Today Google announced that they are shutting down Google Reader. People on Twitter are apoplectic about it all. I get to feel a little smug since I decided a couple of years ago that I needed to move away from Google Reader. It was clear that their vision of what Google Reader …
Keep reading · 5 minutes: Google Reader RIP; Long Live RSS!Reading about Google shutting down Google Reader, from the guy that made RSS, using Fever on my own server.
Donation to Wikipedia done, finishing trifecta of EFF + Creative Commons.
I guess Google messed up Reader again. I gave up after they forced Google Plus. Using Fever and host my own RSS.
I’m using the P2 theme on a couple of websites, one of them is for the team minnestar to help coordination and collaboration. P2 supports the ability to use a @user notation to mention other users on the site, but it doesn’t do anything other than highlight the user. This snippet …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Adding Email Mention Notification to WordPress P2With all the changes at Google Reader, it may be worth revisiting Fever again.
Maybe I’ll come around, but I’m hating on the new Google Reader so far. Shared Items was my favorite thing, and it’s just gone.
I’ve seen this problem for a while now where Google Reader isn’t getting my RSS feed for days, and sometimes weeks at a time. I have a theory for why it is happening and this post is a test for me to see if my fix worked. Update Well, my theory seems to be right. At one point in …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Test Post for RSS FeedJust upgraded 8 WordPress sites to 3.2 in about 5 minutes. Super easy. (Wish MediaWiki was that easy.)
The Edit Post screen is shockingly nicer, but so similar. Feels crazy faster and much calmer. Nicer type too!
I got this email yesterday for a blog that I help my brother-in-law out with. I haven’t ever seen a notice like this: Dear site owner or webmaster of domain-name-removed. Your site appears to be running an older version of WordPress. Google recommends that you update to the …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Google Reminding People to Update