Well, this would be my second screencast produced out of Camtasia Studio 5 and I’m learning more and more that screencasts are the not the easiest things to create. I’m also trying to learn the magic recording/producing formula which will net me the best results on sites such as Viddler. It sucks to create something [...]

Well, I finally took the plunge and downloaded Camtasia Studio 5 and produced my first ever screencast. It’s a guided tour of the brand new WordPress theme directory. I’m open to feedback along with suggestions and tips on better video quality with Viddler. Speaking of the new theme repository, do you like what the team did? Share [...]

Just wanted to give a shout out and say that I upgraded the site to WordPress 2.6 with no issues what so ever. So far, I like what I see in this new version and I’ll be posting my thoughts later today over at Performancing. However, some people are having issues logging into their back [...]

Here it is. The final episode of WordPress Weekly where I interviewed Alex King for about an hour. We discussed all sorts of things related to WordPress such as plugin development, themes, his plugins, trends online, why WordPress is so popular, comparisons between Drupal and WordPress and last but not least, questions and callers chimed [...]

This is a reminder that this Friday, July 11th at 10PM EST, Alex King will be my special guest for a one hour interview. Alex King is the creator behind some of the most popular WordPress plugins in use today. Join me as we discuss his software development company Crowd Favorite, WordPress, and plugin development. [...]

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, ‘Esther,I’d like to ride in that helicopter.’ Esther always replied, ‘I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars’ One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, ‘Esther, [...]

Every now and then, something very cool passes through the noise and this is one of those things. It’s called the Web 2.0 World Mosaic created by Appappeal. The mosaic features 1001 web 2.0 company logos when hovered upon, pop out at you for a bigger version. These guys have done a good job with [...]

My experience in blogging as part of a blogging network is very limited but based on what I have experienced thus far, there is a very strong focus on creating content because the content drives traffic which in turn, drives advertising revenue. The question I have is this, is content the only thing that matters? I’ve [...]

The fine folks over at WPCandy.com have come up with something they call, International WordPress Day. This is the one day out of the year where users are encouraged to blog about WordPress by sharing tips and tricks related to the software, thanking Automattic, writing about how it’s helped your business or perhaps why you [...]

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This is round 2 of Episode 21 since last week, the show was canceled due to technical difficulties.In this episode, call in guests Brad Williams and Jacob Santos helped me dissect the news of the week. The show came out to be an hour long and I feel that we all did a pretty darn [...]

I invite all of you to partake in a discussion I started on Performancing.com in relation to the influence of the blogosphere. In this post (5 Events The Blogosphere Influenced) I highlight five seperate events in which the blogosphere played a major role in the outcome. While performing research for this article, I discovered that [...]

I’ve just recently purchased the 99$ Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 for Notebooks and have discovered that on Ustream, only the audio from the built in microphone can be streamed. The video camera itself doesn’t appear in the flash popup and for the life of me, I can not get Ustream to recognize this camera to [...]

Ryan Boren, Lead developer of WordPress made it official that they have released the first beta for WordPress 2.6. Here are some features we can all look forward to in the final version. Post Revisioning A “Press This” bookmarklet for tumblelog style quick posting Caching of static files with Gears for faster Admin page loads A new and improved [...]

Overview: ScrnShots.com is a brand new service that is centered around uploading, tagging and then sharing screenshots. It’s also a clear indication that domains are getting harder to come by. The Sign Up Process: The sign up process for new members consist of your typical desired username, email address, password with the obligatory checkbox which gurantees ScrnShots that [...]

GoDaddy is rolling out a new top level domain (.me) which has been open to LandRush orders since 5/6/08. The LandRush orders will expire on 6/26/08 where any domain which has been requested by multiple parties will have to go through an auction period. The winning bid will retrieve the domain while the losing bidder [...]

Episode 21 of WordPress Weekly was canceled due to technical difficulties on Talkshoes end. People were unable to hear the stream as the software continuously told them there was no stream available. On top of that, people kept getting disconnected. Although I love the Talkshoe platform and what they are doing, when your show is unable [...]

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For those of you who are subscribed to the SVN mailing list may have seen something new called Crazyhorse. This branch of WordPress nicknamed “Crazyhorse” will be used by the Automattic team to develop and test User Interface designs. This branch is seperate from WordPress itself so as to create a sandbox for experimentation. The [...]

I’ve actually been thinking about doing this for quite some time now, but thanks to some suggestions mentioned on a previous episode of WordPress Weekly, I have gone ahead and created a WPWeekly account on Del.icio.us. Click here to visit the WP Weekly account page. I’ve set the account up so that I will receive [...]