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We Are the Avatar Generation

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February 25, 2013

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As my good friend once said, We are the avatar generation. It really couldn’t be more true, could it? I mean, we are the first generation to even have dedicated folders on our local systems that house our possible digital avatars, right? (Please admit that I’m not the only one…) Sure, we have services like Automattic’s Gravatar that helps create these automatically via email addresses but when I sign up for a new service I like to choose just the right one for the new web service. It even gives me an opportunity to create a new one as well. I was […]

Post Status: More Than Just Links

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February 25, 2013

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Brian Krogsgard shared early this morning a near 2,000 word post on his thoughts of his newest public project, Post Status, which we’ve covered previously here when it first launched – it has since grown up a bit as well as Brian’s perspective on the whole endeavor and is an incredibly honest look at what the site’s intent was, what it became through user interaction, and where it may eventually head. The evolution of the outward facing property as it sits today hasn’t changed much (at least not yet) but we can expect to see some things change (even monetization) as […]

Affiliate Income from Your Own Employer?

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February 25, 2013

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Although it seems that many WordPress-based companies are moving away from affiliate programs it’s still not even close to global shift and will always be a big part of growing an online business, whether it’s WordPress or some other digital product. It is, generally speaking, a very successful and strategically-proven method of capitalization. Heck, I’ve tried it multiple times for many different web-offerings and it’s been a good one! But one question that’s come up time and time again is about employees taking affiliate income via their own personal properties and/or projects related to the core business’ product. In other words, […]

"Coming Soon" Themes Coming Soon to Repo?

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February 24, 2013

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I could have sworn that I’ve seen some “Coming Soon” themes in the .org theme repository but perhaps that was my over-active imagination. Chip Bennett opened up a conversation about those types of themes coming soon to .org and I think this move makes sense – sure, as Chip noted, it would break the Theme Unit Test on upload since certain features (e.g. comments) wouldn’t be available on said themes, but logistically that could be hammered out: One suggestion for handling uploads/reviews: rather than having to whitelist Coming Soon Themes in the uploader, perhaps we could add a new tag, […]

The WordPress Weekend Roundup

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February 23, 2013

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It’s been a relative “light” week as I look back on the past 7 days – although we’ve had a record amount of posts published this past week the other sources of news articles has been relatively small. And when I say “small” I don’t mean small-small as there’s always a lot going on. Just compared to the previous week I suppose. I’m rambling. In anycase, here are some great articles that you may have missed that we didn’t cover – and don’t forget to enter into our BlogDroid Giveaway!

Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 2.22.2013

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February 22, 2013

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TGIF! I have quite a few new and updated plugins along with a new theme to share on today’s roundup to end the work week. Who else is stoked about the weekend? I’m hoping for some good quiet work time to #dowork. How about you? Here’s the list o’ WordPress awesomeness:

Akismet: Sorry, I Took You for Granted

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February 22, 2013

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You know, this is a bit awkward to admit, but apparently I haven’t been paying for Akismet. Like, ever. It’s not that I was trying to skip over my duty to our wonderful spam fighting plugin or that I even was attempting to cheat any system that was made available to me – I simply did not think of ever coming back to the system and being reminded that I should pay for the service if I’m using it for a product or commercial service. And there’s really no one that I can blame except for myself – because Akismet […]

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