By Jeffro on March 27, 2009
Stefan Vervoort who operates DivitoDesign.com sent me an email letting me know that he has launched a brand new WordPress centric site called WPToy. Stefan plans on using the site to publish WordPress news, themes, plugins, articles, and tutorials. On top of that, the site will contain a gallery system. They’ll also be publishing theme and plugin reviews, inspirational posts, contests, and interviews.
They are currently looking for guest posts so if you’re into WordPress and feel like helping them get off the ground, be sure to give them a ring.
Posted in News | Tagged divitodesign, stefan vervoort, wptoy |
By Jeffro on March 16, 2009
If you browse around the Automattic About Page, you’ll notice that Matt Mullenwegs official job title is:
As the Chief BBQ Taste Tester of Automattic, Matt travels the world sampling cuisine and comparing it to the gold standard of Texas BBQ.
Of course this is to be taken tongue in cheek but certainly at the SxSW conference this past weekend, Matt was living up to his job title as Automattic and Conjunctured teamed up to have a Texas style BBQ which over 250 people attended. GirlsInTech stopped by and offered desert in the way of cupcakes.
For pictures of the yummy food, check out Andrew Magers post on the ZDNet blog.
All in all, pretty bummed that I didn’t get the chance to go but considering I’m only 25 years old, I can still say “There is always next year“. If you were lucky enough to attend the event, please let me know how it went in the comments.
Posted in News | Tagged austin, bbq, matt mullenweg, sxsw |
By Jeffro on March 14, 2009
Crowd Favorite which is the company founded by Alex King is looking to grow the team by hiring a good developer. While most companies are downsizing, good to see someone hiring even if it’s just one person. At any rate, here are the deets on the position.
Wants to work on cool projects, including many that involve WordPress.
Experience building web applications.
Experience with Open Source.
Enjoys developing in PHP.
You can check out the full job posting here. Working with Alex King as well as many WordPress related projects? Sounds like a cool deal to me.
Posted in News | Tagged alex king, crowd favorite, hiring, jobs
By Jeffro on March 6, 2009
IntenseDebate, the third party commenting service which Automattic acquired back on September 23rd, 2008 has announced that they will have their own plugin repository.
IntenseDebate has had some harsh criticism as of late for seemingly not obeying the wishes of quite a few users who have requested that IntenseDebate implement FaceBook Connect. At one point, ID told users that FaceBook Connect was not on the development list for implementation but rather, innovations were in the works and would be released soon. Little did we know that these innovations are the plugin API.
There is a brand spanking new Plugins tab in your IntenseDebate dashboard that lists the current plugins available. To activate a plugin just select “Activate” next to the plugin when you are logged into your account. Check out the comment section on your blog and you’ll find a plugin icon at the top right of the comment box. To use the plugin just select the icon and you’ll be ready to roll.
So far, IntenseDebate has four plugins to choose from. PollDaddy for creating polls, Seesmic for creating video based comments, YouTube integration and Smileys. Here is a bit more information regarding the plugins.
So now it looks like we won’t need to rely so much on the core developers of the service to add new features in. It will be interesting to see how far this plugin repository gets off the ground but I think its a great step in the right direction.
Posted in News | Tagged comments, intensedebate, Plugins |
By Jeffro on February 28, 2009
The story regarding WPDesigner.com just keeps getting better, or worst. I’m receiving reports from multiple individuals letting me know that they have received a paypal notice informing them to renew their 5$ subscription to the theme club Small Potato once operated. On top of that, some folks are even receiving late payment notices. Couple this latest development with what has taken place on the WPDesigner site the other day, it seems like something malicious is going on. After all of this time, someone who is keeping the lights on over their is making attempts at getting your money
I do remember Small Potato refunding everyone who was a member of the theme club after discovering that the new owner didn’t live up to his promise to keep the club going. I’m not sure what is going on but I’ll provide updates as I find out about them.
If you are receiving these paypal notices, DO NOT pay them. Simply ignore them.
Posted in News | Tagged payments, paypal, themeclub, wpdesigner |
By Jeffro on February 28, 2009
For those unable to attend WordCamp Denver, there’s good news. Starting at 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM PST at Bitwire Live on Saturday, February 28, 2009 there will be a live video stream of WordCamp Denver featuring yours truly, Lorelle Van Fossen and Dave Moyer. The stream includes both video and audio and will feature interviews with session speakers, commentary on sessions and much more.
Posted in News | Tagged bitwire, denver, wordcamp, wordpress |
By Jeffro on February 27, 2009
The other day, George Plumley contacted me to let me know of a new site he launched called SeeHowTwo.com. The site contains a variety of videos specific to WordPress.org with plans on adding videos to cover WordPress.com topics as well.
Initially, I had to increase the font size on my machine since it was a bit too small for me. No biggy as the site adjusted well to the increased font size. Unlike WordPress.TV, this site contains a key which makes browsing through the videos an easy process.
One of the videos I watched instructed me on how to hide comments on individual posts or pages. The video quality was pretty good while the audio quality was very good. In this particular video, I would have enjoyed seeing the screen zoom in on specific areas to make the content easier to read. George is a good narrator but at times, it’s difficult to see what he is doing on the screen.
Another thing I think sets this site back is that the screencasts are purely flash based with no way of sharing them on other sites. While doing the screencasts on your own ensures the best video quality and control, not having the ability to embed that video across the web I think is a major step backwards. Why would you not want that kind of exposure? On the SeeHowTwo videos, George already places a SeeHowTwo link at the bottom which does not make sense to me if you’re watching the video on the HowTwoSite. That link would be perfectly acceptable on a video that lets say, is embeddable across the web. Talk about branding!
While George provides quite a bit of good content already on his SeeHowTwo site, I think there are a few things that could be done to make it better. And while you might be hoping to have people simply link to the page with the video on it, I’d much rather embed the video on my own blog.
Head on over to George’s site and then come back and let me know what YOU think.
Posted in News | Tagged screncasts, seehowtwo, Tutorials, videos
By Jeffro on February 27, 2009
Ryan Imel of Themeplayground.com has published a compilation of Who’s who in the WordPress community with 50 people you should be following. Guess what, I and this site made the list. I’d be lying if I said I weren’t flattered with being featured in the list. Truth be told, I’m flattered by anyone who says that something I’ve published whether it be in audio, video, or written form has helped them in some way or at the very least, has entertained them.
Among some of the others who have made the list include the core development team, popular themers, well known plugin authors, and overall community superstars. One thing that Ryan has done in his post is put a face to those behind the blogs, themes, plugins these people have created, something I have not seen in other lists.
Personally, I think I have a goofy looking picture compared to Ptah Dunbar’s ‘Don’t Mess With Me‘ look.
Posted in News | Tagged celebreties, wordpress
By Jeffro on February 25, 2009
WPDesigner.com the site Tung Do aka Small Potato used to call home finally published a blog post today only the post was about the top five webhosting sites to use. See the screenshot as I believe someone who still keeps the lights on over their has since removed the post.
Small Potato sold WPDesigner.com in 2008 for about $65,000 to a man named Pawel Ciszewski who has not done anything at all with the site since the purchase. Considering someone has removed the post, I imagine someone with administrative abilities still has access to the site and is still maintaining it.
Posted in News | Tagged small potato, tung do, wpdesigner |
By Jeffro on February 11, 2009
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that next week, I will be offline for the most part as I take this opportunity to Reformat my PC as well as my Notebook. It’s been a longtime coming and I need to get it done now rather than later.
Also, I need this week to refocus. January was a hell of a month for me and I’m so happy to see WPTavern succeeding right out of the gate. However, there are a number of things I must do that requires my full attention. It’s hard to provide that attention when I’m worrying about the next episode of WordPress Weekly or my pre-recorded segments that I do or the next episode of Perfcast etc.
You can read more information about my plans for next week here in the forum.
Posted in News | Tagged forum, redesign, solitude, tavern
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Stefan Vervoort who operates DivitoDesign.com sent me an email letting me know that he has launched a brand new WordPress centric site called WPToy. Stefan plans on using the site to publish WordPress news, themes, plugins, articles, and tutorials. On top of that, the site will contain a gallery system. They’ll also be publishing theme and plugin reviews, inspirational posts, contests, and interviews.
IntenseDebate Is Getting Plugged In
By Jeffro on March 6, 2009
IntenseDebate, the third party commenting service which Automattic acquired back on September 23rd, 2008 has announced that they will have their own plugin repository.
IntenseDebate has had some harsh criticism as of late for seemingly not obeying the wishes of quite a few users who have requested that IntenseDebate implement FaceBook Connect. At one point, ID told users that FaceBook Connect was not on the development list for implementation but rather, innovations were in the works and would be released soon. Little did we know that these innovations are the plugin API.
So far, IntenseDebate has four plugins to choose from. PollDaddy for creating polls, Seesmic for creating video based comments, YouTube integration and Smileys. Here is a bit more information regarding the plugins.
So now it looks like we won’t need to rely so much on the core developers of the service to add new features in. It will be interesting to see how far this plugin repository gets off the ground but I think its a great step in the right direction.
Posted in News | Tagged comments, intensedebate, Plugins | 6 Responses