Author: Andy Wibbels

Oh yeah. Spread that on some toast. Ken Lay died for your sins.

A blogger who wishes to remain anonymous sentd in this email he received from Automattic, Inc., the company that develops WordPress: I work for Automattic Inc. We run wordpress.com and we own the WordPress trademark. We have noticed that you are using the WordPress name in your [domainname.com] domain and product without our permission. We […]

OMFG LOL WTF IANAL BUT TODAY IS INTL CAPS LOCK DAY HERES THE ANTHEM EVERY YEAR WE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SALMON FOR TOAST, EVERY YEAR WE GET A CROCKETY BLOAT, EVERY YEAR WE GET DRUNK ON THE DOCKS, AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SEX WITH OUR CAPS LOCKS!!!! BE SURE 2 TYPE ALL EMAILS […]

Super-awesome Jim Kukral does a little commentary on the “pay per post” debate – The Blog Honor Pledge: I pledge to never write “fake” blog content solely for the purpose of trying to generate revenue without complete and clear disclosure. With exception, my blog may exist for business purposes, therefore I use it to talk […]

I missed this last night due to wasting another hour enthralled by Project Runway. Bill Moyers is doing a special on the impact of the internet. You can watch it online.

Whenever I hear a breathless blogger exclaim that they are going to make a whole new community for their new niche (even though dozens already exist) and that they are going to have lots of people participating all the time I need to send them this: 90% of users are lurkers (i.e., read or observe, […]

Heads up! Tomorrow is the day to finish that damned book… (details)

Nice rant on the groupware/social networks trend: So I said, narrow the focus. Your “use case” should be, there’s a 22 year old college student living in the dorms. How will this software get him laid? “Social software” is about making it easy for people to do other things that make them happy: meeting, communicating, […]

I’ve been using the resources at the DevMechanic for ages, back when they were Sticky Sauce (which alas, is not even available from the deep black archives of The WayBack Machine). They’re mainly a resource for tech-heads, but there’s also a “for the rest of us” aspect that welcomes the non-technically inclined to learn about […]