The original idea was to create a website where I, Mark Haynes could write my blog all about “Tech”. Whether it was software I came across, a great website or some new hardware I bought, I wanted a place to write my thoughts. Originally the blog was over at “mark-haynes.co.uk” and the blog was called “Marks Blog”…yeah catchy eh?

As I was blogging more and more, (well as I was fast approaching my 50th post) I was thinking there is a few problems with “Marks Blog” including:

• The Name! Mark’s Blog isn’t very original, it doesn’t stand out. It’s, well, boring!
• The Domain was Rubbish! (mark-haynes.co.uk) I don’t know what I was thinking. I mean firstly its my name which isn’t so unusual you want to remember it. Secondly, the domain didn’t match the name of the blog. Thirdly, Haynes can be spelt Haynes, Haines or can and often is heard and even seen as Hayes! The amount of times someone has read out my name from a sheet and called me “Mark Hayes” is probably more than it’s been said the correct way! Finally, it contained a little dash (hyphen) you know one of “-” them. Trying to say go to my site at Mark Hyphen Haynes Dot Co Dot UK and hoping that it would of been heard correctly is very unlikely.
• I wanted a brand. You don’t often come across a brand by some ones name unless it’s easy or really sticks out.

So my Plan? To think of a better name which also has the domain available. Now this may sound easy, but trust me; it isn’t. I don’t know how many names my friends and I came up with and the domains were taken by pages “Under Construction” or just full of adverts!

Eventually after throwing many names around, “Cloud Bite” was picked! The name is catchy, its simple and can be clearly heard and spelt. I know what your now thinking, Bite could be Byte? True it could try it now http://cloudbyte.co.uk

….See I checked that and grabbed it! Sure the .com is taken but I really liked this name and as the .com isn’t or at least at the time I’m writing this, being used “properly”, I settled with CloudBite.co.uk

Why Cloud Bite? Well Cloud Bite’s motto is… Adding a Little Bite to a Big Cloud.

About Me, Mark Haynes…

Well, where to start? I’m currently a student Studying Web Multimedia at Staffordshire University. I previously completed a BTEC National Diploma as a ICT Practitioner. I have been into computers for years infact since I was 4! Computers were alot different back then, I remember accessing games including Asteroids and Warcraft 1 via MS DOS and then being amazed by the ability to click an icon within Windows 3.1 instead of having to type C:\Games\…. in DOS! Well times have moved on and I’ve gone from a primary School with around 3 computers in the whole school, to a University that is made from computers; there are Hundreds if not thousands!

Computers are a big part of my life, it’s very rare I have gone a whole day without using a computer whether it be my desktop PC or iPhone. I spend most of my days sitting in front of a computer unless I’m travelling to and from Uni in my Punto I do watch the occasional film and often listen to music while at the computer. I listen to anything from Frank Sinatra to Arctic Monkeys and I do enjoy driving and listening.

Gadgets! I forgot to mention gadgets! I love gadgets, USB Gadgets, Phones usually anything that’s a hint of electronic I’ll probably like it!