Flames! All good I suppose. Twitter refreshed their blog the other day and I was hoping, against all hopes perhaps, that they would have chosen WordPress as their technology of choice. But no – they decided to use Drupal of all things. It’s not that I don’t like Drupal as I’ve used it before, but I’m finding it less and less attractive for the reasons that it was once attractive to begin with. This is especially true in the maturation of WordPress as an application framework of sorts.
WordPress 3.6 Beta 2 – Post Formats, Check!
It’s been “discussed” whether or not post formats were going to be included (should) in the upcoming release of 3.6 and with the Beta 2 released yesterday it appears that the question has been answered as they are included in the beta, although it did cause a little disruption on the release: The longer-than-usual delay between beta 1 and beta 2 was due to poor user testing results with the Post Formats UI. Beta 2 contains a modified approach for format choosing and switching, which has done well in user testing. We’ve also made the Post Formats UI hide-able via […]
Ghost Funded in Less That 12 Hours
Wow, that was quick. In less than 12 hours the Ghost Kickstarter Project found itself fully funded. As of this very moment they are set to clear over 1,000 backers by the end the business day today and perhaps scale beyond £40,000, well beyond their £25,000 goal. Overwhelmed by the volume of interest & support for @TryGhost. Fully funded in under 12 hours. Thanks so much to everyone who has backed us! — Hannah Wolfe (@ErisDS) April 30, 2013 For those interested, £25,000 is roughly equivalent to $37,500 or so in US paper. With 28 days left to go this could easily become […]
22% of New Websites Powered by WP [Infographic]
We’re getting geared up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of WordPress (and if you’re in Atlanta please stop by!) and it’s more than a good time to remember how far we’ve come as a piece of software and a community. Something that was shared recently in our comment section was a new infographic that visually shares some of these neat facts – take a look after the jump:
How Has WordPress Changed Your Life?
When I was down in Atlanta for WordCamp back in March, while we were gathering to eat some Yum Diggity at the VIP after party, John shared a few words with everyone that have stuck with me. He said something along these lines: Everyone in this room is here because of an open source piece of software. We’re able to share our stories, build our businesses and feed our families because of it. Think about that for a second, how awesome is that!? It is pretty remarkable, if you sit and think about that for a few minutes. An open […]

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