We are testing WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 on PRrag.com to test it out.
So far so decent.
It is definitely a better visual interface than 2.6, but it’s a whole nother thing to get used to.
I have really loved using Wordpress to power BlastMagazine.com, but I have been having two huge problems lately.
First, we do not use Wordpress Widgets. We use WAY too many plugins and have about 15 different variations of a sidebar on Blast, so we aren’t using Widgets. But it seems like everyone is converting the best [...]
I walked into the For Eyes Optical in Norwood the other day.
I used to go to the one on Newbury Street in Boston … I was friendly with the girl that worked there. She’s a few years older than me and real down to earth with that North Shore accent and attitude. It was like [...]
Last night marked my 300th published news story with just over 270 of them in The Boston Globe.
The majority of these have come this year. It’s still just as exciting to see my work in the Globe as it was when I worked my way up from obituaries as a co-op student working weekends. I [...]
Just wanted to thank Harry Fuller for linking up to Blastmagazine.com in his recent post!
I simply could have not worded it better than Nick Daniloff in regards to the Northeastern University school of journalism not renewing the contacts of two of their professors, Gladys and Lincoln McKie.
“This is unbelievably bad administrative management,” Daniloff told the News May 23. “I have to ask myself, ‘Do I want to work for [...]
Special thanks to the New England Press Association for mentioning me in their current issue of their bulletin.
The bulletin reported on my recent hire at The Sun Chronicle.
I don’t take on many product reviews myself nowadays. With my amazing staff over at Blast, I’ve been able to focus on editing and getting a good issue out each month.
But I’m a writer, and I need to write.
So when I sit down to write a product review lately, it’s either a situation where I [...]
Big month coming up for Blast Magazine.
Instead of your usual leprechauns and shamrocks in March, Blast brings you a man and a woman who are fed up with all the stereotypes and myths about Irish culture. For instance, did you know that while most ethnic Irish people are fair-skinned, they usually have brown hair. The [...]
Emily Clare Maurand was a woman of many talents. She was an excellent illustrator, gifted actress and noted filmmaker bound for the Academy of Art in San Francisco for graduate studies in the fall.
Sadly and suddenly, Emily died on Tuesday, February 13 at her home in Hamilton, Mass. She was 25.
The daughter of David and [...]
