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We just did a quick update to WordTwit to include support for the Ow.ly URL shortening service, and also fixed a few old bugs (the most important of which is the weird one involving encoding characters in the update message). The WordPress repository is updated, so you should see it shortly. Sometimes [...]

We’ve released an Earth Hour plugin here at BraveNewCode, called the Earth Hour WordPress Plugin, and it’s available here. What Does It Do? The Earth Hour plugin will add a small fixed banner across the top of your site (we’re running it here on BraveNewCode) that provides a link to the Earth Hour website, counts all the [...]

Yup, we got some paper-based link-love this morning from Vancouver’s Georgia Straight. The article talks about using Twitter to promote your blog. Check it out here.

Apple, after releasing the 2.0.1 update a little while back has pushed out another ‘bug fix’ update today. I’m currently in the process of updating. Hopefully this will again shore up some of the blunders that the rather beta-feeling 2.0 update delivered. WPtouch 1.3 Duane and I have been hard at work, squeezing in every spare moment [...]

If you’re currently enjoying WPtouch installed on your website or blog, hopefully you’ve heard of WPhone, the excellent WordPress plugin that delivers AJAX goodness, simple and clear navigation structure and an intuitive, easy to use interface for the WordPress admin. If you haven’t come across it, but have considered blogging from your iPhone or iPod touch [...]

While we were working on WPtouch it quickly became clear that we would have to start considering all the ways we could accomplish a full-featured theme in the lowest file size possible, something that I’m sure many developers have faced when building web-based applications for Apple’s devices. While at times frustrating and challenging, the knowledge [...]

It’s no secret Duane and I are happy with the early success of BraveNewCode, along with the success of WPtouch. It’s great to see the WordPress community is quickly adopting our work on the project, especially when you consider that its been a work in progress in the squeezed hours we’ve had available around other [...]

As you can see, I’ve been trying to push out some of these plugins that have been on my plate for a while. The Media Burner one is now officially in beta. Media burner automatically extracts media files (MP3, FLV, YouTube, etc) from your blog posts and creates a site-wide player. An example in [...]