We’ve Moved

Well, things have gone pretty well, and we’re at our new location.  Be sure to check us out there!

We’re Moving!

Well, its a big day for us here at j.zirk, we’re getting our hosting setup and getting our things transfered onto our new server.  Hopefully by the end of the weekend we’ll be up and going at our new location!  Be sure to bookmark our new address and check us out!  You can find us at www.jzirk.com!

Also, if you are looking to start a blog, do what we did and sign up with AN Hosting. They’ve got some great packages that will help you get started, and getting your own domain name is a great way to start building a loyal audience.

Free Fonts

Every so often, the folks over at Smashing Magazine help designers out by rounding up a good list of free fonts.  This time around, they’ve located several free and great fonts. You can find them in their article here along with some past fonts they’ve listed.

Starting a Blog

In this day and age, starting a blog is simple and easy. Almost anyone could figure it out. The hard part is maintaining the blog with interesting content. There are blogs for just about everything, so how can yours make it?

Start by finding a topic that interests you. Its much easier to entertain an audience when you like the subject, and you’ll attract and keep your crowd if you stick to a certain topic. If you post whatever you feel like, you may attract people for that one post, but most likely they will never return. Having a topic for your blog will keep those readers coming back for more.

Don’t expect an overnight success. Most blogs take a good while before they see any sort of devoted audience. Stay away from your stats page and don’t worry about how many people read that post you just published. People will see it. Once you start to establish your blog, people will learn about it and refer others who may be interested.

I’ll leave you with one more tip. Keep your posts simple and short. In most cases, people just look for short snippets of information on a blog. Make it easy for them and they’ll come back later to read more. Don’t take a paragraph or two to finally start the content. Start off with a bang!

Update: We’ve moved! To find us at our new location with more information about blogging, click here!

Free iPhone 3G

That’s right, you could be the winner of the brand new iPhone 3G. Upstart Blogger is hosting the contest, and all you have to do is leave a comment with a link to your blog. On your blog you need to post a short review of Upstart Blogger. Go ahead, head on over to the article for the details and leave your comment!

Snow Leopard

Yesterday at WWDC, Apple announced the next OS in its line, named Snow Leopard.  OS X Snow Leopard will focus mainly on security and improvements and is said to reduce the operating systems footprint, giving your Mac more room and memory to do what you want it to do.  OS X Snow Leopard was also seeded to developers to begin testing and application development.  More can be found at the official site here.

Smashing Magazine Contest

Smashing Magazine is giving designers a chance to win some great design books.  And all you have to do is post a comment!  Head on over to their article for the specifics!

Apple Announces iPhone 3G

Today at WWDC during the keynote, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple will be releasing the much anticipated iPhone 3G on July 11 in over 70 countries.  The new iPhone promises twice the speed in downloads with the new 3G technology.  In addition to this, the iPhone 3G is thinner, promises longer battery life, and has GPS built-in.

New Mac Computer?

The Unofficial Apple Weblog has received a tip that Apple will reveal a new machine targeted at developers. We first heard about this in their live Talkcast Sunday night.  The new machine is being called the Mac Fusion and not much else is known about it.  The release photos appear to be from a copy of the Apple website someone is working on.

Once Again, Another ‘Leaked’ iPhone Picture [Updated]

So here we go again.  Web-Mobile.net (site in French) has posted another picture claiming it to be the 3G iPhone.

Web-Mobile.net is also claiming that they will be posting a video.

From Web-Mobile.net:

“Update: Go on June 9 at 17:30 for a video of the iPhone EXCLUSIVE 2!”

Update: I got to looking at this picture, and decided its more than likely a fake. If you look closely at the side/bottom of the phone, it clearly has the old back. This goes against the other pictures and rumors we are seeing.