OpenTech 2008 this weekend July 1st, 2008

Buzz surrounds the nearly booked-up OT2008, coincidentally right until I mention I’m running one of the sessions.

Drupal, licensing and the GPL June 30th, 2008

If you’re about to start programming under the GPL, and you want to read just one article about it, then: don’t read this; read the Drupal licensing FAQ instead.

Embracing minimalism June 30th, 2008

Graceful Exits goes straight-edge with Straight Edge, a minimalist theme written by yours truly.

Geek Night video and Moo card scandal aversion horror June 24th, 2008

Many proffered hands make light work of running OGN7

RSS feeds: keep them well hidden June 22nd, 2008

All the minimalists in the house say “Yo!” All the maximalists say “Well, it really depends on a number of complex and mutually antagonistic factors….”

Upgrading this blog to Wordpress 2.5.1 June 16th, 2008

Finally. Jeez…. Anything broken?

OGN7: speakers and books galore! June 15th, 2008

It’s ten days to OGN7; we’ve got a full roster of speakers, half a boxfull of books; it’s dork, and I’m wearing a work-related T-shirt.

Drupal for NGOs - first ever meet yesterday June 11th, 2008

More people use Drupal in UK NGOs than you think. And than was planned for at the first, full-to-bursting Drupal for NGOs meet-up.

User loading and saving in Drupal 5.x June 9th, 2008

Workflows of Drupal’s user load and save functionality: spot the hooks and win a programmatical prize.

Django’s ViewDoesNotExist Heisenbug June 8th, 2008

Django’s fusebox sometimes blows one, if you start poking around in it with a template-tag screwdriver.