Anyone that’s done any type of development for clients is familiar with the Lorem Ipsum generators that are out there. If you’re not familiar, suffice it to say that Lorem Ipsum generators are utilities that designers and developers use to generate place holder text. It’s simply meant to give a look and feel of what the website will look like once the user has populated the text. One of the more popular applications for doing this is Bacon Ipsum.
So… What Ever Happened to Blo.gs?
Do you remember Blo.gs? It was acquired by Automattic back in April of 2009 and it doesn’t appear, at least on the outside, that much has happened. I mean, for starters, the incredibly outdated look of the site, the fact that the last news article is dated in April of 2009, and how the FAQ of sorts calls you out if you’re using Netscape as a browser: the site is all jumbled up! how am i supposed to use this? you must be using an obsolete web browser, like netscape 4.x. sorry, the website expects a moderately-standards-compliant browser. What I […]
Interview with Austin Gunter of WP Engine
Today we’re spending a bit of time with Austin Gunter, the Brand Ambassador of WP Engine and all-around tweet addict. He’s been around here on WP Daily a few times and is constantly cooking up new ideas to share his passion for WordPress and his company. Pretty neat gig if you ask me! We’re stoked to learn more about him and what he’s been up to as a WPOI (Word Person of Interest):
Ready to Help with the WordPress Handbooks?
Ready to help Siobhan and her team build out the best handbooks for support, documentation, and more this coming year? Then make sure you lock in your calendar for Tuesday, January 8th at the following times: 2100 UTC 9pm London 4pm US Eastern 1pm US Pacific 2:30am (Friday) Bangalore This is kick-off chat for the handbooks and will most likely include some leadership/visioncasting and planning for what the year will look like. Get an inside look and throw around some ideas earlier in #wordpress-sfd from Monday next week!
My Moving Checklist
Checking out the various blogs, themes, plugins, and other work that people are doing with WordPress is always fun, but as WordPress grows as a true framework for application development, it’s really interesting to see what developers are doing. My Moving Checklist is a killer example of a web application built on WordPress.
No Comments