For those of you who really like to be ahead of the curve on WordPress today is your chance. Andrew just announced the release of the Beta 1 version of WordPress 3.5 and it is available for download. Obviously it is not recommended you run it on a production site but for plugin developers, like me, and them designers this is that wonderful window of opportunity for...

Sometimes I teach others how to do things and expect most people will. Then inevitably someone will email me or IM me and ask, “can you do this for me?” Since this happened twice after my last post it seemed like a good follow up to answer here on the blog instead of directly in email. Yes,  I can create your Web 2.0 graphics for you. Many small buttons...

Today over on Twitter someone asked if there was a decent, easy to use, simple web badge maker they could use to create a sharable badge for their website. Well, there is. While it’s pretty no-frills the resulting badges (graphics) are attractive and very Web 2.0-ish. If you know of another service, a better service or just a different online badge maker...

So you’ve written and published a few dozen blogs on your site. You have Google Analytics installed and your Webmaster Tools connected. You’ve put a few hundred hours, yes hundred, into setting up your blog and writing your first content. You are proud of the work you have done and love to show it off to your friends – and strangers. In fact you...