If you are a long-time Wordpress developer who understands all the ins and outs of theme development then this post isn’t for you.
OK, now we’ve got that out of the way, for those of you left, let’s try and decipher where the real value lies in theme frameworks. Help comes in the shape of a [...]

Andy Peatling from BuddyPress kicks off Wordcamp 2009 for me. So, what is BuddyPress? In another presentation, Matt Mullenweg, the WordPress founder describes BuddyPress as ‘Facebook in a box’ ideally suited to the creation of niche social networks. Features include in-depth profile pages, a life-stream, messaging, groups, albums, forums, blogs (obviously, given that it’s from [...]

IBM has embraced the Dojo Ajax toolkit for the development of web-based user interfaces (UIs). In this presentation towards the end of IBM Impact, Chris Mtichell from IBM’s Websphere group explains what the Dojo toolkit is and how it can be used by developers.
Chris points out that more and more of us are using browsers [...]

Wordcamps are events organised by the Wordpress gang to pull together developers working on the popular blogging platform. The latest event took place recently in San Francisco, pulling together some of the top brass working on Wordpress. The affable inventor of Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg led the proceedings.
Wordpress sessions of interest:

SEO for Wordpress
Secret of virality
BuddyPress: Social [...]

Unfortunately I didn’t get to attend this session, but thankfully, through the beauty of blogging, there are numerous other accounts online.
BuddyPress grew out of a series of plug-ins that added social functionality to Wordpress MU (the multi-user edition). It is being touted as Facebook-in-a-box, ie. you can setup your own personal Facebook for your community.
More [...]

Stephan Spencer from Netconcepts led this well-attended session on how to maximise search visibility using Wordpress. Generally, blogs work well for search engine optimization (SEO) due to their emphasis on generating lots of regularly updated content. However, there are steps you can take to optimize the standard Wordpress installation.
Key points:
Internal linking
Try and ensure your internal [...]

So, it finally happened. After years of happily importing images into Picasa and clearing the disk in the camera, we finally pushed the wrong button and cleared out a whole set of debauched bachelorette photos, many of which could have possibly held some quite senior San Francisco socialites to ransom.
We fretted and Googled and finally [...]

It looks like we’re only at the beginning of seeing the uptake of Wii as an input device for gaming. As it’s a bluetooth device there’s numerous hacks that tie it up to a PC. Businesses are capitalizing on this and developing immersive training experiences. Perhaps that killer app is just around the corner?
Wii and [...]