How come I am skipping out on the event this year again?

Eh, it’s a long trip and I’m not sure how big the payoff might be. Right now I am happy to watch from the sidelines and see how many of the big hosting web sites cover it if they do so at all. HostingCon is the like the Super Bowl of the web hosting industry.

For more ideas on what you can expect to see and hear in the next week or so at HostingCon go back and check out my interview I did with HostingCon’s head honcho George Roberts on Web Hosting Show episode 110. For our post-HostingCon coverage I hope to get a few friend on the podcast again to talk about what they thought about the event. If you have anything to say, feel free to drop me a line about it.

I have been a big supporter of HostingCon since day one. I think it is an excellent event and it has quickly become the biggest event of the year for anybody who has any interest in the web hosting industry. Each year about this time I get just a little more excited because for web hosting enthuists this is almost as good as Christmas. (more…)

Tune in to episode 110 of the Web Hosting Show to hear the full interview.

+ Listen to All the Hostingcon 2006 Interviews on WebHostingShow.com!

Please keep in mind that the price you quoted is for the whole program on CD, which is 32 CDs. We do make individual tracks available for a lower price as well as each individual session available. For those that just want to pick up the audio for a couple sessions they missed it’s pretty reasonable at $15 per session.

Now I like George. As I have said before, he is one of the brilliant minds of the Web hosting industry. I just think he is overlooking a few things.

Ok, I do realize that it is a big load of CDs you would be getting. If the price can’t be lowered though, how about giving us a few “Hostingcon bundles” to check out? Give me three or four CDs grouped together, and set the price under $100.

I want to look out for the Web host out there that couldn’t afford to go to Hostingcon – but still wants to learn something from the experience. I realize that profits have to be made, but cutting a few people a little slack should not hurt the bottom dollar.

Want a cheap alternative? Go check out the Web Hosting Show podcast. There is more free audio and interviews there than you can shake a stick at. I won’t even charge you a penny to go listen to them.

To cut the Hostingcon guys a little credit, it does look like they have uploaded a free podcast for everybody to enjoy.

+ Secrets of Marketing
+ Microsoft at Hostingcon 2006

I posted an interview with Lou Honick of HostMySite.com yesterday and this Friday I’ll be posting an interview with Ian Andrusyk of FastServers.Net. Along with the Web Hosting Show special I posted yesterday, and the new audio intros for the show, I am pretty excited here. It seems like there is a lot of interest in the Web Hosting Show again.