Would you like to have a private Twitter-like communication platform for your team, office, company, or organization? The new (and absolutely free) P2 WordPress theme will make collaborating on projects easy, instant & fun!

Farewell stone-age days of exchanging emails & messy IM updates. How about posting pictures and videos to add an extra visual dimension to your group messages? With P2, you can also read & join your team updates in real time plus you can export and backup the content of your conversations. Check out P2 in action here and while you’re at it, why not give the keyboard shortcuts below a go!

Here’s how to make your P2 experience lightning-fast with this keyboard shortcut map:

c — compose new post
j — next post/next comment
k — previous post/previous comment
r — reply
e — edit
o — show/hide comments
t — go to top
esc — cancel

If you you’re still on the fence about joining the global WordPress family, you can go for a test drive over at wordpress.com where the folks at Automattic (the company behind WordPress) will set you up with a free website! It’s a fast, easy, and hassle-free way to learn how to publish your first articles and pages online.

To make things even more exciting, Automattic have launched WordPress.tv! This video tutorial by Michael Pick will take you through the steps of registering your first blog at wordpress.com.

When you feel it’s time to graduate to an independent WordPress installation under your own domain name (just like this very website), the Dream Website Workshop is here to help!