Archive for March, 2012
Operations in The Cloud
Posted by Andrew McGrath in Startups, Things we use on March 25, 2012
Recently we launched www.verelo.com which aims to be your one stop shop for website monitoring. We started coding in August 2011 and launched in Jan 2012, since then we’ve obtained a small amount of funding and are pushing ahead full speed with features.
Today Verelo covers website monitoring focusing on providing notifications by Phone, SMS and Email, along with detailed reporting and sub-minute checks. In the near future we’ll be launching our 911 emergency response service (think of this as an outbound conference solution that will try get everyone onto a call at once, and if unsuccessful at getting the person to pickup, they will be emailed conference dial in details). We’ll also be adding cool services like log aggregation so you can actually get real data about “why” your site is down, not just a notification stating that “its down”. Exciting times, so stay tuned!
We would love to get your feedback, so if you have a website, API, online store front or even just a blog you want to have monitored bounce over to Verelo.com and signup for a free account!
Why I don’t care
Posted by Andrew McGrath in Uncategorized on March 24, 2012
Lots of people on Hacker News like to write articles about why they do things (Apparently 136,434) and while I’m getting a little sick of it…

I figure its time I get on board with the trend!!
I’m thinking of writing an article, either pick from one of my pre-selected topics or suggest your own by commenting. I promise to write it, get it polished and edited by a professional writer for your reading pleasure.
- Why I don’t punch people in the face
- Why I don’t drink from toilets
- Why I don’t own a horse
- Why I don’t light friends on fire
- Why I don’t jump out of windows
- Why I don’t walk around naked
- Why I don’t pee on strangers
- Why I don’t throw money at strangers with the intent of hurting them with large coins
Looking forward to your input.