echo[Ability] 2.0.1.2 alpha

After an arduous weekend of WordPress hacking by Kelani with support of the moral and technical variety provided by yours truly, the new and improved Echo[Ability] has been rolled out.

It is still a work in progress so expect quite a bit of change over the course of the next few weeks.

It is meant to serve not only as a point of contact and representation of our work and philosophy but also as an eventual jumping off point and resource for the like minded, interested in learning more about the technology and tools with which we are working.

For the weekend play-by-play and a good starting point for hacking together your own custom wordpress theme check out this post by Kelani: Building a Wordpress Theme

PANMA Web Tools Shootout

Last night I had the opportunity to attend and present at the PANMA Web Tools Shootout. PANMA stands for Philadelphia Area New Media Association. PANMA hosts networking and educational events, where we encourage the connections among our members, offer business opportunities and enjoy good times with friends. We are web designers, graphic artists, database developers, programmers, information architects, marketers and other professionals.

Topics presented on included:
Blogging
Johnny Bilotta – WordPress
Kelani Nichole - Blogger

Content Distribution & RSS feeds
Michael Klusek - feedburner
Howard Ross (me) - digg

Web Analytics & Reports
Johnny Bilotta - Mint
David Speers - googleAnalytics

Social Networking
Cheryl Anscombe - Facebook
Nick Floro - LinkedIn

Business Automation & Project Management
Geoff DiMasi - Basecamp
Nick Floro - Highrise

Video Sharing
Aaron Couch - YouTube
Rob Sandie - Viddler

Wiki knowledge collaboration
Juan Leon - mediaWiki
Alex Hillman - pbWiki


Photosharing
Aaron Couch - flickr
Johnny Bilotta - shutterfly

Webconferencing
Nick Floro – GoToMeeting
Nick Floro- Webex

Email marketing
Nick Floro – constant contact
Tim Dodd - emma

Bonus Category

Alex Hillman -- Twitter

The Event was fast paced and a ton of fun and all attendees received expert certification in these tools.