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Mozilla is dog slow today. Why? Because they’re launching Firefox 3 any time now.

Be a part of history. Download Firefox 3 today.

UPDATE: I just received an email (below) to tell me to start downloading. However, the whole Mozilla site right now is apparently under heavy traffic.

Web developers know this for sure. But for the rest, this is how you get FriendFeed’s 5-day summary (or 2-day, 3-day… 29-day).

Just change that number (it’s called parameter value) on the URL (web address). Like this:

http://friendfeed.com/summary?days=5

This is useful if you want to get only days from Mon-Fri. FriendFeed should allow users to filter the feeds by date. Hope it helps somebody.

–aj

I’m probably one of the first early users to get access to Woopra’s beta couple of months ago. Quite frankly, I didn’t use it. I felt Woopra wasn’t going to be as good as what we currently use (Google Analytics). I even said to myself, “it’s just gonna be another Google Analytics with the same sets of data. What can they probably offer? What else is new?”

But as soon as I read about Woopra on CenterNetworks this morning, I gave it a whirl. I logged in to my Woopra account, copy/pasted the JS snippet on Mployd. I thought it would take some time for the data to funnel to my dashboard.

And so I tried to download and install the Woopra desktop application. To my surprise, data from the site is already crunching in!

Here’s a screenshot of the Woopra desktop application on my machine after I installed it.

See that? After 10 mins I’m already getting what I need to know from our visitors. That’s really neat!

And one cool thing about it is that it sits on my desktop/system tray for quick access. Woopra integrated a lot of awesome features into the app aside from analytics. There’s just too much to list them down here.

The Woopra desktop application is currently available in beta to Windows, MacOS, and Linux (note that Java is required to run the app).

We know that Google Analytics dominates the free web analytics space. I’d say Woopra can quickly become #2 with the added innovations to the app.

I’ve tried almost every single free web analytics app out there and Woopra is a breath of fresh air. I simply love it.

–aj

BuddyPress is a set of WordPress MU plugins that adds distinct features and basic modifications to the WordPress MU interface.

The standard features of BuddyPress are as follows:

    * Extended Profiles
    * Personal Blog
    * Private Messaging
    * Friends
    * Groups
    * The Wire
    * Status Updates
    * Albums

Each one of the above is a separate plugin to that site admins can pick and choose which components they want.

Some more screenshots here:

Download and try it over here.

–aj

Our site Mployd.com has been chosen as an honorable mention at the recent SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards.

First off, I’d like to personally thank the guys over at SEOmoz (They. Are. The. Authority in SEO). I also like to thank the huge names in the industry — the judges. I appreciate it very much!

SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards Judges

• Pete Cashmore
• Chris Pirillo
• Tony Adam
• Darren Rowse
• Ciaran Norris
• Duncan Riley
• Andy Beal
• Todd Malicoat
• Chris Winfield
• Christopher Null
• Dharmesh Shah
• Jeremiah Andrick
• Alexis Ohanian
• Tamar Weinberg
• Terry Ng
• Joost de Valk
• Guillaume Bouchard
• Spencer Rascoff
• Anil Dash
• Brent Csutoras
• Jeremy Schoemaker

This really came in as a big surprise for us here at Mployd HQ. Why? Just take a look at the winners at the Employment and Jobs category, not only you’ll see popular names like Standoutjobs ($2M funding) and Careerbuilder, but also the 800-pound gorilla Monster.com. And having Mployd behind these 3 big guys couldn’t be much more sweeter.

Again, to SEOmoz and the judges, thank you very much for this!

Have a great weekend!

–aj

Venue: Engineering Library and Computer Science Building,
Velasquez Street, UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City

Note: Limited seats,First come, first serve basis. Registration
is open until June 2, 2008. Your registration expires if no payment
is made within 2 days.
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#Joombie Section#

1:00PM - 2:00PM PHP and MySQL for the Lazy!
by: Clodelio Delfino (root) - President: PHPUGPH2:00PM - 3:00PM Introduction to Joomla 1.5.x
by: Paul De Paula

3:00PM - 4:00PM Local and Remote Joomla Installation
by: Errole Guttierez

4:00PM - 5:00PM Joomla Templating for newbie

#Developer Section#

1:00PM - 2:00PM Migrating to Joomla! 1.5.x
by: Israel D. Canasa (Raeldc)

2:00PM - 3:00PM Extension for Joomla 1.5.x
by: Jhondie Abenaza (Jdam) - Moderator: Joomla! PH

3:00PM - 4:00PM Copyright Issues/Creative Commons
by: Atty. Magdalena Lepiten w/ Guilliam Roque (Moderator: Joomla! PH)

4:00PM - 5:00PM Joomla 1.5 Application Layer
by: Johan Janssens - Joomla! Founder

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Payment Details
Bank #1: BDO (Banco De Oro)
Account No: 4590-0225-94
Account Name: Jhondie T. Abenaza

Bank #2: BPI
Account No: 1929-0369-79
Account Name: April E. Jayme

Scanned deposit slips should be sent to kajoomla@joomla.org.ph for payment confirmation.

Contact Us
(Pril) April E. Jayme
Mobile: +639276569902
YM: a_jayme09
E-mail: a_jayme09@yahoo.com
(Jdam) Jhondie Abenaza
Mobile: +639287652241
YM: jdam_jdam
E-mail: abenaza@jdam.us

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What is Media Planner? It’s a tool that allows you to rank web properties based on their delivery of audience characteristics that you define and prioritize.

Current Search Variables includes:

* Audience demographics (gender, age, ethnicity, education, household income, children in household)
* Site or category affinity (how closely property audiences align to that of a marker site or category)
* Site or category restriction (results are tied to domain/sub-domain criteria or a specific content category)
* Minimum audience composition indices
* Minimum total U.S. unique reach
* Sites that accept advertising (estimated)
* Sites that are a “Quantified Publisher”
* Adult content categorization
* Either domain level, or domain and sub-domain level results

Check it out here.

–aj

Brought to you by PHP User Group Philippines, Inc. (PHPUGPH)
In cooperation with US Auto Parts Network (Philippines) Corp.

Event Details

Date: May 24, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Venue: US Auto Parts Network (Philippines) Corp. (formerly MBSTek)
Training Room 6/F RCC Center 104 Shaw Blvd. Pasig City (Near Jade Palace)

Topics

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Riz Sanchez, SEO Manager, US Auto Parts Network (Philippines) Corp.

Model-View-Controller (MVC) 101: A Web Development Architecture
Reynold Lariza, Web Development Supervisor, Glocorp IT Solutions, Inc.

Web Application Security by Example
Richard Peter Ong, Lead Developer, Internal Projects, SysIQ Inc.

Event Fee

PHP 500.00/head (inclusive of lunch and snacks)
PHP 350.00 for early birds paid and with resume.
PHP 450.00 for early birds paid without resume.

* all inclusive of snacks and lunch *

Note:
Limited seats, good only for 35 slots. First come, first serve basis. Registration  is open until May 22, 2008. Your registration expires if no payment is made within 2 days.

Payment Details

All payments must be made within 2 days after online registration through bank deposit.

Bank account details are listed below:

Bank: BPI Family Savings Bank
Account No: 6006-6267-67
Account Name: Cherrie Ann B. Domingo

Scanned deposit slips should be sent to chean_AT_phpugph.com for payment confirmation.

Contact Us

For more details or any other inquiries, kindly contact Cherrie Ann B. Domingo at: +639178652412(Mobile), (632) 7253053(Office), chean_AT_phpugph.com(E-mail).

Registration

While waiting for official PHPUGPH.COM registration page please register on this temporary link

–aj