With WordCamp Boulder coming up at the end of the week (still some tickets available), I thought it might be a good time to publish the observations and tips I’ve gleaned as a WordCamp attendee, speaker, sponsor and organizer. If I could only share one tip, it would be this: Take responsibility for your WordCamp…
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I’m looking for a sharp web developer to join my team in our Denver office at Crowd Favorite. I want to find someone with a relatively, broad range of experience and skills – if you’ve been building cool stuff for the last few years, you’ve probably got it. We are looking for the right technical,…
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I’ve been keeping an eye on what folks are saying about their WordPress 3.0 upgrade experiences and it appears that most folks are finding the upgrade to be a pretty smooth sailing experience. Kudos to everyone who contributed to 3.0, this is not a small accomplishment (especially considering the fundamental changes in 3.0). If you…
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We currently have two internships available at Crowd Favorite. We are looking for a couple of bright, motivated folks to join the team and help us build great stuff for WordPress. These positions are both in our downtown Denver office, giving you the opportunity to learn from and work with our team of experienced WordPress…
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I was interviewed on the WP Community podcast by hosts Joost De Valk and Frederick Townes. We covered a number of topics – hopefully the content is of interest (and sorry about the ads). You can stream or download the podcast here.
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The tickets for WordCamp Boulder 2010 went on sale today. The discounted early bird tickets have been flying off the shelves – it’s great to see such an enthusiastic response from our local tech community. I wanted to publish a quick Q & A to answer a few things I’ve seen circling around: What is…
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Looks like the data provider for Game Tonight is having a bad day and serving me empty data streams. This was working fine yesterday, so hopefully this is a momentary blip and we’ll be back up tomorrow. If not, I’ll look into an alternate data provider. Thanks for your patience. UPDATE: I believe these are…
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WordPress 3.0 will introduce a simple programatic way for developers to create custom post types. I’ve seen people talking at length about this feature, but most discussion focuses on how you can have a custom display for certain content, support custom URL structures or manage content differently. These things aren’t new – they are all…
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At Crowd Favorite we get a lot of inquiries from people who are interested in building something with or on WordPress. These potential projects vary greatly in scope and concept – some are just a couple of days, some are 6 months or more. To make things more complicated, these potential clients often view WordPress…
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We’ve released a new WordPress plugin to help reduce the server load that can occasionally result from a large number of 404 requests on a WordPress-powered site. I wrote about this issue in some detail previously. This plugin gives you the ability to set a collection of file extensions that you do not want WordPress…
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It’s true in any profession: everyone will look at your own (insert specialty here) and assume it’s representative of the best of your work. More often, the opposite is true – especially if you’re good at what you do. The cobbler’s children go barefoot. This was definitely the case for us. The previous iteration of…
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I’m heading to WordCamp SF again this year and quite looking forward to it. Several folks from Crowd Favorite are making the trip this year. I’m looking forward to seeing a number of friends in the community this weekend. Of particular note, I’m hoping to talk to more plugin developers and find our new ways…
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I’ve updated my Twitter Tools plugin to version 2.3. This version has several security enhancements (thanks Mark Jaquith) as well as a change that may help some folks that have been seeing doubled digest posts. I recommend upgrading ASAP. The Twitter Tools plugin creates a full integration between your WordPress site and your Twitter account.…
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I’m a fan of Brent’s and I’ve been using NetNewsWire as for years. I use it on the Mac, iPhone (and iPod touch) and iPad. It’s treated me very well. There’s just one thing that bugs me about the iPhone/iPad version – there isn’t a “mark unread” button. So I decided to do a little…
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One of the things I love about WordPress HelpCenter is the way we are able to add offerings based on customer demand. Our latest addition is a formalization of a collection of support and maintenance packages so that we can provide pro-active support for our customers. With these packages, we are not only responding to…