The next generation of Wordpress is officially available. Sporting a brand new dashboard designed by the folks at Happy Cog, a slew of new features (and a new look for WordPress.org); it looks like a winner.
Day two of SXSWi started with Jason Santa Maria’s and Rob Weychert’s panel, Everyone’s a Design Critic (slides). Given that it was (a) first panel of the day following the opening night parties and (b) the biggest room in the convention center, there were empty seats and bleary eyes to spare. Rob and JSM took it in stride and did a fantastic job of warming up the crowd by getting everyone to cheer and jeer several popular sites. Once everyone was wound up, they whipped out some real world examples and explained how to:
Adobe just released Photoshop Express, their online Flash-based version of Photoshop (think Picnik). 2GB of free storage, galleries and photo editing (including color correction, red eye removal, effects and more). After a quick test drive, I’m impressed.
Sidebar: also pleasantly surprised they’re offering a test drive without the need to create an account—a la sign up forms must die.
I’m curious to see how this will evolve, specifically integration with other sites—they call out blogs and Facebook, but the ability to integrate with Flickr and other photo sharing sites (via API or otherwise) would be a nice touch.
I’m fine-tuning my remaining SXSWi wrap-up posts (I’m planning to post them later this week).
In the meantime, enjoy the random internet awesomeness that’s caught my attention as of late:
The 960 Grid System; similar to my favorite CSS framework, Blueprint CSS. I haven’t tried it yet, so I can’t say how it’s any better or worse.
A while back, Microsoft signed up with CP+B to the tune of $300 million; it seems the fruits of CP+B’s creative efforts are beginning to bloom. Part warm-and-fuzzy, part jackass (although not necessarily at the same time.)
Noted for (mostly for my) future CSS reference: using Opacity vs RGBA.
Every episode of South Park, ever. Nice. Similar to The Daily Show’s extensive archive.
Squirrels network like Facebook friends - not that they’ve mastered computers or anything, but it’s probably just a matter of time.
SXSWi 2008 has come and gone. This was my second year attending SXSWi, and I have to say ‘08 was a lot more fun than ‘07. Over the next few days I’ll summarize the panels I sat in on, the hits and misses, the people I met and any ideas that have stuck with me. I’ll add photos to the posts as I have time, but if you can’t wait, check out my SXSWi set on Flickr.
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Nifty homemade QTVR/spherical video. The cartop shot and POV are my favorites so far.
