Jul 24
A couple of days, my wife’s cousin asked me about my web site. I told her that URL of my web site is the same as my complete name, which is http://www.antonypranata.com. Guess what, she typed the wrong URL, http://www.anthonypranata.com (with ‘h’), and was brought to a completely different web site.
If you visit the “fake” web site, you would see some paid links. They all use the keywords “stolen” from my original web site, such as S60 3rd Edition Software, Screenshot Symbian, etc.
Who is the guy who bought that domain name? I tried to search it on Whois.net, and got the following result:
Name: Admin -
Organization: Maltuzi LLC
Email: admin@maltuzi.com
Address: 800 West El Camino Real Suite 180
City, Province, Post Code: Mountain View, California, 94040
Country: US
Phone: 1.6508146730
What should I do to this guy? Call him/her?
May 05
ADC-Soft is my own company that sells puzzle games. It is one-man company. I do everything from development, marketing to customer service. One of the most popular games is B-Jigsaw that allows you to create jigsaw puzzles from your own pictures.
It was started as a hobby project. I love programming so much. During Web 1.0 booming, I started to create a web site, called Antony’s Download Center (ADC), where people can download my applications. It is where the name ADC-Soft came from. My first web site was hosted on Geocities.com. For those who don’t know, Geocities.com was one of the first free Web hosting services. Later on, they are acquired by Yahoo!
My first web site was alive on my 23rd birthday, which is September 19, 1998. Since then, I have been selling thousand of puzzle games. I signed a contract with a Japanese company to translate and redistribute one of my games too. One thing that I can be proud of, I was able to pursue M.Sc. degree in Germany with the money from my own business.
After being around for almost 9 years, I decided to kill ADC-Soft. It’s a bad news, indeed. Unfortunately, I have to do it. I have limited time to do further development and support. What’s next? I am planning to start another business in the mobile industry. The plan is to have everything ready on my 32nd birthday this year.
Wish me luck…. 
