Maybe some of you already noticed, the layout of the blog got a small summer update. I never was quite happy on how the typography turned out to be. So I decided to change and go back to the good old Verdana. Hope you guys like it.

While I was at it, I also made the site compatible with Firefox 2 and Safari (FF3 & IE8, I still have to check). So, all you iPhone users can now enjoy a bugfree layout. Talking about the iPhone, I strongly suggest getting WordPress app which was released today. It lets you compose wordpress blogposts in an easy manner right from your iPhone.

WordPress on iPhone

Later on, I’ll release a new article in the branding issues series. Bye now.

I’ve been extremly busy last couple of weeks, as some of you may already know. But with the release of the new WordPress past weekend, I found myself upgrading the blog and obliged to baptize the new system with a couple of posts. You’ll see the other one published later tonight.

Talking about the new WordPress, I recommend everyone to check it out. The developers made some great advancements in the admin panel. So I’m quite pleased to run the new version. It’s a real breath of fresh air.
Also, fitting right into my current spirit of time of change, I’ve upgraded my 5 year old Windows XP rigg to a new Vista-based quad core system. And I have to say… blazing fast! Even Crysis runs like a charm on very high settings. For those of you who have never played Crysis: check out the demo! It’s awesome, I’ll surely be picking up a copy pretty soon. When downloading the demo, don’t let the massive 1.8 GB download scare you of! It’s worth it. Man, where’s the time when games fit on a small floppy disk… good stuff! My last 2 systems didn’t even have such a drive anymore.

Anyway… Have a nice read!

PS: I have started to fix some of the layout bugs on IE7. IE 8 still gives problems though.

So, I’m starting all over again. But what is different, you may ask? First thing you may notice is that the blog sports a new design. Bye bye Blix, hello Blogari. And this time, it’s a custom made design, specifically made for this blog. It was kinda hard finding the right one, but I think this design will do just fine for now. I’m still not 100% satisfied with the color scheme, though. Then again, I never am with the designs I make, so let’s just see how this one comes along.

The blog uses the new WordPress engine. (2.3 for those keeping stats) It has a new tagging framework – including a nifty tag cloud – and an update notifcation system for its plugins. So it’s a pretty decent update, I think. I’ve looked into the possibility of using another cms for this blog. Tried some more exotic software such as Joomla and Drupal, but in the end, I just stuck with good old WordPress, as it is great in what is does, namely blogging!

Talking about CMS, it’s a nice intro for the stuff I’ll be blogging about. It’s been more than a year since I graduated at KULeuven. And I found a nice little job at Dolmen, a Belgian IT service provider. A consultancy firm, if you like. And for almost a year now, I’ve been developing SharePoint solutions for all kinds of customers. (WSS 3.0 as well as MOSS 2007) So this is what this blog will be mainly about, sharing my new adventures with SharePoint and analyzing technical issues I come accross. As you may have guessed SharePoint will not be the only subject on this blog, although most ramblings will still involve computer technology.

As a final note, to celebrate this new beginning, I am preparing a series of blogposts covering some issues when designing layouts for SharePoint. Those will be posted as soon as possible.

PS: We are in the middle of a server upgrade (talking about good timing… :p) Yesterday I updated the version on the new server. But there were some technical difficulties. So we reverted back to the old server. So if you post a comment, it’ll likely be gone tomorrow. Just bare with me.

PS 2:  You are now reading the new server