One of the many, many reasons I love WordPress is that it lets you know when a newer version is up for grabs and is only a couple of clicks away. That’s sweet, but sometimes I feel annoyed when a client calls me in a busy mid-week day and tells me that I should update their website.

The new WordPress 2.9 email notification arrived into my email inbox earlier today—what a late delivery— and it carried a little nota bene in the footer. The nota bene was an early notification about what to expect from the next WordPress release; WP3.0!

You may have noticed that I have dynamic sidebar that changes slightly as you browse the different parts of the site. For example, I have random posts in my home sidebar, while this changes to related posts when browsing a specific post.

With the long waited WordPress 2.8 aka Baker being out, there is a ton of features including 2.8 being a way faster to use, widgets are remixed, some DB tables columns are dropped and JS script loader is improved. Experts and gurus have contributed with new tips to make the business even better.