Minnov8 » wordpress http://minnov8.com Showcasing Minnesota Innovation in Internet & Web Technology Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:44:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/M8GangPodcast Internet & Web Technology Innovation in Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes Minnov8 Gang no Minnov8 Gang sborsch@gmail.com sborsch@gmail.com (Minnov8 Gang) Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 A podcast devoted to innovation in internet & web technology and its effect on Minnesota startups, companies & enthusiasts. Internet, Web, Minnesota, Innovation Minnov8 » wordpress http://minnov8.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Minnov8_Gang_Podcast_th.jpg http://minnov8.com Twin Cities, Minnesota Weekly A Day At Camp http://minnov8.com/2010/11/14/a-day-at-camp/ http://minnov8.com/2010/11/14/a-day-at-camp/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:15:41 +0000 Phil Wilson http://minnov8.com/?p=6268 A Day At Camp is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> While most in the Twin Cities awoke to a snowy November day yesterday a hearty band of bloggers, programmers, designers, and assorted geeks braved the slippery, slushy roads for a day at camp…Word Camp. The first such event in the Twin Cities, the day was a resoundingly successful local presentation of the “everything WordPress” gatherings being staged throughout the country.

The first Wordcamp was put together in 2006 in San Francisco by Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of the open-source blogging software, WordPress. Since then, according to the Wordcamp Central site, over a hundred have taken place. Wordcamps have taken place or will take place from Austin to Jerusalem and Bangkok to Melbourne and by all accounts Minneapolis-St. Paul was a standout…at least to us.

The day began with brief yet sincere opening remarks from event organizers including local WordPress Users Group founder Toby Cryns, and designer Lauren Freeland as well as Matt Barker, Brandon Hedges and Jeff Martin. Special recognition was also given to a cast of interns (free help) for all of their efforts. It was the beginning of day of exceptional sessions and presentations (not to mention some pretty nice swag) that ranged from the the exceptionally technical and coder focused to the beginner and casual user levels, all in a well thought out track based schedule.

While the day was chocked full of great sessions by both local and national, let’s call them “Wordies”, I was particularly taken with presentations by Josh Byers on customizing WordPress (though I could have done without quite so much information about the Lord of the Rings) and a somewhat snow-shocked Vegas resident John Hawkins on building plug-ins. Even Minnov8′s own Steve Borsch and Tim Elliott gave a solid overview of WordPress for small business. And, though some of the sessions were a bit redundant or a tad too self-promotion oriented, the day exemplified the community surrounding “the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day.” (WordPress’s words, not mine.)

No where was that community more on display than in the Technical Support room. This dedicated tribe of Wordie geeks spent the day selflessly addressing specific questions and fixing problems with sites for anyone who wanted to ask for their assistance. I didn’t even see a tip jar. The energy in that room was similar to the one experienced at the Overnight Web Challenge, a caffeine fueled 24 hour web development event that has gained serious geek cred in recent years.

Kudos to all who spent months organizing the event and to those who braved the snow, and sometimes questionable skills of Twin Cities drivers, to participate. As one who considers himself a WordPress tinkerer I look forward to next year. I can only imagine that the WordPress pros are already counting the days. Bravo!

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2010/11/14/a-day-at-camp/feed/ 0 Minnov8 Gang 58: Defragging Defrag & Other ‘Net Stuff http://minnov8.com/2009/11/14/minnov8-gang-58-defragging-defrag-other-net-stuff/ http://minnov8.com/2009/11/14/minnov8-gang-58-defragging-defrag-other-net-stuff/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:33:47 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=3754 Minnov8 Gang 58: Defragging Defrag & Other ‘Net Stuff is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> DeFrag-n-stuff After our week hiatus, the Minnov8 Gang is back at it with a podcast covering Graeme Thickins’ trip to the DeFrag conference and his liveblogging of it. After that we discuss local events (e.g., Minnebar), WCCO, WordPress and much more.

This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.
Music by blues singer Candy Kayne and the tune is, “I’m a bad, bad girl.”

Discussed during the show notes:

+ WCCO‘s “The Wire” & their iPhone app by DoApp and Inergize Digital (iTunes link; search in Android store for “WCCO”; or use mobile website at m.wcco.com)

+ WordPress Users Group meeting on December 3rd at 6:30pm

+ Minnebar at Best Buy HQ (sold out) and the sessions

+ Google buys Gizmo5; Toktumi; Google page speed article; Newsy

+ Android and GoogleChromeOS which, by the way, rumor has it will launch within a week.

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]]> http://minnov8.com/2009/11/14/minnov8-gang-58-defragging-defrag-other-net-stuff/feed/ 0 Android,Best Buy,Minnebar,wordpress After our week hiatus, the Minnov8 Gang is back at it with a podcast covering Graeme Thickins' trip to the DeFrag conference and his liveblogging of it. After that we discuss local events (e.g., Minnebar), WCCO, Wordpress and much more. - After our week hiatus, the Minnov8 Gang is back at it with a podcast covering Graeme Thickins' trip to the DeFrag conference and his liveblogging of it. After that we discuss local events (e.g., Minnebar), WCCO, Wordpress and much more. This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Music by blues singer Candy Kayne and the tune is, "I'm a bad, bad girl." Discussed during the show notes: + WCCO's "The Wire" & their iPhone app by DoApp and Inergize Digital (iTunes link; search in Android store for "WCCO"; or use mobile website at m.wcco.com) + Wordpress Users Group meeting on December 3rd at 6:30pm + Minnebar at Best Buy HQ (sold out) and the sessions + Google buys Gizmo5; Toktumi; Google page speed article; Newsy + Android and GoogleChromeOS which, by the way, rumor has it will launch within a week. Minnov8 Gang no 57:09 Minnov8 Gang Podcast #48: Pushbuttons & Voice http://minnov8.com/2009/08/22/minnov8-gang-podcast-48-pushbuttons-voice/ http://minnov8.com/2009/08/22/minnov8-gang-podcast-48-pushbuttons-voice/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:49:34 +0000 Steve Borsch http://minnov8.com/?p=3041 Minnov8 Gang Podcast #48: Pushbuttons & Voice is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> pushbuttonThis Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata (Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins are off today). Music by Chuck Willis from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes.

Discussed during the show notes:

+ Topics:
- The Pushbutton Web ( http://dashes.com/anil/2009/07/the-pushbutton-web-realtime-becomes-real.html ). Is this just a way for people to throw stuff up against the wall and see what sticks, or a fundamentally new way of inputting content that will be useful?
The “PBWeb” is really all about the shift in tools (like what I talked about at my SMBMSP preso at Deluxe) and how we can use them to deliver our content in a “publish once, distribute everywhere” model. Posterous.com, PixelPipe.com and plugins for WordPress like tWPter (http://www.bochgoch.com/page/plugin/wp_twptter/) and then the announcement by Typepad that they’re enabling microblogging (http://everything.typepad.com/blog/2009/08/the-best-of-both-worlds-microblogging-on-typepad.html) means that everyone is recognizing the need for us to publish short bursts in a microblogging way
(My SMBMSP talk)
- Themes are appearing like the Prologue Theme, P2. Prologue is a WordPress theme that turns your WordPress blog into a Twitter-like tool for organizing groups or whatever: http://p2demo.wordpress.com/
- Upcoming Microsoft retail stores. Is this smart, or is the company not capable of original ideas?: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/blog/microsoft-retail-stores-we-re-hiring/
photos: http://gizmodo.com/5322328/leak-inside-the-microsoft-store-with-wall+sized-screens-and-the-answers-bar/gallery/
- Twitter location-based tweeting. A good thing or a bad thing? http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/location-location-location.html
- WHAT IS WITH THE SUDDEN UPTICK IN TWITTER, SKYPE AND EMAIL PORN JUST THIS WEEK!?! Not only have I been getting inundated with stuff, so have many others whom I follow.
- MIMA Summit; Pranah; SMBMSP next week at the State Fair
Google Insight & Google Trends & Alerts

+ The Pushbutton Web, a concept article by Anil Dash about a ”publish once, distribute everywhere” model:

+ Upcoming Microsoft retail stores and that they’re hiring for them. Also, the Gizmodo ‘leak’ of a presentation/plan done for Microsoft on the store concept

+ Google Voice, Apple & AT&T controversy with the Federal Communications Commission asking for clarification on Apple disallowing Google Voice in the iPhone App Store. Apple’s, Google’s and AT&T’s respective responses.

+ MIMA Summit; and the Social Media Breakfast (SMBMSP) next week at the State Fair.

Minnov8 Gang Podcast #48: Pushbuttons & Voice is a post from: Minnov8 and published under a Creative Commons license.

]]> http://minnov8.com/2009/08/22/minnov8-gang-podcast-48-pushbuttons-voice/feed/ 0 apple,Google,google voice,iphone,pushbutton web,Twitter,wordpress This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata (Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins are off today). Music by Chuck Willis from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes. - Discussed during the show notes: + Topics: This Week’s Show Hosts: Steve Borsch, Phil Wilson and Julio Ojeda Zapata (Tim Elliott and Graeme Thickins are off today). Music by Chuck Willis from Music Alley, purveyor of podsafe tunes. Discussed during the show notes: + Topics: - The Pushbutton Web ( http://dashes.com/anil/2009/07/the-pushbutton-web-realtime-becomes-real.html ). Is this just a way for people to throw stuff up against the wall and see what sticks, or a fundamentally new way of inputting content that will be useful? The "PBWeb" is really all about the shift in tools (like what I talked about at my SMBMSP preso at Deluxe) and how we can use them to deliver our content in a "publish once, distribute everywhere" model. Posterous.com, PixelPipe.com and plugins for Wordpress like tWPter (http://www.bochgoch.com/page/plugin/wp_twptter/) and then the announcement by Typepad that they're enabling microblogging (http://everything.typepad.com/blog/2009/08/the-best-of-both-worlds-microblogging-on-typepad.html) means that everyone is recognizing the need for us to publish short bursts in a microblogging way (My SMBMSP talk) - Themes are appearing like the Prologue Theme, P2. Prologue is a WordPress theme that turns your WordPress blog into a Twitter-like tool for organizing groups or whatever: http://p2demo.wordpress.com/ - Upcoming Microsoft retail stores. Is this smart, or is the company not capable of original ideas?: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/blog/microsoft-retail-stores-we-re-hiring/ photos: http://gizmodo.com/5322328/leak-inside-the-microsoft-store-with-wall+sized-screens-and-the-answers-bar/gallery/ - Twitter location-based tweeting. A good thing or a bad thing? http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/location-location-location.html - WHAT IS WITH THE SUDDEN UPTICK IN TWITTER, SKYPE AND EMAIL PORN JUST THIS WEEK!?! Not only have I been getting inundated with stuff, so have many others whom I follow. - MIMA Summit; Pranah; SMBMSP next week at the State Fair Google Insight & Google Trends & Alerts + The Pushbutton Web, a concept article by Anil Dash about a "publish once, distribute everywhere" model: Steve Borsch talked about this at his SMBMSP #16 preso at Deluxe) Services: Posterous, PixelPipe Wordpress plugins & themes like tWPter -- along with hemes appearing like P2 that turns your WordPress blog into a Twitter-like tool Announcement by Typepad that they're enabling microblogging PubSubHubBub at Google Google Insights, Trends & Alerts + Upcoming Microsoft retail stores and that they're hiring for them. Also, the Gizmodo 'leak' of a presentation/plan done for Microsoft on the store concept + Google Voice, Apple & AT&T controversy with the Federal Communications Commission asking for clarification on Apple disallowing Google Voice in the iPhone App Store. Apple's, Google's and AT&T's respective responses. + MIMA Summit; and the Social Media Breakfast (SMBMSP) next week at the State Fair. Minnov8 Gang no 53:14