The real issue is not the bug; it’s the display of content that people didn’t write. Sure, the cases where people actually intend to misspell WordPress are rare, but that’s besides the point.
~ Justin Tadlock

I very rarely dis-agree with the WordPress core team. But I feel you really lost your way with changing my content via capital_P_dangit(). It is not what you did but how you did it.

If you have written, posted, educated and informed, I would have said “Great idea Ma.tt”

But doing this without knowledge or consent and then is breaking across a lot of sites is an unfortunate and unusual lack of foresight on the part of the WordPress team.

(In writing this even the WordPress owned After the Deadline shows WordPress as a spelling mistake ~they fix that )

Also what goes on in WordPress.com is different then what happens on WordPress self hosted sites. You control everything on WordPress.com from the server to the permissions and ultimately you can fix everything. This is just not the case across the world of servers that run WordPress.

I am certainly not as gifted in programming as the WordPress team is, but I certainly see a need for improvement in communication and usability between developer(s) and designers in this regard.

Update: It is nice to see that the WordPress core team still has a sense of humour on the subject.

Veteran television news anchor Tony Parsons announces his move to CBC News on Monday in Vancouver. (Mike Laanela/CBC)

I am so happy to see Tony Parson back on TV. His voice and delivery certainly were certainly missed around the dinner hour.

Along with hosting the 11:00pm news on CHEK (an employee own station). He is also hosting the 6:00 – 6:30 evening news on CBC that is shared with CHEK.

This speaks to the crazy (you can insert your own NSFW word here) happening at Global TV. It is barely a station I recognize. I only rarely watch the morning news cast which is the only palatable newscast of the four they broadcast throughout the day. (it is also one of two produced locally in Vancouver)

Parsons comeback on the air answers to questions for me.

1. He didn’t leave Global by choice.
2. He still has stories to tell and work he wants to do.

Why is a former print journalist and now web designer concerned about the nightly newscast using that old skool media outlet called television.

Because I still think it matters for the delivery of local news content.

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The Social Networking Site Facebook

I love you, ever since I joined your service a couple years ago. I have been able to reconnect with friends from Sydney, AZ to Yellowknife, NWT.

But Facebook we really need to talk… Your not Twitter, Nor do I want to be Twitter. See Facebook I joined your service to share my life with a close 200 friends, and I really try keeping up with all of them. Honestly, I have a personal twitter account, but I am not sure what to do with it because I already use this site, and that site, to voice my public views.

And, yes, before you privacy experts get your shirt in a knot. I know the privacy on Facebook is a basic one. And anyone with some savvy hacking skills could potentially see, copy, change any of my info on your site, and I am OK with that. I know the risk of what I post and have read more then one story about employees getting fired for posting stuff on Facebook. I also prefer to keep my business life and social life separate, so if I haven’t accepted your friend request. Isn’t not you it’s me. . .

Lets just call my Facebook friends an extended family for want of a better word. I’d be OK with telling them stuff I wouldn’t be comfortable tell a complete stranger, which quite frankly resembles the entire Internet.

If I did want to publicly rant and rave then I have half a dozen different services at my disposal, or I’d just make all of my post public. but I didn’t join Facebook to do that. Nor is Facebook something I want to use that for. I like Facebook for being Facebook it was the reason I joined and the reason I continue to log in each day.

Hope you had a great Christmas and I look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

regards

Robert

“I believe all of these community review sites and user-generated content site is all about transparency.” ~ Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene

And while this will be the last double post between the two blogs, I felt it was important issue to cover. 

Also, to show the nature of change on the internet. Most of the traffic the coffee blog received was from Twitter. It also had a huge bump in subscription from Twitter because of this. 

Hopefully all this controversy will subside and I can return to blogging, photography, web design watching the Canucks in the playoffs and swimming with the club.

But I here is story about How I got banned from the social rating system Yelp.

Critical Mass stops at Granville Bridge no problem here

When I first moved back to Vancouver I  heard about critical mass and thought it was a great idea and while there has been a little bit of controversy over the years you just can’t stop 1,000+ people who want to ride down the city streets. I finally afforded a bike last fall and I took it to an awesome mass bike ride that end on the drive. The drivers seem to know what was going on and were more or less co-habiting with the biking masses of Vancouver and wow what a great way to see the city. A nice leisurely pace, a few hills and beautiful weather.

While we had a brutal spring, I was really looking for a nice relaxing ride through the city.

I had a few issues with this last ride. Frist there seemed to be a number of angry drivers who want 1,000 bicyclists to just stop what they were doing, not really that easy, hence the name critical mass.

Nice View Conflicted Feelings

Also while being a corker on the Robson St. hill, heading westbound a woman wanted me to stop the entire parade so she could cross the street… She fully supported the movement but yet couldn’t wait the five minutes for bikes to pass. She was horribly inconvenienced and getting quite agitated while this was a movement she fully supported?

On the other hand I always liked the mantra we’re not blocking traffic we are traffic. Hey drivers, don’t get annoyed with our so-called protest if you can’t share the road, but blocking the Lions Gate Bridge in both directions to smoke a bowl really didn’t sit well with me either. ‘Cuz regardless of whether your bike or a car blocking a main bridge for a 1/2 hour just isn’t cool regardless of who or what you are.

If any Critical Mass feels the need to block the Lions Gate Bridge I will not be part of it.

In Conclusion

So drivers remember we only do this once a month for a couple of hours on a Friday night and it is actually a very liberating thing and you should try it out.

Critical Mass is intended to be a celebration, not an opportunity to cause trouble. Those who want to try to tie up traffic as much as possible and be confrontational with motorists are missing the point. Remember we’re not blocking traffic we are traffic. I am sure we can all enjoy this amazing city together…

See you at the next mass