The WebCommons Blog  • Go to Top

Starting today, September 4, 2008 I am embarking on two changes for my web programming services company named WebCommons, one somewhat dramatic, and the other, rather mundane.

The first change is this blog. Surprise! This is now the “front page” for the WebCommons site.

The rather good lookin' WebCommons logo (full version)

Originally, I was wanting a front page that worked like a portal, but in reality what I had produced was too cutesy, too static and virtually content-free, in an era where dynamic content is what drives the web (and search hits). But one day, after realizing how the Bon Vivant Savant business website was using a blog to front its business efforts, I was inspired and decided to convert my front page into a blog using WordPress software. (By the way, Bon Vivant Savant is a great new dining club in Louisville — check them out!)

This initial effort at a blog design may not be the most ultimate in design (yet), but for now, it will act as a communications center, not only for telling everyone what’s going on with the business, but also for expressing my views on various web development subjects. And boy, do I have a lot of views! (Ask anyone who knows me)

This should be a lot of fun.

The second change is that the old official name of the company is being changed from “WebCommons.org, LLC” to “WebCommons LLC”. Shortly, the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office should confirm my amendment to the articles of organization in which the name change was adopted by, well, me. When I started the company originally, I had a slightly different idea (and domain), but soon thereafter I modified the company’s focus. But, like any programmer who hates boring paperwork, I waited a long time before changing the name. This week, I finally decided, was it. No more dot-org and any possible confusion that could go with that.

One funny thing about the process of this name change is that the Kentucky SOS doesn’t provide a simple form for this update like they do for the original articles of organization or for making an address change. This process actually involved authoring a legalese letter, with contents required by a specific Kentucky statute. Luckily, a contact at the SOS office was gracious enough to allow me to fax her a sample version to see if I was doing it right — after just one iteration, it was ready to go. In the end, I am very happy I was able to figure this out and not succumb to using a government paperwork filing service like BizFilings, with an added fee of $139. (I wonder how many other businesspeople out there panic when they are faced with something like this, and rush to a filing services company, when doing it by yourself isn’t really that difficult)

OK, I admit it — I searched the web over for a free sample format for accomplishing this. And all I turned up was sites charging money for it one way or another. I guess it all made me fume so much that I became determined to write it up myself, and gasp, work with a government bureaucrat to verify my work. But this government experience was mostly pleasant — I bet you don’t hear that much, do ya?

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at 6:42 pm and is filed under WebCommons Announcements. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.