Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category

With WordPress software, many bloggers have multiple plugins to things such as comments, posts, sidebar related, statistics, etc. I know myself, Jeff and Mike all run many plugins. I have about 13 active at the moment. One thing about plugins is that it's very simple to check for updates. ...

Blogging, General, Open Source, Software, WordPress - 4 Comments »

Matt Mullenwag is the creator of the WordPress software, and founder of Automattic. Earlier this year, with help from major corporations such as The New York Times, Polaris Ventures, True Ventures and Radar Ventures (to name a few) a total of $29,500,000 was raised. So, where is the ...

Blogging, Computers, Consumers, General, Open Source, Software, Technology, WordPress - No Comments »

Matt Cutts has wrote a very interesting and easy to follow list of guidelines on to how better protect your WordPress installation. I have implemented a couple myself, but most of these apply to what I call "wtf popular business backbones". Keep in mind, WordPress to date is ...

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Matt Mullenwag (the genius behind WordPress' infrastructure) posted today that WordPress.com has upgraded every single user from 50Mb of space, to 3,000Mb. And for what? Free. Their nearest competitor, Typepad; offers the same service... for $300 a year. This is a big step for Automattic, and it is just ...

Blogging, Computers, Consumers, General, Hardware, Open Source, Software, Technology, WordPress - 2 Comments »

In North America, many business are sticking with Windows XP or Linux to run their daily affairs. With the pure crap that Microsoft produces these days (Vista) the British government IT authority issues a a report advising schools in their country not to upgrade to Windows Vista or Office ...

Computers, Consumers, General, Linux, Open Source, Software, Technology, Windows - No Comments »