Is MySpace like the butt of most jokes in terms of the startup technology world? Yes. The question is whether it continues to deserve that irreverent position – and the answer is also a resounding yes. In a recent move MySpace blew away all of their users blogs without notice and without a plan for exporting or backup. It’s hard for me to even write that sentence without my jaw slightly dropping in disbelief:
With the growing industry of eCommerce and WordPress it’s always good to keep in mind many of the solutions that have not only come before us but also the growing open source community around it as a whole. There are just as many new players entering the space as any other industry and keeping tabs on what’s being done right (and wrong) is a good idea for all of us in WordPress land. For example, take a look at this full stack open source solution:
Affiliate marketing is an easy way to earn some extra money each month and I’ll be honest I do have a few links to DreamHost on my blog. But, nothing bothers me more than when I stumble upon a site with three affiliate links in every paragraph – that is incredibly annoying!
Information technology. I cringe at times when I hear this because for a time “IT” was once considered the global umbrella term for all of web design, web development, and anything internet-related. I suppose in some cultures it still does. *Shudder* But for many of us we have a solid background coming right out of the IT-realm and it’s how we first interfaced with WordPress and how we found a love and passion for online publishing. I know many of my friends who are still stuck in cubefarms all across the US who love WordPress as much as their IT-job. Ok, […]
For any designer and/or developer that stumbles into the WordPress community for the first time, they are bound to feel a bit overwhelmed. After all, we’ve got a near endless supply of themes, plugins, developers, designers, blogs, and other artifacts- all of which are surrounding our favorite blogging platform, CMS, and slowly-developing application platform. It seems almost like a gold mine, right?
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