The holidays are upon us, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve put off buying gifts for your friends and loved ones until almost the last minute! I hope you won’t overlook the possibility of sending the gift of software this year. Thanks to a new feature in the Red Sweater Store, it’s finally easy […]

The WordPress developers have decided that, starting with WordPress 2.6, access to the XMLRPC and AtomPub-based remote publishing interfaces will be disabled by default. Users who wish to use a remote client such as MarsEdit will have to go out of their way to enable the required functionality in their blog’s settings. There are good […]

Have you ever tried to set up an SSH tunnel? Chances are you either have no idea what that is, or you have tried, and are squirming in your seat now recalling the pain you suffered. SSH tunneling is an extremely powerful means of establishing an encrypted (secure!) link between your computer and another computer, […]

I think that for any business with an internet presence, an important part of running and growing that business is being astutely aware of your surroundings. In particular, that means recognizing when people on the internet are talking about you, and responding to or engaging them when it’s appropriate. Typically when a person on the […]