mediajunkfor newmediajunkiesWordpress 2.5 - New Features, Better Usability- March 30, 2008 Wordpress 2.5 has just been released. It includes some great new features and, overall, the user experience (already good) has been enhanced. Some of the improvements include: A better visual (WYSIWYG) editor Native support for embedded media, such as video clips, and neat buttons on the visual editor to match this A more intuitive dashboard layout A nifty file uploader that supports multiple files being uploaded at once Custom sizes for thumbnails EXIF image support (i.e. reads the labels.http://www.mediajunk.com/public/archives/2008/03/wordpress_25_new_features_bett.html Free Wordpress 2.5 Theme - Sparsely Green- March 27, 2008 While I've always been a fan of Movable Type (it powers this blog), I must admit that I've begun to use Wordpress more and more. In fact, I've decided to create a set of free Wordpress templates. The first one, Sparsely Green, is ready and you can download it from my company website. And here's a demo. It's a very simple, Web 2.0 style template. It's widget ready. I didn't add a search form, but you can easily add one if you know even a little WP. You can download, use and even modify...http://www.mediajunk.com/public/archives/2008/03/free_wordpress_themes_sparsely.html Web Services In a Recession- March 12, 2008 Last August, I blogged about a book I was reading, called Wake Up: Survive and Prosper in the Coming Economic Turmoil. While the book was little known, it's authors made some dire predictions that have turned out to be prescient (Wake Up was published in September 2005). For example, they forecast that: the housing market in the U.S. and many other Western countries would collapse the dollar would begin a slow, inexorable slide that will continue for many years a worldwide recession was...http://www.mediajunk.com/public/archives/2008/03/web_services_during_a_recessio.html |