Ernie Hsiung is Principal of LYD Labs, a small business focused on front-end development for community based websites, many of which are powered by WordPress. He’s also the creator of MoodThingy, a WordPress plug-in that tracks the emotional feedback of an individual blog post or article. Previously, he was a Developer Evangelist at internet start-up Ning, as well a front-end engineer for Yahoo! and its product development incubator, Yahoo! Brickhouse. <\/p>\n
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