It’s interesting to even consider the possibility and even hear that title sift through your brain for a bit, but it’s true, at least in a small way – Marissa Mayer, the CEO announced a new “modern look” to their homepage that has gone live, which is a great move for them: Designed to be more intuitive and personal, the new Yahoo! experience is all about your interests and preferences. Since streams of information have become the paradigm of choice on the web, we’re introducing a newsfeed with infinite scroll, letting you experience a virtually endless feed of news articles. Whether you […]
Edublogs vs. WordPress.com Classrooms
You might have seen John’s recent blog post about the new WordPress.com Education and classroom initiative and got really excited about the idea of blogs revolutionising education. As a teacher of English as a foreign language and a keen blogger I have looked at ways to make use of blogging for both my students and my own personal development as a teacher for a while now. In the former case I ran several blog projects with students to publicly show off their best works and chronicle their learning. In the latter case I started my own blog to reflect and improve myself. As I learned more about […]
DradCast Has the World's Longest Intro, Ever
We’ve mentioned that DradCast was coming and it hasn’t even been two full weeks and they actually have two broadcasts in the can – nice! Using Google Hangouts they’ve recorded two episodes with Cory Miller and John Hawkins which have covered a host of topics, from theme development, GPL, the global economy, design, and more. It would be hard to pin-down exactly what each episode is succinctly about but that doesn’t really bother me at this time – I love the fresh flavor and conversation style of the work so far and how could you possibly go wrong with the world’s longest intro bumper ever? […]
Hooks, In a Glorious Nutshell
Are you familiar with hooks, actions and filters? If not, then this might be your seriously-simple primer. Let me quickly give you some thoughts about hooks, actions and filters. You can probably take it from there.
8 Ways to Give Back To WordPress in 2013
The WordPress ecosystem as we see and love it today is a result of contributions in one way or the other towards making it better. Since WordPress was released in 2003 a lot of changes has happened and it keeps getting better and adding more features and functionality with each major release. You can also remember how I shared my story about my personal journey with WordPress here. No matter your skills set whether you are a designer, developer, or just someone who uses WordPress you can give back to WordPress. Below are some ways you can give back to WordPress in […]
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