Bogdan`s venting place

Few days ago I was invited to join Google+ by one of my friends in Poland. I’ve heard about the new Google feature, and since one of my favorite photographers was already on it I decided to give it a try.

After the initial profile setup steps, I got a little bit nervous. All of the sudden, all of my Android contacts were exposed by the very open Google social media application… no good. Linking Picasa was a nice touch, so was a new concept of friend circles (hopefully, Facebook is working on similar feature as we speak). And  finally  an option to edit previous entries  with possible misspellings was a real winner for me.

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All of the news coming from the Wall Street, from State Department, and last election results got me into a very depressing mood. Luckily, WordPress.org announced a new version of their software.

The upgrade itself didn’t take that much time, and off I went into the new administrative interface. Different to be sure, but I do agree with the authors – much quicker and easier to use. I took some chances with this one, but it looks that there are no show stoppers that would make me consider a rollback. So far, I am happy camper.

As I was forgetting the story of the crooked investment advisor from New York» , I looked into few WordPress plug-ins. I decided to give them a “go”.

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