Microsoft Expression Web Designer

Microsoft has launched their Dreamweaver competition product in a free trial download. The new product is called Microsoft Expression Web Designer (MEWD). The Microsoft page touts the following as their most highlighted features of the product: Standards-based Web sites Sophisticated CSS-based layouts Extensive CSS formatting…

Opera Blog Feed Widgets

Well, allright, it’s a bit trendy, perhaps even a bit silly, but I like it. What can I say, I’m a geek, I’m suppose to like silly techie trendy things. Anyway… I now have a shiny new desktop widget (that works even on Linux no…

Google University

SEO is an important topic across the web, as any web developer knows. Throughout the most recent years, Google has remained the ‘challenge’ of SEO experts everywhere. Some claim that Google cannot be mastered, others assure you that it’s easy. Whether they are offering their…

WordPattern

On April 1st the WordPress development blog released a major news story for WordPress fans and users. In the notice was the announcement of a new business model concept – detailing a merger between WordPress and TextPattern to create a full CMSMS (content management system…

IE7 – Beta 2

The MIX 06 ended a few short days ago, and with it, we saw the release of the IE7 Beta 2. This has been, needless to say, a highly awaited version (at least for developers). It seems that the MIX did very well, and they…

WaSP – A Fresh Look

You can now see the long awaited site redesign of The Web Standards Project (WaSP) live, and My, Oh My… it’s a big change. The design comes to WaSP from Malarkey, and he has published an article detailing the process he used to get to…

StikiPad – A New Competitor

StikiPad, Inc is the brainchild of two entrepreneurs on a mission to create some new functionality for the web. How are they progressing? Well, from my point of view, they seem to be doing pretty darn good. In fact, my first though was… “Oh… a…

Remote Book Signing

A curious article came through the Associated Press to Wired News, touting some new technology that will allow authors to remotely sign customers books. I have to admit that my interest was peaked a bit, considering that I am working on my technology book currently,…

Lib.rario.us

Well it would seem that the dot trend continues, but I think this project has some real potential behind it. Essentially, what you will find when you visit Lib.rario.us is a website that allows you to register and track your books, dvds, and music. I…