Theron caves. Signs up for a twitter account. News at 11.

Identi.ca is extremely useful for what I use it for, however there is a large conversation going on “over there”. I’m going to be moving my account names around to try and align them better, and so as to not annoy my evil ruby twin. This is what I see the first time I log into twitter. (ok not the text at the bottom, but the effect was the same.

Too Funny.

twitterfail

Follow me @ http://www.twitter.com/theronconrey

Virtualization in Tomorrowland

When Walt Disney commented about Tomorrowland he said,

The Tomorrowland attractions have been designed to give you an opportunity to participate in adventures that are a living blueprint of our future.

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Presentation, Demo, and Cage Fight

I’ve been asked to participate in a panel discussion around Site Recovery Manager, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery. This is a SRM event Sponsored by VMware and Alliance Technologies. If you’re available and in the area, stop by and heckle me.
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Google Voice

It had forgotten that I needed to upgrade my GrandCentral account to Google Voice. First thing out of the gate is to play with transcription. Thanks for the Tuesday morning humor Sean.

Plugins, Cleanup and Upgrades

I’ve been looking to add some functionality to the site, make it easier to post remotely, and add a better way to handle user comments.

I think I’ve got a solution for all three:

  1. I implemented openid for user authentication. I don’t want to handle users locally, so openID is a great solution. There are a few other solutions available for wordpress, but this one is an Open standard, and I’m trying to future proof the process as best as possible.( Why isn’t this GPL’ed?)
  2. I’ve started playing with the wordpress app from the iTunes store. For the times when a computer isn’t available, I like how it works.
  3. I’ve added the WPtouch plugin from BraveNewCode and it couldn’t have been easier to setup. See below for a snap of the site from iphonelandia.

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