Check out this webcam pointed at Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano. It has become pretty active in the last few days, grounding flights in the northern parts of Europe. If the experts are right this could be the start of an even bigger event at the Katla volcano.
Jamas.Net Turns Up the Heat with FeedBurner
One of the tips coming out of WordCamp Toronto was to use a service like FeedBurner for your sites feeds. I have covered a few times on this site how RSS feeds work, check out the related posts below. What FeedBurner does is redirect all the feeds through FeedBurner, which allows the feed owner to track useful stats like the number of subscribers and the number of posts are being read. So if you happen to be a subscriber try picking up the new feed so I know you are out there.
WordPress App for Mobile Devices
So I’m actually in the bathroom right now. Too much information? Sorry, but I wanted to make it clear that you can now update your WordPress powered site from anywhere. Even from places that you probably shouldn’t.
Checkout the official post, WordPress On The Go, or the individual development sites:
Well all done here – more posts from the can in the future.
ecoEnergy Retrofit Homes Program Cancelled
Yesterday, it was quietly announced that the program ecoEnergy Retrofit Homes program has been canceled. This is really too bad as the program was very popular, to the point were the government was forced to add more money each year to cover all the grants. I have completed one project under the program, a geothermal system, and currently we are in the process of a home renovation that will qualify for some grant money. It seems a shame that the Government of Canada would cancel the program as it seemed to be achieving two goals, the obvious environmental impact of lowering a homes environmental impact and also encouraging people to put money back into their homes.
WordCamp Toronto 2010 Review
Just got done with WordCamp Toronto 2010. What a great event, congrats to Mathieu and Melissa for a job well done. It was great to meet a wide range of people, that are either just starting with blogging or WordPress, all the way up to theme/plugin developers.
My top ten list of things I like about the weekend:
- The networking was great. There was lots of time for chatting with other attendees and directly with speakers.
- The Brad Gosse SEO talk was filled with great tips on a topic that many, including myself struggle with.
- I am actually thinking of getting a Twitter account, which was something I said would never happen. Thanks to Jeremy Wright for kick starting that process.
- The Trailmeme plugin demo was great, more about this in another post, but I do think this is something that could impact the way we interact with the web.
- I am pumped about WordPress 3.0, which should be out in May. Charles thanks for the demo of the new menu system on your site, and for coming all the way out from New Brunswick.
- I am starting to rethink my approach to the Capital Dining project, that we have been working on for a long time. It currently uses a custom build plugin to manage reviews of restaurants, developed mostly by Steve Morton. At the time that site was launched on WordPress 2.4, it seemed like the only way forward. Thanks to the several speakers that talked about WordPress as a CMS for the tips.
- It was amazing to see how people have pushed WordPress into domains that were once held by custom CMS systems. Some of the stories, that talked about the insane amount of money given to developers to come up with something that WordPress does for free, were inspiring. I plan to take up this challenge in Ottawa by getting more people hooked on WordPress.
- Facilities were great.
- Well organized and well attended.
- It left me wanting more.
I hope to be back at WordCamp Toronto 2011 and maybe to Montreal this summer for their WordCamp.