakers. I plan to heckle from the back of the talks about Drupal of course and will probably eventually be thrown screaming out into the streets as my goodie bag is ripped from my fingers.

Check out the website to see what you are missing and the great speaker list.

I am bringing my 10 year old son with me as he will enjoy it as well as it is kid friendly allegedly (until I get thrown out ) and it is chance to have a road trip with him.  We are bringing two Twitter people with us that I have never met so I have the Mace in the glove compartment !!

But the 20 minutes of hecklingwill be worth it.