Tag: WordPress

  • Go ahead, ignore this post

    In all the blog posts I’ve written, I’ve never written one to be ignored. ‘Cept for this one. A WordPress plugin that I very much like — Twitter Tools — has been re-written to require another plugin called Social. The plugin authors are WordPress mavens, so I trust them. Unlike many plugins, Social and Twitter…

  • I STILL hate Drupal

    About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post titled “I Hate Drupal.” It’s turned out to be one of the most popular and enduring posts on this blog. The post continues to draw traffic and comments despite its age. Why then, you might ask, did I lose my mind and recommend and…

  • New look, same snark

    Back in the good old days at IBM — the days when smokers were allowed to smoke inside the office — the guys would congregate in the back of the office in Copley Place (aka “New Jersey”) and through thick clouds of blue smoke bitch about management. After a moment of silence while we absorbed…

  • Another old-school moment

    I’m on vacation on the Cape. We’re having a blast. But this isn’t about the fact that we walked along the beach at dusk and had it all to ourselves or the fact that it’s so quiet and peaceful at our undisclosed location that I never want to leave. Instead this post is about WordPress…

  • My 3rd of July, or how I nearly got pwned

    Well, now that it’s over, I can finally talk about it. I got up Sunday morning, July 3rd, salivating over all the cholesterol-laden meats I was gonna burn…er…grill that day in celebration of the holiday. I was looking forward to my weekend breakfast of imported Nestle 2-in-1 coffee sachets (I prefer the Indonesian version) and peanut…

  • WordPress 2.5 rocks

    I know I’ve been very lax about blogging here because launching a whole new category of enterprise application development software is taking up all my time. Still, I am compelled to stop for a moment and give WordPress 2.5 maximum love for being a killer upgrade. Installation was a snap, and the single problem I…