Re: Can anyone help save Hardware Pub?
Whoa, this is kinda weird. BTW, this is Trevor... you know... "Trevelyan." You guys really don't need to put quotes around my name; makes me feel like I'm some horrible embarrassment that everyone avoids talking about.
Anyways, it's been quite some time since I've owned HardwarePub... maybe a few months since I sold it someone who sold it to you guys. And just so you guys know, I was there from the beginning. (And BTW, hey Dustin, long time no see.). If you don't know, the original (and I mean VERY FIRST) owner was Skeptik... but I took over because he sucked, but that's another story.
Anyways, I still visit hardwarepub.com every now and then, and honestly I like what you've done with my layout. Very nice, very clean, except for some small problems.
I don't think HWP was 'THAT' bad back when I owned it. True, it was stagnant for a long time, simply because it was monopolizing my life and so I just gave up on it. But for a time, we were pulling in 150,000 impressions a month. (And BTW, if you think 5,000 hits means 5,000 people visit your site a day, you are mistaken. It's most likely about 700 impressions, which means 700 page views, which is NOT good.)
Anyways, thanks everyone for bashing the site. I honestly won't really defend it, since I haven't seen anything that really makes it special, but I really do admire the new staff - they seem to be a lot more committed than I ever was, so I'll give them that.
Well good luck to you guys in your endeavour... hopefully you will succeed in your quest. Heh, maybe in ten years when your site is famous and you're rich I'll say "Man, and to think I sold that site and all it's content for $150."
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