ABOUT US

Welcome to Texas' largest Deaf Network web site and newsletter. We've been doing it for five years now and we finally came up with our 5th edition of redesigned web site. It is completely down-to-earth and easy to use. If you have any problem using this web site, please let us know!

In November 1997, Patty Laird Germundson (cousin) and Grant Laird Jr. started a business what originally called Deaf Network Services which does web designing and advertising. Patty decided to leave to started her own cake business. When Brenden Gilbert and his family moved to Dallas from California in 1999, he agreed to help me start my own web hosting and together we launched a new business called Crazy Technologies. As for Deaf Network web site, it remains well-known in the deaf community in Texas, especially in popular email-based announcements & newsletters.

CELEBRATING 10th ANNIVERSARY
NOVEMBER 1997 - NOVEMBER 2007

We work with many different individuals, organizations and businesses. We are proud that we have reached new levels of our deaf and hard of hearing community in the 21st century. Our well-known Deaf Network email-based newsletter & announcement, in going strong -- currently over 1200 subscribers on our list. If you are not member of our list, get with us and sign up now! It's free to everyone.

Now, you probably wonder who's running Deaf Network web site and newsletter. Grant Laird Jr. is the one who maintains this with site and newsletter along partner guru Brenden Gilbert who handles all of our web hosting business. Deaf Network is proudly hosted by Crazy Technologies, also owned by Grant Laird Jr. and Brenden Gilbert. Sam Dunn is our premium web designer and he will design your web site beautifully for a reasonable fee.

If you would like to chat with DeafNetwork.com web master over the internet, you can contact Grant Laird, Jr. via AOL Instant Messaging (AIM) at "grantlaird" or Brenden Gilbert at “taznsin”. Please feel free to contact them whenever they are on online. If you would like to schedule Grant Laird Jr. or Brenden Gilbert to speak at your special event, E-mail info@crazytech.com.

Deaf Chat Coffee is for enjoyable, family-oriented, smoking-free fun!!  It is closer to your home at any of our many sites (and growing!) There is no charge for admission and you are not required to purchase anything at Starbucks. However we do encourage you to buy something at their shop. They always appreciate our business.

Please share Deaf Chat Coffee with your friends, co-workers and family members! This is a great get-together event also for ASL students to come and learn while meeting people. You simply can tell them to visit us at our website -- www.deafcoffee.com! Thank you for your support!