Who Is Behind This Hide-a-Pod Thing?
I got a good chuckle reading many of the comments on the Digg page (and other social media sites) for the Hide-a-Pod posting.
One of my favorite comment threads was the speculation about who was behind the Hide-a-Pod Web site. Someone suggested that it might actually be Apple in disguise! After all, they looked up the domain record and the information was hidden.
Come on, Apple has a great product and doesn’t doesn’t need my help to take down the Zune. After all, the Zune is self-bashing. 
Well, let me introduce myself. My name is Doug Smith and I’m not associated with Apple or any other big company. It’s right there in the footer of the site and it really is true.
I’ve been around the ‘Net for a long time — way before there even was a Web. Although I’ve been active in many online communities over the years, I tend to just blend in by having such a common name.
I’m currently involved in a number of small Web sites in a variety of capacities. If you care, you can have a look at my very outdated recently updated personal Web site. It was originally created as a place to post some of my home automation articles and whatever else I found interesting. One of these days I’ll convert it all to WordPress and start blogging some of the articles and ideas I have queued up.
So why the hidden domain record? No big secret here. Many domain registrars have a hiding feature to reduce the scams and spam you would normally receive by having a public record. I highly recommend the practice as it saves many a headache.
See you next time. I’ll explain the motivation for creating an entire site just for a joke. My intention is to post weekly occasionally with all the behind the scenes information as long as there is interest.