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The latest release of WordPress, version 2.6.1, came out a few days ago.
I upgraded this blog yesterday in a process that was painless as it happened literally with one mouse click and didn’t involve the manual upgrade process that’s usual with self-hosted WordPress, and which can be quite daunting for some users.
My hosting service, [...]

As many in the online PR community know, PR Week US edition has been running a ‘which is the best PR blog?’ contest for the last couple of weeks.
I’ve been in the contest which pits 32 blogs in knock-out competition which will see one blog emerge victorious next month as best PR blog.
I was [...]

I detest pop-ups on websites, especially the ones that so obtrusively steal your mouse whenever you move it across a web page and unexpectedly pop up something in a window.
Ads are the worst although those pop-ups with either RSS text or a screenshot of another website or blog run a close second (I’m thinking [...]

The new website of Number 10 Downing Street - residence and office of the Prime Minister - launched yesterday.
It was announced on Twitter by the Number 10 communications team, an apt demonstration of the clear focus on content sharing that peppers the site which includes links to Number 10 content on Flickr and YouTube.
The [...]

As part of its tenth anniversary celebration, PR Week US edition is holding a contest to find the PR industry’s most worthwhile blog.
The contest, which starts today, includes 30 PR blogs from across North America plus two blogs in Europe - mine here in merry old England and Tom Murphy’s in Ireland - making 32 [...]

When visiting websites on your mobile device, there’s nothing more frustrating than waiting for a site to load when that site contains huge numbers of images and other graphical paraphernalia.
It gets downright annoying when you’re on a cellular connection and especially if you’re roaming: all you see are currency symbols flashing in front of your [...]

Among the many interesting points of view and commentaries spoken today at WordCamp UK came some attention-grabbing news from Simon Dickson in his presentation about blogging and developments in government.
The official website for 10 Downing Street is about to be relaunched, and it will be based on WordPress.

Not much information available yet on the [...]

This is an event I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while - WordCamp UK 2008, the first WordCamp in the UK, takes places in Birmingham during this weekend July 19-20.
There is a packed agenda planned for the two days, offering something for everyone with an interest in WordPress, whatever your knowledge or [...]

In the CIPR workshop in London, showing everyone how easy it is to create a post with WordPress.
Hot quote from participant Zena Martin:
If you’re not on Twitter, you’re nowhere!

Yes, we’ve been looking at Twitter, too.
(I’ll be adding to this post later.) Update July 8.
The workshop went well. A great group of participants, lots of questions [...]

Reading a Reuters story on their website, I noticed something that highlights to me what’s at the heart of the problem with the Associated Press.
These two international news agencies seem to be poles apart in their philosophy about content sharing.
The AP has been at the centre of a storm of protest during the past [...]