Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of heading out to the Refresh Dallas panel, where Brian Oberkirch, Blake Burris, John Keeler, and Jake McKee spoke at length on social media, in the past, present, and future. Understandably, the topic of MySpace was a recurring one during the discussion, and also understandably, the sense of frustration at ‘not getting it’ was equally evident. In the rational parts of my brain, I rank in that same incredulous number, throwing up my hands in frustration in the sheer badness of form and function that MySpace has overcome to succeed. So, I thought I would take a stab at helping everyone understand it all. No, not it’s success, but our reaction to it.

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April 17th, 2006 | Blogosphere | No comments

I decided to go ahead and install WordPress on my site, and get rid of the old MT based site. There will be some transition time, and since I have a couple of projects going right now, I’m using a pre-made theme while I’m working to get my own theme installed. The design for my new theme is finished, but I have to code and integrate, and since I’ve never worked with WordPress before, it might take some time. I’m also working on figuring out the Flickr API to integrate some photo gadgetry on my site, so the new design may take a couple of weeks before it comes into existence.

Please pardon the construction dust.

April 17th, 2006 | Site-Related | No comments