Blog de Puree

The second beta of WordPress 3.0 is ready and the official release for public consumption is not far off. There has also been a lot of buzz about some of the new features and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention them on Blog de Puree, a WordPress blog. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s [...]

Tags: blog, content management system, user interface, website design, wordpress

Anyone who enjoys reading Blog de Puree and who is a boating or yachting enthusiast should check out my brother-in-law’s blog, Where is D.J. Today. I was impressed with D.J.’s last blog post. His use of yachtsmen vernacular and the emotion of a captain that exuded from his post was really fantastic. “That the sea [...]

A week ago, European startup Zemanta launched in Alpha with a product for blogs to suggest links, pictures and other related content and tags while you write blog posts. It uses a semantic analysis engine that serves up the relevant information in your Internet browser as you write. According to TechCrunch, this type of application [...]

I’m excited to announce (somewhat belatedly) that Helium.com, the Internet company I work for, has started using multimedia videos to inform and instruct members, visitors and potential clients. Until about a month ago, we’ve been relying solely on written copy in our User Guide, community forums and other scattered areas on the website. Typically—and as [...]

Working at Helium.com has been very educational in regard to working directly with a large community and helping its members improve their writing, as well as trying to earn some money with the tools that we currently have available on the site. I’ve been there almost a year and I love going to work each [...]

As most folks know, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. passed away this week. He’ll be long remembered for his classic books such as Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle and Hocus Pocus. Naturally, I was saddened by the news. But as a writer, I felt guilty for wondering what his secret to success was as thousands mourned his passing. [...]

I came across a fascinating column today in the print version of The Newburyport Daily News (part of the Eagle Tribune Company) about the descriptions that can be used for groups of various birds. The column, Words on Birds by Steve Grinley, was entitled “Names for birds add to description.” I tried to access it [...]