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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

ok, i had a million other things i was meant to be doing this friday, but hell – the rest of france ‘faire le pont’ (have taken an extended holiday after all soul’s day) so i can allow myself to get a little sidetracked. back in the day i remember looking up websites that had [...]