WPMU permissions hack for new users

If you are using or administrating WordPress Multi-User you may have come across the following error message for new users creating just a login name (not getting blog):
You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

This problem can get pretty frustrating if you are using a single blog on WPMU that has [...]

WordPress: power and simplicity

Subtitle: Are we ready to take WordPress as a CMS seriously yet?

This is a post that was inspired by both a question on OLDaily as well as a post about Drupal documentation on Half an Hour. I originally threw out a flippant response to the “Joomla or Drupal?” question in regards to open source [...]