Arriving in Hanoi, Vietnam and some brief sojourns around the city.
Open Source Usability
Open Source Usability β Joomla! Vs. WordPress. We’re on Slashdot again, with of course the predictable comments somehow ending up in an argument about Vim and Emacs. π
WordCamp Denver
WordCamp Denver at the Art Museum, which was a fantastic venue.
Magazine Theme
Check out “Magazeen”: Free Magazine-Look WordPress Theme. Even better: it’s GPL.
Denver Dinner
Pre-WordCamp dinner in Denver, where it was very cold.
Ryanair Diss
In a relatively bizarre case an employee of Ryanair left disparaging remarks about WordPress on someone’s blog. Someone with the airline should apologize.
WordCamp Dehli Day 2
Day 2 of WordCamp Dehli, many fewer photos, all done with tilt-shift lens.
WordCamp Delhi, India
Attending the WordCamp in Delhi, India with Om.
Om’s India Posts
Om has been doing a bit of blogging from here in India: More Bars in More Places and What the Taj Mahal and Apple Have in Common.
ReadWriteWeb France
ReadWriteWeb France Catches Up with Matt Mullenweg. The French version of RWW uses WordPress and is doing really well.
Taj Mahal, Agra
Visiting Agra and the Taj Mahal with Om.
Embedding WP.com Video
Implementing WordPress.com Video on a WordPress.org site. It’s easy, but I agree it would be nice if the video media embed popup made this more seamless.
SxSW Pool Team
There’s going to be a pool (billiards) competition at SxSW this year in Austin benefiting charity and I’m thinking about putting together a WordPress team for it. Are you a world-class pool player, WordPress user, and going to be in Austin the night of Sunday March 15th? Leave a comment saying why you should carry the WordPress banner and I’ll pick the two best to represent the WordPress community at the event.
Automatic Upgrade
My WordPress Tattoo – Baker’s Hours
Ed Morita writes about his new permanent WordPress tattoo. I knew once the temporary ones starting taking off it’d just be a matter of time. π Lorelle has a good writeup here, and so does Mashable. As for people asking — there are no plans to change the logo ever! I think the W is pretty timeless.
Paris Day 2
Drinks with core WordPress France folks at Centre Georges Pompidou.
Paris WordCamp
At WordCamp Paris and dinner afterward.
Erlang, PHP, WP
Persistent PHP processes in Erlang/OTP. “Itβs so easy, in fact, that I now use it to debug WordPress functions from within Erlang.”
Rockstar
There’s a new WordPress book available: Rockstar WordPress Designer.
Google Account Takeover
If Google is going to be at the center of our digital and online lives, they need to get a lot better about their support organization and how they handle account issues. Check out this story by Mark Ghosh for an example of what happens when things go wrong. What if you woke up tomorrow and your Gmail, Orkut, Docs, Reader, Google Checkout account was gone?