September 2009
4 posts
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our…
August 2009
7 posts
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.
Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
Joomla! Cloud Hosting - Instant Joomla Website -... →
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address:
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…
July Wrap-Up →
We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.
Later in the month we…
July 2009
8 posts
Archives Shortcode →
You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …
Gravatar Widget →
Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…
20 Links to Help You Navigate the Social Web →
PollDaddy ratings and polls →
PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.
Ratings
The PollDaddy rating…
Vote for Media Features →
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…
June Wrap-Up →
Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…
Keyword Expert Newsletter Archives →
From Wordtracker.com
National Blog Posting Month →
Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…
June 2009
6 posts
Rocking the Mac Terminal →
For the system administrator Shutdown:shutdown now Restart:shutdown -r now Install all updates:sudo softwareupdate -i -a Install only recommended updates
sudo softwareupdate -i -r Other…
SocialVibe →
You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.
We’ve teamed up with…
May Wrap-Up →
Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.
May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…
OpenQA →
Play With Spider – Flash 3D Animation →
My friend Andew recommends that you Play With Spider – Flash 3D – OneMotion.com — a great example of Flash animation.
Books: How the Corporations Pwned Us All →
After listening to Everything Incorporated | WBUR and NPR – On Point with Tom Ashbrook, i really want to read “Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back” (Douglas…
May 2009
2 posts
Dime A Dozen Torrents →
EzTorrent v0.6.2 - download bootleg torrents
Build a Website - Squarespace →
April 2009
4 posts
64 Things Every Geek Should Know - LaptopLogic.com →
Some good blog fodder
My Feeds on Feedburner →
Create Your Own Newsletter with FeedBurner →
Logicworks →
Failover, replication
March 2009
10 posts
Garmin | Mac OS X →
Current Software, news and more
Apple - Support - Discussions - "Calendars could... →
myGarmin™ →
Eject or boot from a CD or DVD at startup →
To eject a disc that won’t pop out if you try to eject it in the Finder (Cmd-E):
turn on or restart the Mac
hold down the Eject button on the keyboard (Apple keyboard required, of course).
To boot…
WeFollow: A User Powered Twitter Directory →
Recovery.gov →
The Hacker's Diet Online: →
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How to win Twitter followers and influence people... →
ZAR: Zero Assumption Recovery →
FAT16, FAT32, NTFS data recovery software - do it yourself data recovery and digital image recovery. Saved my photos
15 Applications No Online Business Can Live... →
February 2009
11 posts
Who Says Stress Is Bad For You? →
Essential Firefox Add-Ons For the Cloud →
If you don’t want to be tied down to a desktop, you need direct access to your computer in the cloud. Since Firefox runs just about everywhere, it’s a good place to start to set up a reliable way…
Google →
Optimizing Web Design →
Neil's Open Source & Linux Blog →
Neil's Mac OS X Blog →
Google: My Account →
Secure My Wireless Blog →
ScribeFire - Blog Editor →