I’ve managed to rack up a PageRank of 2, which considering the amount of time I’ve spent on the site and getting a few links pointed at it.

So the next step: Get some more content on here!  Thanks for hanging around. 

A bit of background…

Earlier this year, Automattic released version 2.5 which provided a substantial redesign to the administrative back-end of WordPress.  For the most part 2.5 looked really nice, but when people started to use it, that’s when the griping really began.

Version 2.6 was already being roadmapped at the time, so there weren’t many major changes to the admin interface when 2.6.x versions were released.  Other features were included, but the admin interface remained pretty much unchanged.

Enter WP 2.7…

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 remakes the entire admin section, and in rather dramatic fashion.  The dashboard has for the most part been completely rethought.  The movable sections which disappeared in the 2.5.x release have made a triumphant comeback, and for the most part this release of WordPress is the most customizable version that has ever been released.

Gone are the “Web 1.5″ style menus along the top.  They’ve been replaced by a really slick set of cascading menus along the left-side panel.  Now this may seem like a drastic change in UI design.  Well you’re right, it is.

Here’s a quick screenshot of WP 2.7’s new admin panel.  If you want to try out the beta, you can grab it from the WordPress.org website.

Keep your eyes posted here for a more detailed review of WordPress 2.7 once the final release is made public.

If you’re interested in some background you can check out the original post I wrote explaining the experiment.  The key lesson with all of this however is that Content is King (or at very least a Duke) and you need to respect that above pretty much all else if you ever expect to get ranked.

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The Curve is a great light handset.  I found the BlackBerry menus easy to navigate and simple to operate.  The pre-loaded software worked correctly right out of the box without any unnecessary configuration.

Downloading applications for the phone was equally painless.  Several different applications virtually installed themselves by way of Java .jad files, making the addition of new capabilities very straightforward.

Two other features that I found with the Curve which were completely foreign to me coming from the Treo.  The first is the light sensor.  It automatically adjusts the brightness based on the ambient lighting in the room.  The second is the holster.  The magnets that keep the holster closed are also picked up by a sensor on the BlackBerry.  When it’s in the holster, it puts itself to sleep thereby foregoing that nasty situation of rolling on your phone and calling your friends at two in the morning.

I will say however that one of the usability issues I’ve had with the phone is that there are just too many options, and the settings menus (particularly for ringers) are not very intuitive, and lack good settings for defaults.

I’m relaunching with a bit of a project in mind: get this site from a PageRank 0 to a PageRank 1 in 7 days.  Impossible? Probably, but I’ll try it anyway.

Why PageRank? Because I’d like to start doing reviews here that I can collect on. Yes, paid blogging. I didn’t really want to to advertorial posts on kdmurray.net, but it’s something I’ve wanted to try out.

What next? Well, time to find some content to do reviews on over the next 7 days, and try to get some links pointed here from some other websites.

Let’s see if we can get this site on Google’s radar in only 7 days.