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Devil Doc
When Death smiles, Corpsmen smile back
I'm pretty sure that I don't want anything to do with the Puff Lifestyle.
Doc.
Doc.
vudu9
New Member
Puff?.....Meh -
Thanks for letting me hang out here Rod.
Thanks for letting me hang out here Rod.
SPIVY
THE STIG
When I went there I saw the mediocre design. I dont think I will spend much if any time there.
Ed
Ed
Q_The_Cop
Beware Clown!
Puff down temporarily
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Puff Admin
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Thanks for letting us hang out Rod!
In order to improve our services, our site is temporarily down while we move to a new and more robust server environment. Please bear with us a short time, while we make this move.
Puff Admin
:sign:
Thanks for letting us hang out Rod!
baldheadracing
Reading more, posting less
I'm pretty sure that I don't want to purchase products from any Puff advertisers.
NullSmurf
Das Bruce
Still, its like an ant farm. I just want to watch.
cigarsarge
BOHICA
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2003
- Messages
- 2,869
Puff Lifestyle...What a concept. Just WTF is it? ???
sinnyc
Tibi ipsi esto fidelis.
IanHummel
Member
AVB
Jesus of Cool, I'm bad, I'm nationwide
CigarManDan
New Member
LAME!!
I love Famous Smoke and order from them regularly, but I got this e-mail today.. I really dont like that they are sending out e-mails on behalf of this clown.. It looks like my PAM and VSG buying is going to go to another online store, what a shame..
Ashes to Ashes: An interview with Puff.com's Jon Caputo
This month, we speak to Jon Caputo, founder of Puff.com, which is currently among the leading "cigar smoker community" websites. A "serial entrepreneur," by trade, Caputo (38) is also an avid cigar smoker.
Prior to the merger of Puff.com, Mr. Caputo started The Developer Shed Network (aka, "DevShed"), an open source, developer-specific website that provides content, eNewsletters, webcasts and targeted user forums catering to the needs of IT developers. His interests also include a love of football, martial arts, and target shooting (he's an NRA member). Jon has been married to his wife and business partner, Shari, for 13 years, and they are the parents of two children: boy and girl twins.
What was the very first cigar you ever smoked, and what do you remember most about it?
John Caputo: It was over 5 years ago and difficult to remember. If I recall correctly, I was at someone's wedding and was handed a cigar. We were all outside, and everyone around me lit up. I decided to do the same and I never turned back.
Can you describe some of your personal history as a cigar smoker?
JC: I started off small and tried to keep my selection of sticks inexpensive. I really didn’t know all that much about cigars when I first started, but my grandfather always smoked them to relax. I'm also happy to say that before he passed I was able to share the experience with him numerous times. It allowed us to bond in a way that was never previously possible.
What are some of your favorite cigars?
JC: Padron cigars and Arturo Fuente cigars, because they are consistently well-made.
Please tell us a little about your professional background.
JC: I have a B.S. in legal studies and a M.S. in criminology, and thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I changed my mind after getting to know a few lawyers and decided to try my hand at the FBI. I got to the very end of the process, but for whatever reason did not get in. At that time (about 12 years ago), I decided I needed a new profession and purchased a bunch of books that teach you how to program. I had a feeling the internet would be big and I read everything I could. Soon I was programming and doing my best to land contract work as I worked a full time job. That worked out well for me, and an idea came to me to create a web hosting directory (sort of a yellow pages for the internet). There wasn’t one at the time and it took off. Ultimately I sold that business to CNET and worked for them for a while. When that was over I started another group of sites that catered to the web development community. I sold that business [DevShed.com] to a private equity firm and worked for them for a while. When that was over I decided to start Puff.com.
With so many cigar community sites already online, why did you create Puff.com?
JC: I love cigars. They are a passion for me. And this time I wanted to do something that was fun and enjoyable. Additionally, I have always felt like the cigar community needed an independent voice that could be heard, and I'm hopeful that Puff.com will do just that. It is a cigar community by the people for the people. Cigar reviews are submitted by our community, cigar blogs are posted by our community, articles are written by our community.
What does Puff.com offer to the internet-using cigar smoker?
JC: Well for one thing, real time news on the cigar industry. Since we are online we have the ability to scoop stories that matter to the cigar smoker before anyone else has a chance. We posted a piece on Obama's selection of William Corr - the current Executive Director of Tobacco Free Kids - as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, and what that will mean to people like you and I who enjoy cigars. No one else had posted the cigar angle on this story, but we did as soon as the news broke.
Has the merger gone "as scripted?" How does this merger compare with, say, DevShed?
JC: Well this is an interesting question. I knew going in there would be challenges. I mean if it were easy this would have already been done before. But my sense is we are over the big hump, and while there will continue to be smaller bumps in the road, I think the worst is behind us and things are really coming together nicely.
What challenges have you encountered?
JC: Certainly, many are resistant to change and who can blame them? Change is scary sometimes and people (including myself) like familiarity. But I do believe that many are coming around and beginning to see we are in the precipice of doing something special here, and that is giving the cigar community a voice it never had before.
Has there been anything you DIDN'T anticipate?
JC: It’s difficult to say. Many things that transpire in this kind of endeavor are hard to anticipate. It’s more accurate to say that you must have the ability to roll with the punches and deal with each issue as it comes at you.
If there was just one thing you wanted the cigar-smoking public to know about you, what would it be?
JC: Honestly I am not as important as the movement is. We as a cigar smoking community are under siege right now. We are being attacked at all angles and we need to rise up and get organized in massive numbers. I am hopeful that Puff.com will play a role in giving the cigar community a voice and organization in such a way that didn’t exist before so that we may retain our freedoms.
What are you most excited about with regard to the future of the premium cigar industry?
JC: Well many of the manufacturers I have spoken to are continuing to innovate the creation of amazing new cigars, and I'm lucky to have an opportunity to try many of them. I must say I haven’t had one subpar stick in quite some time. I think that bodes well for all of us! £
To learn more, visit Puff.com.
I love Famous Smoke and order from them regularly, but I got this e-mail today.. I really dont like that they are sending out e-mails on behalf of this clown.. It looks like my PAM and VSG buying is going to go to another online store, what a shame..
Ashes to Ashes: An interview with Puff.com's Jon Caputo
This month, we speak to Jon Caputo, founder of Puff.com, which is currently among the leading "cigar smoker community" websites. A "serial entrepreneur," by trade, Caputo (38) is also an avid cigar smoker.
Prior to the merger of Puff.com, Mr. Caputo started The Developer Shed Network (aka, "DevShed"), an open source, developer-specific website that provides content, eNewsletters, webcasts and targeted user forums catering to the needs of IT developers. His interests also include a love of football, martial arts, and target shooting (he's an NRA member). Jon has been married to his wife and business partner, Shari, for 13 years, and they are the parents of two children: boy and girl twins.
What was the very first cigar you ever smoked, and what do you remember most about it?
John Caputo: It was over 5 years ago and difficult to remember. If I recall correctly, I was at someone's wedding and was handed a cigar. We were all outside, and everyone around me lit up. I decided to do the same and I never turned back.
Can you describe some of your personal history as a cigar smoker?
JC: I started off small and tried to keep my selection of sticks inexpensive. I really didn’t know all that much about cigars when I first started, but my grandfather always smoked them to relax. I'm also happy to say that before he passed I was able to share the experience with him numerous times. It allowed us to bond in a way that was never previously possible.
What are some of your favorite cigars?
JC: Padron cigars and Arturo Fuente cigars, because they are consistently well-made.
Please tell us a little about your professional background.
JC: I have a B.S. in legal studies and a M.S. in criminology, and thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I changed my mind after getting to know a few lawyers and decided to try my hand at the FBI. I got to the very end of the process, but for whatever reason did not get in. At that time (about 12 years ago), I decided I needed a new profession and purchased a bunch of books that teach you how to program. I had a feeling the internet would be big and I read everything I could. Soon I was programming and doing my best to land contract work as I worked a full time job. That worked out well for me, and an idea came to me to create a web hosting directory (sort of a yellow pages for the internet). There wasn’t one at the time and it took off. Ultimately I sold that business to CNET and worked for them for a while. When that was over I started another group of sites that catered to the web development community. I sold that business [DevShed.com] to a private equity firm and worked for them for a while. When that was over I decided to start Puff.com.
With so many cigar community sites already online, why did you create Puff.com?
JC: I love cigars. They are a passion for me. And this time I wanted to do something that was fun and enjoyable. Additionally, I have always felt like the cigar community needed an independent voice that could be heard, and I'm hopeful that Puff.com will do just that. It is a cigar community by the people for the people. Cigar reviews are submitted by our community, cigar blogs are posted by our community, articles are written by our community.
What does Puff.com offer to the internet-using cigar smoker?
JC: Well for one thing, real time news on the cigar industry. Since we are online we have the ability to scoop stories that matter to the cigar smoker before anyone else has a chance. We posted a piece on Obama's selection of William Corr - the current Executive Director of Tobacco Free Kids - as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, and what that will mean to people like you and I who enjoy cigars. No one else had posted the cigar angle on this story, but we did as soon as the news broke.
Has the merger gone "as scripted?" How does this merger compare with, say, DevShed?
JC: Well this is an interesting question. I knew going in there would be challenges. I mean if it were easy this would have already been done before. But my sense is we are over the big hump, and while there will continue to be smaller bumps in the road, I think the worst is behind us and things are really coming together nicely.
What challenges have you encountered?
JC: Certainly, many are resistant to change and who can blame them? Change is scary sometimes and people (including myself) like familiarity. But I do believe that many are coming around and beginning to see we are in the precipice of doing something special here, and that is giving the cigar community a voice it never had before.
Has there been anything you DIDN'T anticipate?
JC: It’s difficult to say. Many things that transpire in this kind of endeavor are hard to anticipate. It’s more accurate to say that you must have the ability to roll with the punches and deal with each issue as it comes at you.
If there was just one thing you wanted the cigar-smoking public to know about you, what would it be?
JC: Honestly I am not as important as the movement is. We as a cigar smoking community are under siege right now. We are being attacked at all angles and we need to rise up and get organized in massive numbers. I am hopeful that Puff.com will play a role in giving the cigar community a voice and organization in such a way that didn’t exist before so that we may retain our freedoms.
What are you most excited about with regard to the future of the premium cigar industry?
JC: Well many of the manufacturers I have spoken to are continuing to innovate the creation of amazing new cigars, and I'm lucky to have an opportunity to try many of them. I must say I haven’t had one subpar stick in quite some time. I think that bodes well for all of us! £
To learn more, visit Puff.com.
I was searching the internet for cigar related informatiion last week, and his site is very pervasive in the search results.
I'm sure he is making some good money right now, as I imagined he would, based on advertisers.
A lOT of advertising, so much that I doubt I will frequent the site at all. I was considerably annoyed at the constant barrage of
advertising. I have already stopped doing business with businesses or corporations who use pop-ups, as I consider it "getting in my face", and I find it too aggressive for my morals and values. Yes, it makes folks a lot of money, just not my money.
I'm sure he is making some good money right now, as I imagined he would, based on advertisers.
A lOT of advertising, so much that I doubt I will frequent the site at all. I was considerably annoyed at the constant barrage of
advertising. I have already stopped doing business with businesses or corporations who use pop-ups, as I consider it "getting in my face", and I find it too aggressive for my morals and values. Yes, it makes folks a lot of money, just not my money.
fourthrail
New Member
With the significant amount of data, content, and membership, that they appear to have, all you needed was a good designer, and 2 decent programmers, and a LOT more could have really been done with it.
Sunshine86
Nicaraguan Whore
I registered over at Puff.com a few weeks ago and I've been on maybe three time since then. I can't really put my finger on it but, compared to here, Puff feels lacking.
Devil Doc
When Death smiles, Corpsmen smile back
Let me guide your finger. Puff is a commercial enterprise. This place, is a labor of love.
Doc.
sticksnstones
Member
Well, I'm on both and still use both but find more of my time and attention is being spent here and I can see that only increasing. CS was my first bulletinboard experience and still a soft spot for it, but I was/am not happy with the changes.
tsmckenney
Mick
Puff Lifestyle = weak orgasm