I’m wearing my bitchin’ new t-shirt from WordCamp this weekend. It was a totally satisfactory experience. I got to meet new, like-minded people (read: as obsessed with WordPress as me), schmooze with people I already knew, and learn a ton of new information.
I’m particularly excited about parent-child theming. Functionally, it means I won’t have to build functionality for each job, each time. For example, superfish navigation. It’s not difficult to implement but it seems like each nav structure is just different enough that I end up spending more time than necessary getting everything to work. No more! With the 3.0 builds of WP, I can take advantage of awesome parent-theme frameworks so I can concentrate on my favorite part: designing the UI and plunging my hands deep inside the CSS. I didn’t mean that to sound dirty. Think more of the tactile pleasure of your bare hands in a big barrel of penney candy.
I also got to show off my Archos 101. That was fun, casually using it out amongst a sea of of iPads. I really need to find a screen protector, though. I spilled coffee that day on the screens. It didn’t seep in any crevices but I was worried. Fearing something like this would happen, I attempted a Skinomi cover. It didn’t work out at all. I’m not saying the product is bad but I could not get it to install properly. It’s supposed to cure for 4-5 hours, with the worst bubble and imperfections disappearing within 2 days. Two days? I need to use it way sooner. Unfortunately the protector is so thick that if it doesn’t cure you can’t push any buttons. On a touch-screen device this is the kiss of death. So I painstakingly peeled it off. If I try such a thing again, it will be done by a professional in a dust-free environment. In the meantime, I’m in the market for an adhesive protector that is install and go. Like on my Treo, Blackberry, iPhone and Android.