These are the articles, blogs, and resources I found interesting and worthy of sharing for 19 April 2009 through 22 April 2009:

• Why Personal and Business Branding Work Best Together –
• wordpress create shortcode functions.php insert – Google Search –
• Mastering WordPress Shortcodes | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine – Introduced in WordPress 2.5, shortcodes are powerful but still yet quite unknown WordPress functions. Imagine you could just type adsense to display an AdSense ad
• Using Wordpress shortcode to create beautiful download boxes – Since shortcode was introduced in Wordpress 2.5 it's been possible to do many cool things. Everything from simple donate buttons to more advance things. In this article I will show you a simple but efficient way to create one of those download-boxes that I and many other use on their blogs.
• PHPCamp: learn something new everyday –
• How to: Remove /category/ from your WordPress url – Ever wanted to be able to finally remove the useless /category/ from your WordPress categories permalinks? If yes, read on and get ready to hack your .htaccess file!
• 30 Free Vector Twitter Buttons | Siah Design – A while back I did a blog post with several free “Follow Me On Twitter” buttons available. I took time the make up a couple more and make the download available as a vector download. Once again, having a twitter button/icon or a “Follow Me On Twitter” button can really draw more attention to your feed and in turn gather more followers.

  Feel free to customize the buttons for your twitter username!

  Here are the buttons that will be included in the EPS file:

  twitter buttons

• 50 Pro Logo Designers to Follow on Twitter | Siah Design – A list of over 50 professional active logo designers for you to follow on twitter.
• free hr image replacement images | Siah Design – free hr image replacement images png.
• A Better Calling Card: Twitter Challenges Facebook Connect – ReadWriteWeb – In the old days, self-important people use to carry calling cards. Now we have Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites to turn us all into mini-celebrities. So what's the new calling card online? That position's being jockeyed for as we speak, and different contenders are taking very different approaches.