Wisdump

Dumping wisdom on design and the web

Interesting Record-Breaking iTunes Stats

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Listening to and storing one’s favorite music has become a breeze these days, thanks to Apple’s revolutionary iTunes. With this largest music store and application, millions of people the world over have finally enjoyed the tunes they love to hear whether online or using their gadgets without much effort and without spending a fortune.

Since its launch in April 2003, millions of songs have already been bought and downloaded from iTunes. On the average, statistics show that some 15,000 songs are being downloaded from the music store every minute. [Read more…]

Presenting the Best of Wisdump

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Wisdump has a lot of content. A lot of great content. It’s been around since 2004 and amidst all the changes this website has gone through, the most important thing is for readers to gain access to these thoughtful, timeless articles that would otherwise be buried in the archives. Ladies and gentlemen, the Best of Wisdump is here.

Now I’m not too happy about arranging these posts reverse chronologically, but for now it will do. But I would also like to know what you think are the best posts on Wisdump, and how we should present them. Should we let readers rate posts? Use a popular posts plugin? Let your voice be heard in the comments!

Finishing Touches

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…and famous last words, perhaps.

I’ve done some minor fixes to the design, adding some icons to the sidebar. The cache might make it look a bit funky for a bit, both browser (Ctrl+F5 for Windows users, Command+R for Mac people), and server caching. Live with it, I’ve had to during this whole process.

The Wisdump redesign is my last effort here at Wisdump. Tomorrow, April 1st (which it might already be where you are in the world, perhaps), Ia Lucero will take the helm here at Wisdump. Treat her nicely.

I’d like to thank you all for being such good sports, no matter if you’ve agreed with me or not. There’s been some nice discussions, a few heated ones, a couple of douche bags, and so on. As can be expected online. No hard feelings, actually, just warm fuzzy ones. I’ve had fun.

So thank you for reading Wisdump during my time here.

Where am I off to then? Well, it’s a secret so I can’t tell you that I’ll be taking the helm over at The Blog Herald come tomorrow…

Keeping quiet sucks, so I won’t anymore.

She’s all yours, Ia!

Wisdump Redesign: Public Beta

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So here it is, the redesigned Wisdump in public beta. There are a few small things left, but I figured I’d get it up there to see what you guys think.

Feel free to compare to the mockup designs I’ve posted previously. They are just that: mockups, which means that the design you’re seeing right now isn’t 100% like them. I never intended it to be, so that’s all good.

Jumbled up? Ctrl+F5 on Windows, or Command+R on Mac, or simply just empty your cache and reload to see the new design.

What do you guys think? Speak up in the comments! I’m all ears…

Show Your Reliability With Weekly Returning Offerings

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Lorelle VanFossen is great. If you’re the least interested in the WordPress community you know this. She’s got a great blog, she is a great interview subject, and she does a great job giving us the weekly WordPress recap over at The Blog Herald. The latest one went online yesterday.

Other blogs should learn from Lorelle, and The Blog Herald, in regards to the WordPress Wednesday News segment. By having a returning column on a given day you’re signaling reliability, and that’s certainly a good thing, especially online, where sites and blogs come and go.

Something to think about for your blog, surely.

With that I bid you a happy Easter. I’ll be back on Tuesday next week. Another thing slated for next week is the new Wisdump design, in public beta. How about that, huh?