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Smashly Now Running WP 3.0 RC1

by on June 6, 2010 in Miscellany

Hi everyone! This is the third or fourth site that I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.0 RC1, and everything is looking good.

I would like to note that anyone running PHP 4 on a 1and1 hosted site might have some troubles installing PhotoSmash (and NextGEN Gallery too). It appears that something is weird with their PHP 4 settings that WordPress doesn’t like. But you can easily move to PHP 5 (and you should), since 1AND1 gives you a choice.

Anyway, I’m excited by the new possibilities afforded by WP 3.0. PhotoSmash appears to be playing nicely with it, so enjoy!

Cheers,
Byron

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Facing Future

by on April 22, 2010 in Miscellany

I’ve been giving plenty of thought to what needs to happen to PhotoSmash.  That largely revolves around making the code cleaner, making the admin interface cleaner and easier and less intimidating, and providing more out-of-the-box options for prettier galleries.

But, if you look 5 years down the road, who knows if you’ll even need something like PhotoSmash or even, dare I say, WordPress.  With as much innovation as has occurred over the last 5 years, you sort of feel like a kid on the beach building an elaborate sand castle, all the while watching the tide come in.  You know it’s just a matter of time before the waves are washing your creation back to sea.  I mean, what is the iPad going to do to the face of technology? What will it be like when we’re wearing computers that augment our reality in real-time…all the time?

Well, 5 years is a long time and it’s not, all at the same time.  Having a vision for that is key. Your dreams can’t come true if you don’t have any…so here’s for you as you face future.

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