Tag Archives: Callum
I might be on Seth’s book!
Seth posted a request for people to send pictures of themselves for the cover of his next book. What a genius idea! So sure enough, I whipped off a headshot. You never know, I might be immortalised in print! Which … Continue reading
Installed a sitemap
I’m on a mission to take the top spot when searching for “Callum”. I’m currently number 2 on Scroogle and number 21 on Yahoo. In my continuing efforts for worldwide Callum domination, I’ve installed the XML Sitemap Plugin. Hopefully this … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Techy
Tagged Callum, scroogle, seo, WordPress-Plugins, world domination, xml sitemap plugin, yahoo
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I finally joined Flickr
Somewhat begrudgingly, I have finally joined flickr. I was delighted to discover that I got the url flickr.com/photos/chmac – my usual username. It’s somewhat confusing, I log into flickr with my yahoo account callum_macdonald then my flickr username is callummacdonald … Continue reading
Good Morning Toronto
This is the view I awoke to this morning… Nothing like a little snow to make me glad I work from home!
Open source and adding value
There has been an interesting shift in Intellectual Property over the last few years. Particularly, the rise in popularity of open-source software. Companies like MySQL, Zend, RedHat, and others are pioneering a new way of doing business. Their core “product”, … Continue reading
Risen to Number 2
In a scroogle search for “Callum” I have risen from the mirky depths of around 15 to second place! For the past few weeks I’ve been on a concerted effort to litter the web with my calling card as simply … Continue reading
Montreal Breakfast
Big thanks to Morgan for an awesome Quebecoise breakfast this morning. Fresh croissants, pastries and other French goodies. I’m loving Canada so far.
Upgrade to 2.3
I successfully upgraded to WordPress 2.3 today. There were one or two glitches to start with, thankfully I had a full backup and was able to restore it quickly. Second time round it went fine. I’m now using WordPress’s own … Continue reading
Leaving Do: Sunday 8pm, Dragonfly
I’m leaving Edinburgh next week so having a farewell soiree on Sunday from 8pm at Dragonfly Bar. All welcome.
I’m Going to Montreal
It’s confirmed. The contracts are signed, the flights are booked, I’m going to Montreal. I fly on Monday 8 October. I’ll be working with ReflexCRM on SmartHippo, a social network for financial products.
I’m Sticking with PHP
Thanks to an article by Derek Sivers, I’m sticking with PHP. I’ve dabbled with Ruby on Rails, but in the end, I just can’t be bothered learning a whole new language just because it’s cool and new. Here’s my favourite … Continue reading
Is the traditional relational database dead?
Just read a fascinating paper on relational databases. Aside from being filled with TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) the paper was pretty accessible to the non-expert (me) and thought provoking for anyone interested in the field of databases, scalability, technology evolution, … Continue reading
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Tagged Callum, H-Store, High-Scalability, RDBMS, Relational-Databases, Technology-Evolution
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Ragging on OpenID
Stefan Brands wrote a post slating OpenID and talking about why his company’s proprietary software is unlikely to ever be OpenID compatible. He raises a few valid points amongst the provocative language. Most his arguments are, in my view, either … Continue reading
Social Networking Rights
After talking about member rights on CouchSurfing, I was interested to see this article that Dante forwarded about creating a bill of rights for members of the social web. I’m strongly in favour of outlining exactly what rights users of … Continue reading
Posted in Predictions, Techy
Tagged Callum, CouchSurfing, OpenSocialWeb, Social-Networking-Rights
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Burn Your Feeds, Burn Your Profits
I’m surprised by the continued success of Feedburner, the popular blog feed stats service. On the one hand, you get a great stats package, offload some traffic from your blog server, and it’s free. However, for those benefits, you give … Continue reading
Posted in Techy, WordPress
Tagged Callum, Feed-Advertising, Feed-Stats, FeedBurner, Google, Google-AdSense, WordPress
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WP Mail SMTP v0.3
A few people reported problems with the WP Mail SMTP plugin. I’ve resolved a few bugs and added a new feature that allows you to set the From name and email address of all mail sent by the wp_mail() function. … Continue reading
Posted in Techy, WordPress
Tagged Callum, Callum-Macdonald, Callums-Plugins, WordPress, WordPress-Plugins, WP-Mail-SMTP
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WordPress Optimisation
I’ve written an article on WordPress Optimisation on the WordPress Codex (Wiki). It covers the general areas where WordPress performance can be improved. I plan to expand on the work with more detailed discussions of the individual areas.
Posted in Techy, WordPress
Tagged Callum, WordPress, WordPress-Codex, WordPress-Optimisation, WordPress-Optimization, WordPress-Wiki
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More Time instead of More Cash
What if, instead of giving financial bonuses, a company offered holiday bonuses? If the company increases performance, staff leave 10 minutes earlier each day, or take one half day a month, or get an extra 3 days holiday each year. … Continue reading
First Published WordPress Plugin
I just whipped up a very simple little WordPress plugin called WP Mail SMTP. It’s not my first plugin, I’ve created quite a few for clients, but it’s the first one that I’ve published in my own name. It’s already … Continue reading
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Tagged Callum, phpmailer, WordPress, WordPress-Plugin, WordPress-Plugins, WP-Mail-SMTP
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Review: Fuerzabruta
I went to see Fuerzabruta this evening. It’s a truly awesome show. It’s hard to describe exactly why or what the show is, but it’s definitely spectacular. I believe Fuerza means Force and bruta means Brute, so the literal translation … Continue reading
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Tagged Callum, EdFringe, Edinburgh-Fringe, Fringe-Reviews, Fuerzabruta, Fuerzabruta-Review
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Sophisticated Spam
I received the most sophisticated spam email I’ve seen this weekend. The text of the message was: Man you have got to tell me where you picked her up. I saw this on the web, it has to be you. … Continue reading
New Business Cards
I’m considering getting some new business cards printed. They’ll cost about £10 for 100 or £16 for 250. But here’s the all important question, do they look good? Comments on a postcard…
Affiliate Revenue Sharing
A friend recently told me about rakeback poker sites. When you play poker, you pay a small fee to the casino for the use of the table, this is called a rake. If I introduce you to Poker Website X, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ideas, Techy
Tagged Affiliate, Affiliate-Revenue, Callum, Callum-Macdonald, Facebook, MySpace, Rakeback, Revenue-Share
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