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WordPress is now in Release Candidate (RC) 1, so we can expect a release in near future. If you are a plugin developer or theme designer, it is time to experiment a bit and see how you can integrate your work better to the future version of WordPress.

Through the weekend, I’ve been checking out the latest code repository of WordPress 2.8 and I’m astounded by the amount of progress they’ve made in a short period of time.

The following is the…

One third of 95 developing countries have a waiting period of six years or more for a telephone connection, compared with less than a month in developed nations, as reported by World Bank.

The data might be old but reality remains. Nowadays, the problem may be more of getting a well connected line to the Internet. I’ve seen it here in Indonesia. Students have to share a computer with 4-5 other students. And they have limited access during the computer class.

Not…

Do I get your attention yet? Good. The title may come as a surprise to you, but I promise it isn’t a trick.

You should NOT listen to your customers. Henry Ford certainly agreed.

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” -Henry Ford

At least that’s NOT how businessperson runs a successful business. Not how influential bloggers pick a topic and write. Not how people create best selling products.

Imagine if Coke was to take all suggestions from…

The other day I received an email from an e-course subscriber. She objected the fact that I questioned her about the underlying purpose and reason she wanted to blog.

She thought that if she wanted that kind of content, she would rather go to a goal setting class and got a more comprehensive information on that very topic. The point was, I should stick to blogging and nothing else.

Or shouldn’t I?

I usually went on with this kind of criticism. I don’t…

Countless of time, bloggers make it as if you have to come up with your personal brand or personality before you start your first blog post.

They say it as if your brand is etched in stone once you open the gate and show your identity to the world through your writing, appearance in social media, etc.

If you decide to be controversial, that is what people are going to think about you. Or is it?

May be. But it is something more…