Archive for the ‘web development’ Category

It’s Beta, Baby!

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_372" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Better in beta, but not as good as it will get"][/caption] Hi Gang! I've been absent from Mingtiandi again, but this time it's been for a good reason - because we've been working all hours to launch RightSite.Asia into public beta. We were in private beta for ...

We’re #8!

Monday, December 1st, 2008

8 is far out!This is a special kind of post that I haven't done before -- a thank you post. I'm writing today to express my appreciation for all of you that have helped to make Mingtiandi.com what it is today -- #8.  Let me explain.  After less than eleven months ...

RightSite Launches in Private Beta

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

[caption id="attachment_230" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Beta Ray Bill is not part of the Private Beta"][/caption] This week marks a big event in China's industrial property history (or at least a big event for us) -- the launch of RightSite's private beta. It only took about eight months of development, but the site is ...

Mingtiandi is Back Online

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Hi Folks, [caption id="attachment_223" align="alignright" width="300" caption="We are back online"][/caption] We are back online here at Mingtiandi, and after eight months of site building and eleven months of company constructing, our new site, www.Rightsite.asia is nearly ready.  Here's the latest. Hosting Migration We have been struggling with migrating this blog, our IDAAWorld.org site, and ...

Flight Times

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

For those of you tuning in at home, we are still hard at work on RightSite.Asia, and expecting to launch our beta version soon.  Here's a quick run-down of the challenges we're working on: Chinese proofreading: we are still revising and proofreading the Chinese version of the site Value lists: we have ...

Web Development in an International World

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

For those of you who have been following this blog, you know that we are nearly done with RightSite.Asia, the region's first bilingual website for industrial property.   After months of relentless site building, we are getting ready to wrap things up. Except for one small problem. This business of making things bilingual ...

Lost in Translation

Monday, October 13th, 2008

[gallery]Never fear faithful readers!  RightSite is on it's way to answer all your most personal questions about manufacturing and logistics facilities in Asia -- you just have to wait a couple more weeks. We have been busy the last few weeks fixing a few last technical glitches on the project and ...

Making It Both Ways

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Now that we have finished most of the technical aspects of RightSite, it's time to concentrate on the secret sauce; the magic ingredient that will make RightSite stand out and drive people wild.  We are going to start creating the Chinese version of our site. As a B2B site in China, ...

Fun in the Sandbox

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Alpha versions, beta versions, test sites, visits from mom, exercise programs and contest defeats. It has been a busy month here at RightSite, so apologies if the blog was a bit slow lately. The big news on this Monday is the debut of the RightSite.Asia sandbox site. (Apologies for the ...

Living in America

Friday, June 13th, 2008

After seventeen years away from home, what's weird about America is how normal it all seems. If you find the right radio station, and drive down the proper highway, it can seem like you're cruising the same streets you left behind in 1991. I'm in the US this week for a ...

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