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If you haven’t already heard, WordCamp Birmingham is coming up on September 27 & 28, 2008. And for those of you not in the States, that’s Birmingham, Alabama, not England. If you are in, or can travel to, the Southeast U.S., you won’t want to miss the first WordCamp in the Deep South! And besides the great tech stuff at WordCamp, there are other fun events in Birmingham that weekend, too.

Oh, and did I mention that I am one of the Speakers (*gulp*)? I will be speaking on “The Future of WordPress”. This will be the first time I’ve given a presentation of this type, so I’m quite nervous about it. If anyone has any public speaking tips that don’t involve imagining people in their underwear, let me know. Or, if you have any particular points that you think I should address, I’d be interested in hearing those, too. I don’t know that I’ll be able to discuss everything that everyone wants, and I don’t claim to have a crystal ball that tells me any more about the timeline of WordPress features than anyone else. But I have some ideas of what I want to touch on, both in general and in the specific.

If you make it to the event, please feel free to find me and say hi! I’m really looking forward to meeting people and putting faces with names. I also figure I’ll be reconfiguring my blogroll, with a bunch of new XFN ‘met’ links. I’m not sure whether or not I’ll be there for the entire event, but I hope to have a better idea once the schedule is filled in, and I have my travel plans finalized.

If ye haven’t already heard, WordCamp Birmingham is comin’ up on September 27 & 28, 2008. And fer those o’ ye not in th’ States, that’s Birmingham, Alabama, not England. If ye are in, or can travel t’, th’ Southeast U.S., ye won’t want t’ miss th’ first WordCamp in th’ Deep South! And besides th’ great tech stuff at WordCamp, there are other fun events in Birmingham that weekend, too.

Oh, and did I mention that I am one o’ th’ Speakers (*gulp*)? I will be speakin’ on “The Future o’ WordPress”. Fire the cannons! This will be th’ first time I’ve given a presentation o’ this type, so I’m quite nervous about it. If anyone has any public speakin’ tips that don’t involve imaginin’ scallywags in their underwear, let me know. Or, if ye have any particular points that ye think I should address, I’d be interested in hearin’ those, too. I don’t know that I’ll be able t’ discuss everythin’ that everyone wants, and I don’t claim t’ have a crystal ball that tells me any more about th’ timeline o’ WordPress features than anyone else. The sharks will eat well tonight! But I have some ideas o’ what I want t’ touch on, both in general and in th’ specific.

If ye make it t’ th’ event, please feel free t’ find me and say hi, with a chest full of booty! I’m really lookin’ forward t’ meetin’ scallywags and puttin’ faces with names. I also figure I’ll be reconfigurin’ me blogroll, with a bunch o’ new XFN ‘met’ links. I’m not sure whether or not I’ll be there fer th’ entire event, but I hope t’ have a better notion once th’ schedule is filled in, and I have me travel plans finalized.

Okay Lazyweb, help me find what I’m lookin’ fer. I want a mobile shoppin’/todo list app that me lady and I can both use t’ keep shared lists. I’ve got an iPhone, Susan has a Blackberry Curve — it should be easy t’ use on either o’ those devices. And o’ course, we’d want t’ be able t’ edit our lists via our desktop web browsers, as well.

It should:

• support multiple lists
• support sharin’ lists betwixt multiple scallywags
• make it super easy t’ check off items
• be able t’ sync th’ latest list updates from anywhere
• be easy t’ use on iPhone, Blackberry, or any web browser
• be inexpensive

It doesn’t have t’ have (but could):

• support store-specific lists
• be aware o’ what aisle items are on
• support recipe ingredient lists or meal plannin’ functions
• support item categories within lists

I looked at a few list applications fer th’ iPhone in th’ App Store, and I did some searches on th’ general intarwebs, but th’ apps I found all fell down in some way. The usual failin’ were that they didn’t support (or at least didn’t make it clear that it would support) sharin’ lists betwixt scallywags, or weren’t cross-platform.

Is anybody out there aware o’ such an app? Given me failure t’ locate one meself, I’m inclined t’ think that either 1) me Google-fu were weak that day, 2) th’ app I’m lookin’ fer exists but needs better SEO (this is what I suspect), 3) developers o’ th’ existin’ list apps aren’t doin’ a good job o’ highlightin’ all o’ their features (which I also suspect), or 4) there is an openin’ in that market space that would be pretty easy t’ fill. If I thought I could spare th’ time, I’d try t’ develop a service like that, meself.

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