Innovation-Station is back, in a new and improved, AJAX’ed up web 2.0 style.* This evolution of the ‘Station is hosted on a (mt) Media Temple (ss) shared server and is proudly powered by WordPress and is my first attempt at a WordPress solution.

I have christened the theme and it is based on a modified version of the fabulous K2 by Michael Heilemann & Chris J Davis. The site’s images are, for the most part, pulled directly from my Flickr account.

As a poor(ex)student, I have yet to make the transition to Mac, so this site was produced on a PC, and the oh so beautiful Windows XP. Not once did it slow down, hickup, choke or crash. Supprisingly, no computers were harmed during the making of this site.** I code in Dreamweaver and Notepad2 and the graphics are done in Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2. The magical Novel Netdrive keeps me in touch with my server and lets the good stuff get to you fresh.

Why (mt)?

With the new site I decided to transfer to a (mt) MediaTemple (ss) shared server hosting solution. A while back I realised there was something going off, as a lot of the major blogs and design sites wear the “hosted by (mt)” badge with pride. I knew the community wouldn’t do this unless (mt) could back up their claims so I took the plunge and switched, and I am glad I did.

In this modern age you don’t find many companies who keep their promises when it comes to customer services, but even though I am in the UK, I have received nothing short of truly excellent service from (mt). Whenever I have a problem, I know they will respond to my email within the hour and have the solution I need.

*Any real wizardry is thanks to the hard work of the WordPress, Plugins and K2 developers and their respective communities.

**No longer true. It was when I wrote this about page, but Windows knew I had it easy, and punished me. Many times.