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My 2010 New Year resolution: to say thank you to WordPress

| January 4, 2010 | 3 Comments
Generally, the only thing a new Gregorian year (there are other calendars out there too, you know) means to me is that I must remember to write 2010 on checks. But since I’ve been reading so many New Year’s posts on other blogs, it got me thinking about what I have to say as ... View Post

Review of Wordcamp Israel 2008

| November 17, 2008 | 9 Comments
wordcamp Being that Wordcamp Israel was a bloggers conference in Tel Aviv, I'm sure there will be tons of people writing up their reviews in Hebrew. But maybe not quite as many in English, so here goes. This year's ... View Post

WordPress 2.7 heavily based on existing plugins

| August 4, 2008 | 22 Comments
Weblog Tools Collection has published an overview of the features in store for us in WordPress 2.7. As I was reading the list, I noticed that many of them them are based on existing popular plugins, like the Google Sitemaps Generator, ... View Post

Is WordPress’ security vulnerable at its core?

| February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments
To my chagrin, my blog is telling me that it's time to upgrade again. A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now. It's an urgent security release because if you allow registration on your WordPress blog, users can edit other users' drafts. WordPress development also mentions the ... View Post

Consumer evangelists vs. lawyers: using “WordPress” in domain names

| January 22, 2008 | 35 Comments
Michael over at WPCandy brought up the question recently of whether it's ok to use the word "WordPress" in the domain name of sites about WordPress that are not affiliated with Automattic. I came across this issue about a month ago thanks to ... View Post

WordPress Publisher Blog launches

| January 18, 2008 | 10 Comments
The folks at Automattic have launched their WordPress Publisher Blog, which will:
"cover features that are often overlooked, we’ll highlight plugins that extend WordPress functionality, and we’ll showcase interesting sites being built with WordPress."
So far the blog has ... View Post

Does Movable Type’s move to open source spell trouble for WordPress? Nope.

| December 20, 2007 | 0 Comments
Movable Type Movable Type has announced that they are now, and forever will be, open source. At first, when I heard this, I got nervous. Does this mean that WordPress is on its way out? Could it be that now ... View Post

Automattic for sale? Yikes.

| October 24, 2007 | 8 Comments
It seems that it's just rumors so far, but Automattic, the company behind our favorite blogging platform, may be up for sale. This makes sense. They've invested money, time and energy in building up a huge user base ... View Post