Lorelle VanFossen posted (a while back) a compendium of info on WordPress 3.0 Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies: One of the most exciting new features in WordPress 3.0 is the Custom Post Types, which thrills Theme developers and designers and those using WordPress as a CMS, but confuses a lot of users. Let’s take [...]
BumpTop has an uphill climb to make an iPad killer
May 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When I got my copy of the BumpTop announcement email a couple nights ago, there was no indication that they had been purchased by Google: First of all, we’d like to thank you for your past purchase of BumpTop Pro. Our mission is to revolutionize the way people use computers, and your support has helped [...]
Olympic Lessons: Going All Out is Going for Success
February 22, 2010 By 6 Comments
I’ve been glued to Olympic coverage pretty much since the opening ceremonies. I’ve been following a lot of sports and watching as much as I can. During this time I’ve seen the entire range of human emotions. People winning and losing. Achieving their personal bests as well as performances they rather forget. I paused to [...]
A Few Thoughts on Olympic Protests
February 13, 2010 By 16 Comments
We knew they were coming, as inevitable as the torch run itself, protests during the Olympic Games here in Vancouver. The blessing, and sometimes curse, of a free society is the right for people to gather, march, and protest to voice their objections and concerns about the state of things. It is our right. It [...]
Boing Boing Confirms: You Can’t Please Everyone When It Comes to Comments
Close on the heels of my commentary on Daring Fireball’s commenting brouhaha—Without Comments, A Site Is…—Boing Boing has their take on it. In addition to their solid arguments (I’d say they fall into the “it’s your blog, do what you want” camp) they make this point: We accept comments at BoingBoing and publish them automatically, [...]