I’ve always been a little bit “wanting more” for wordpress admin section. Soon there will be a new admin section that looks pretty nice (from playing with the demo). In general I think 2.5 to 2.6 was a much bigger roleout do to the new media interface and functions, but 2.7 has much better useability in the place you spend the most time while blogging. Here is a good slideshow of how the admin section was designed and tested. Slideshare presentation (61 slides) If you want t... Read Full Story

I just got this email for a domain I own with Yahoo.com Dear Matt Dunlap, Thanks for using Yahoo! Domains. We’re writing to remind you that it’s time for the annual autorenewal of your service. Your Domains plan, associated with the domain domain_name.com, will renew on 07/07/2008. If your billing information is up-to-date, there’s no need to do a thing (except keep enjoying your service). Important note: Beginning on July 1, 2008, Yahoo!’s annual domain renewal price ... Read Full Story

All I can say is try it… You’re not going to find anything useful, but the concept isreally cool. Millions of blogs posts streaming to your computer screensaver as the world spins around. My laptop could not handle the screensaver. It was really jittery, but they do have a standard mode you can open from your start menu which was nice and smooth. Source: http://twingly.se/ScreenSaver.aspx I like the ideas of information getting spread on sources outside of normal paths. There is ... Read Full Story

You have been told over and over that blogging is the key to building your online business, and then a report like this comes out. Simply put, people trust their peers first and blogger least. Who do people trust? (It ain’t bloggers) I’ve been spending more and more time pouring over data, medium usage, behavioral and preference data for clients, and am learning more and more about how humans behave on the web. So who do people trust? Three research studies indicate it’s peers, or people th... Read Full Story

Blogging for Personal Branding id a slideshare show that teaching you how to blog. Trisha is an expert blogger that has taken her career to new levels. Trish Okubo is the disruptive innovator for Ebay and founded Omiru.com Don’t be scared the 326 slides, They are very well planned and you click through them in only a couple minutes. The slides were made for the web 2.0 expo. 10 Steps overview Pick a topic that is uniquely you Stand for something real - If you don’t love it, do... Read Full Story

I just noticed a new little feature over at Techcrunch. At the very bottom of the pages there is a new widget to add video comments. The provider of the video player/editor is Seesmic, which is only accepting alpha subscribers to their service, so don’t expect to see many video comments just yet…since there are that many accounts. Cool stuff, we all know you can say anything when not held accountable. This is especially true when commenting on blog posts. Video will definitely ge... Read Full Story

Most Wordpress themes use pages for navigation. This is fine for most single user blogs, but when you want to really start expanding what Wordpress can do, look at using categories for your main navigation. Both pages and categories are parent - child based, meaning you can create a top level category and then create categories under that main category. For an example of navigation with top level categories and sub categories, go to money.cnn.com/real-estate. Most media, or newspaper based we... Read Full Story

I stumbled another great firefox plugin recently called stylish.It let’s you change the look of any website including google, yahoo, gmail…anything. Sample gmail skinned: You can download full styles, or create your own and upload them for others to use. It’s a lot of fun. Start be grabbing the Stylish Firefox extension After you install it, you can go to userstyles.org to grab styles. There are user styles for all the major websites. Warning though, if you use a skin that... Read Full Story

The iGoogle team announced today that they have extended the iGoogle api and introduced some new features. The three new features are: updated navigation, similar to the Facebook app menu new canvas setting so application can take up more screen real estate, similar to Facebook’s canvas page friend update widget, similar to the Facebook update notifications As you can see, iGoogle has Facebook in the crosshairs with open social as their weapon, and frankly, Facebook should be scared.... Read Full Story

Mark Warner, CEO of Realespace was invited on Real Estate Radio to discuss the current state of the mortgage industry. He also introduced RateWindow™ to the public with access to our online demo. RateWindow™ is Realespace’s first major product and is currently finishing up a private beta. RateWindow™ is the first transparent loan pricing program on the market today and it’s setting a new standard in mortgage lending. Why? Because with RateWindow™, customers get to know that they really... Read Full Story