February, 2009

  1. Carrington JAM (Just Add Markup) 1.0

    We’ve released a new Carrington theme: Carrington JAM JAM stands for Just Add Markup. We created JAM as a “developer outline” for building a theme on the Carrington CMS theme framework. It’s basically a completely stripped down skeleton (doesn’t even have XHTML) with placeholder WordPress template tags where appropriate. It functions enough that you can…

  2. WordCamp Denver – Afternoon Tickets Available

    Response for WordCamp Denver has been overwhelming. We sold out last week, but thanks to some thoughtful people letting us know they won’t be able to attend, we have 54 more full tickets available. Based on the e-mail requests we’ve received since we sold out, I expect they will go quickly. Our morning venue space…

  3. Abbreviate – Anti-Social URL Shortening

    This weekend I took a day and a half and built Abbreviate, an URL shortening service1 on the CodeIgniter (PHP) framework I’ve been building for the next generation of Crowd Favorite web applications. Why build yet another URL shortening service? A couple of reasons: Exercise the application framework and see how well it works for…

  4. Around the web

    Facebook’s New Terms Of Service: “We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever.” What really happened at Ma.gnolia and lessons learned | FactoryCity blackrimglasses – Retweeting is Killing Twitter, and More Histrionics Home | Recovery.gov – it’s amazing to watch government change in front over your eyes overnight. Copying the Wrong Thing The…

  5. Twitter Tools 1.6

    Yay, Twitter Tools has reached version 1.6! Twitter Tools is a WordPress plugin that allows you to do a two-way integration between your WordPress powered blog and Twitter. It has the following features: Download and archive your tweets from Twitter. Show your recent tweets in a sidebar widget. Create a blog post from each of…

  6. Twitter Tools 1.6b2

    After a couple of bug reports about scheduled posts still not working, we were able to identify and fix a nasty little bug that was causing the “notify Twitter about this post or not” setting to get stomped on a bit. We’ve fixed this, along with the “exclude replies” issues from the weekend, and things…

  7. Around the web

    Rands In Repose: A Twitter Decision Davenetics* : Wiid Shirt – it’s addicting – great stuff from Dave. Using git without feeling stupid (part 1) | GNU Smalltalk Windows 7 Impressions A Disclosure As a new manager, whenever the sky falls, you’ll become an engineer again. You’re going to fall back on the familiar because…

  8. Twitter Tools 1.6b1

    We’ve finally gotten a chance to do some cleanup and testing on a new version of Twitter Tools, and the new version is ready for public testing. Twitter Tools is a WordPress plugin that creates an integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account. It allows you to pull your tweets into your blog…

  9. Around the web

    Steven Frank on waferbaby – my set-up is remarkably similar. 17-inch MacBook Pro – every once in a while I get the hankering for a 17″ lappy again. Don’t hide behind your board On Day One, Obama Demands Open Government | Electronic Frontier Foundation VMware: VMTN Blog: Virtual Leopard Server Gets Legit OS X Virtual…

  10. WordCamp Denver – Spots Filling Up

    I’m very pleased to see that WordCamp Denver is filling up quickly. We had 200 spots to start and already over half of those are gone (list of attendees) with nearly a month to go before the event (Feb 28th). I recommend signing up ASAP if you’re interested in attending Denver’s first WordCamp. Once you…