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How I Quickly Transferred 13 Domain Names from GoDaddy to Namecheap

April 17, 2013 by 1 Comment

NamecheapWhen I bought my first domain name, back in the day, GoDaddy was the site that most of the people I know used. Cheap domain names. Easy setup. So it was a no-brainer.

But you’ve all seen GoDaddy’s commercials during the Super Bowl, the scantily-clad women, the obvious objectification of women…and for the past couple years I’ve kept telling myself, “I should really move my domains from GoDaddy to another company.”

Well, last year I bought a domain name with Namecheap, and knew they were who I would want to move to eventually. Namecheap is super easy to use, has very competitive prices and has a much cleaner interface than GoDaddy.

So last week, I moved all 13 of my domain names over from GoDaddy to Namecheap. It was incredibly easy and I had no downtime with any of my sites. I wasn’t sure all of what was involved with it, but it ended up being a very smooth process. Now, I should say that I’ve never used GoDaddy for any of my hosting, and I think that would have been a more involved process.

So, I would highly recommend doing this. And luckily, there are a lot of really helpful step-by-step articles that will walk you through the process. Here are a few links:

  • Namecheap offers advice on how to specifically move from GoDaddy here
  • Here is some basic information from Namecheap about transferring domains
  • Here is another article from Namecheap about how to make the switch without much of a downtime
  • Here is another article about migrating off of GoDaddy, with a lot of helpful information

Hope you’ll take the time to move your domains to Namecheap, you won’t regret it.

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Presbyterians & Social Media: If We Ignore/Critique/Mock It – Maybe It Will Go Away

March 5, 2013 by 6 Comments

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I can’t tell you how many conferences or events I’ve been to in the past couple years where I’ve heard speakers/presenters/preachers take cheap shots at social media. Many of these people have been Presbyterians. It’s like many Presbyterians have this idea that if we ignore social media, critique the hell out of it, or maybe just mock it with a nice one-liner in a sermon, maybe it will go away.

I’m sure it’s not just me either. How many of you have heard people say some variant of the following statements:

  • People talk about “online community” – that just doesn’t happen. Community is when we’re interacting with people, face to face.
  • We live in a world now where people “friend” people on Facebook, follow people on Twitter and share their life through Instagram. That’s what people think relationships are now.
  • Facebook is altering our understanding of “friendship” when you can just go “friend” anyone you want to.
  • People base their success on how many “friends” they have on Facebook – that doesn’t count.
  • We think we’re connecting because we’re on all these social media platforms, but…
  • Social media is actually disconnecting us from real life and “REAL” relationships.
  • Kids these days don’t even know how to TALK to one another – all they do is text and chat on Facebook.
  • I feel like I hear something like this at every event I go to, specially ones that are put on by Presbyterians. And I think that shows how out of touch many people are.

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National Day of Unplugging

February 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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When I’m asked to submit a 2-3 sentence bio for myself, I generally include a phrase like “social media addict.” In fact, that’s included under my photo on the sidebar of this site. I wouldn’t actually consider myself an “addict” but…I do spent a lot of my time on Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks sharing my life. And it’s not something that I generally go without.

National-Day-of-UnpluggingI’ve heard about the National Day of Unplugging before, and remember Elizabeth Drescher’s really good article that referenced it two years ago: “Turn Off, Slow Down, Drop In: The Digital Generation Reinvents the Sabbath.” I haven’t participated before, and generally have found good excuses (at least “I” thought they were good) not to join in.

But Sarah challenged me to do it this year (she knows me well, she said “it’d give you something to blog about after!”), and I’m taking up the challenge. So from sundown on Friday, March 1st to sundown on Saturday, March 2nd, I’ll be unplugging. I’ll be off Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+ (ha). My phone will be off (unless I need it for an emergency). My computer and iPad will be turned off and put away. The only thing I might use is my Kindle, but it will only be to read (I don’t have a fancy Kindle Fire, so the only thing I do on my Kindle is read).

And yes, I’ll probably blog about it once it’s over.

But I am unplugging to be with my family. I’m unplugging to be present at home, present with Sarah and not be distracted. I’m unplugging to spend a day with Caleb without worrying about capturing the perfect photo of him smiling, or stacking blocks or doing something cute. I’ll just be with him.

Are you going to unplug for 24 hrs this year?

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