Monthly Archives: June 2009
Jun 10, 2009 by Matt | Posted in Social Media
After a recent lawsuit between over a case of somebody posting fake tweets in a public figure’s name, Twitter has decided to implement a method of account verification. The feature, which will be released experimentally this summer, will take the form of a “verified account” seal displayed on accounts that are authenticated in some manner.
Details of what the verification process entails are undisclosed at this time, though Mashable has speculated:
As to how actual verification will work, it seems that Twitter will look to see if an official channel of the person in question links to his or her Twitter account from a place like an official website. This is a perfectly logical way to verify accounts, in our opinion. Details are scarce on the full plan, though.
This seems like a good idea, as people such as celebrities, politicians, and businesses are increasingly subject to whatever adverse effects come from impersonators on Twitter.
Jun 9
TechCrunch has “just about nailed down the final design” for their long-awaited “CrunchPad,” the popular tech blog’s first foray into the consumer hardware arena. The CrunchPad is to be an internet tablet running a version of Linux and a Webkit-based browser, controlled by a…
Jun 8
WordPress MU, the branch of WordPress that runs the popular WordPress.com “instant blog” site is being discontinued. Matt Mullenweg announced at WordCamp San Francisco that the multi-blog capabilities of WPMU would be merged with the main WordPress core, a la Movable Type. The two…
Jun 7
I recently started using the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin on Webmaster-Source. The plugin provides an easy way to format code snippets for display in posts, complete with colorization. When using SyntaxHighlighter Evolved, you don’t need to replace quotation marks with " or anything like that.…
Jun 5
This month’s featured free WordPress theme is Typebased by WooThemes.
Jun 4
Microsoft recently launched their new search engine “Bing,” in an attempt to compete in the arena that Google has pretty much already won. There was a bit of talk leading up to the relatively quiet launch, which promptly disappointed me.
Jun 3
Basic HTTP authentication is rudimentary method of requesting a username and password, then allowing or denying access based on the credentials entered. You’ve probably seen it in action somewhere or another. If you try to subscribe to a protected RSS feed, such as the…
Jun 2
Grid Design is something that’s being talked about a bit lately, and many people are using frameworks like 960gs to help them do it. A recent guest post over at Usability Post (by Tyler Tate) shows how to create a grid with your own…
Jun 1
Smashing Magazine has released a new icon set designed by Oliver Twardowski: Flavour Extended. The set includes 452 transparent PNG icons, along with their respective PSD source files. The icons are 48×48 pixels in size, and easily shrinkable if you require a smaller size.…
