I recently popped along to the WordPress London Meetup on behalf of my client, Jigoshop, who provide a free, open-source WordPress eCommerce platform. As part of a double act with Lead Developer Robert Rhoades, I attempted to explain a little about how Jigoshop operates as a business based on a free download, open source code, and working with the WordPress community, whilst Rob explained some of the tips for working with the software as a designer or developer. Thankfully neither of us is responsible for design! View more PowerPoint from Jigoshop. Buffer. MORE >>

I f you want to have one of the most-read blogs in all of content marketing, the formula is actually pretty simple. If you break down the output of the top 10 blogs on AdAge’s Power 150 , you’ll find that the average blog has been producing content for nearly 2,500 days. Do As I Do, Not as I Say The top 10 blogs in content marketing have taught us a lot over the years. They’ve given us tips, told us how to improve our sites, and analyzed all the important things we need to be aware of as content marketers. The average age of a top 10 content marketing blog is 6.7 MORE >>

‘Content’ by Cory Doctorow. And if you want to compare notes over Christmas, I’m just starting: ‘The Art of Community’ by Jono Bacon. Blogging books ebooks free books gaming hacking inspiration marketing open source pdf Virtual Worlds WritingIt’s the season of goodwill, so it seems a perfect time to say thank you to everyone that’s visited my blog, followed or message me on social networks, or kindly referred me to potential new clients. Note: Some of the links are to descriptions, others are directly to PDF downloads. MORE >>

Heads of learning and ministers of education will most certainly have interest in knowing this because it will help them stretch their “training budgets&# and deliver more value back to their respective company or community. In fact, I would argue that training or education developed in an open source (or collaborative) manner is more likely to be more effective, more accurate, and of higher quality as compared to “materials&# developed in the “traditional&# manner. Another is to show community ratings and comments.  My dissertation proved this. MORE >>

INFOGRAPHIC] 33 HP Tablet: How to Find a Deeply Discounted HP TouchPad 19 Content vs. Community: How Online Publishers Can Nurture Both August 19, 2011 by Jordan Kretchmer 25 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share Jordan Kretchmer is the founder of Livefyre , an engagement platform that goes beyond threaded comments to help you increase the conversation on your web properties, attract new readers and commenters from all over the web, and build hyper-active communities around your content. So, content and character, that’s the recipe. MORE >>