Steve
Saying Goodbye to Georgia
Next week we leave Georgia after 10 years. My first experience of Georgia was as a kid. My grandparents loved, loved, loved “Gone With the Wind”. They had it on 4 or 5 VHS tapes and watched it almost weekly.…
Blues documentary: You See Me Laughin’
From England originally, I’ve lived in the Deep South for the last 10 years. The South has forced me to change my mind about a lot of things, blues music being one of them. I couldn’t have cared less for…
Some quick thoughts on certification
Yesterday, Acquia announced that it was starting a certification program. Joomla is in the process of doing the same thing, although through the community rather than a company. This will likely have a noticeable impact on us at OSTraining, so…
WordPress Weekly #142 on WP Tavern
I joined Jeff Chandler and Marcus Couch on WordPress Weekly to talk about OSTraining, front-end editing, and my WICS system for comparing how easy Joomla, Drupal and WordPress are to use.
Open source has won the battle but is losing the war
I’ve seen this graphic many times on Twitter over the last few days:
Joomla cover article in Web Designer Mag
I was approached by Web Designer Mag a couple of months ago to write an article about Joomla. I’ve written for them before, but this was a much longer article which gave 20 reasons to use Joomla. It’s just been…
Never be seen working on the weekend
I’ve always thought of myself as teacher. But, as OSTraining has grown in the last several years, I’ve found myself moving into the role of a manager rather than a teacher. Still, the two roles have a lot in common.…
A card from Chiara
This year, I had the pleasure of doing some work with Chiara from UntilSunday.it. Chiara helped redesign our logo and brand at OSTraining. At the end of the year, we got a card from Chiara. If you’ve ever met Chiara,…
Todd Marrone: There’s Not One Correct Answer
One of my wife’s high school friends, Todd Marrone, passed during Christmas. Todd worked as an art teacher in Philadelphia schools for 15 years. I never met him, but after hearing the news, my wife was telling me about him. She was…