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Full story: Should you upgrade to WordPress 2.1?
Version 2.1 of the WordPress blog platform was released earlier this week. General reaction in the blogosphere has been highly positive. This new WordPress version comes with over 550 bug fixes and some significant changes behind the scenes in, for example, how some of the code works. This will have a major impact on a number of existing plugins, some of which just won’t work with WP 2.1. If you’re thinking of upgrading, check the plugin compatibility list first. The…
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Full story: Deadly serious about blogging
(Via Steve Coulson)
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Full story: BlogJet 2 released
A new version of offline blog editor BlogJet was released this week. Version 2.0 of the popular blog editor for Windows is a major upgrade, with a dramatically-improved user interface. One thing I immediately like about it is the new way it displays post categories – now I can see the full category list rather than have to hunt and peck from a dropdown as was the case with the previous versions. My only niggle with this is that the…
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Full story: Surreal disconnect
I awoke early this morning to a wintry scene outside, with the first snow of the winter covering the landscape. A meagre coverage to be sure – about an inch, no more – but snow nevertheless. I snapped a few pics for posterity, like this scene in my back garden, before it began to melt. Nearly all gone by midday as the temperature crept up to about 3 degrees Celsius. “All gone” would be a good way to describe my…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #208: January 22, 2007
Content summary: Two new FIR podcasts posted; marketers upset about changes to Outlook; track website analytics with RSS feeds; online newspaper blog traffic grows 210%; blogger, not splog, hijacks blog content; increasing criticism of Celebrity Big Brother and the UK’s Channel 4 as advertisers pull out: what does this TV show say about society?; David Phillips reports on social media on steroids; the social media press release kerfuffle; listener’s comment discussion; reminder about the New Communications Forum in March; the…











