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Hey Y’all. We’re in Austin! The much anticipated SXSW interactive festival is here. Wish us good weather and stay tuned as we share the knowledge we glean!

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I just came across an SEO plugin for WordPress that trumps the tried-and-true All In One SEO Pack that nearly every WP developer at eROI uses for meta taggy and optimized title-y goodness.  Platinum SEO was developed using All In One as its foundation — so it keeps the awesomeness of the original ultimate SEO plugin while adding on even more sweet features.  One of the coolest thing about Platinum SEO is that it will automatically transfer settings from All In One if you already have that plugin installed.

But the absolute BEST thing about Platinum SEO?  It plays well with More Fields for WordPress 2.7.

A couple months ago I gushed about what More Fields does for WP 2.7, and I’m a big More Fields evangelist around the office.  But unfortunately I discovered an incompatability between More Fields and All in One SEO.  If you chose to edit the default page types using More Fields, your All in One SEO box would disappear from the edit screen.  With More Fields you should be able to choose which boxes appear on your edit screen, but for whatever reason, More Fields does not detect that All In One exists.  Other plugin’s edit screen boxes appear in this list, which leads me to believe there is something wrong with the All In One plugin. Bummer! (more…)

Whilst browsing for inspiration today, I came across this nice site for Pad Outdoor: (thanks Design Meltdown!)

What immediately caught my eye, and made me curious to explore the site further, was the bold typography at the top of the page. The color scheme was also well crafted. After a little exploration, I discovered a neat little detail (that I often overlook when I design): a really creative ‘active’ state.

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So this post may come well after the fact for you oh-so-in-the-mix Portlanders, but for those of you who don’t know about Ignite, I thought I’d share a bit.

Ignite Portland is the lovingly fostered child of the fantastic tech community here in the northwest (More history here). Now on it’s 5th appearance in P-town (usually happens twice a year), this initially small gathering has catapulted onto the national scene with a really unique idea: what would you say to your peers if you had 5 minutes on stage? Its a really fun evening where folks share everything from omelette techniques to manifestos on public broadband service (true examples). Slightly geeky but always enjoyable.

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