It’s the user’s responsibility, not ours

I keep hearing statements like this from open source developers: “This is complex software. If you don’t understand it, you shouldn’t be using it.” “Why not use the terminal to do this? If you’re building a website, it’s your responsibility…

Ecosystems vs Platforms

Stratechery does a good job of distinguishing between a platform (often very closed) and an ecosystem (open source software): I think there is an important distinction between platforms and ecosystems. While these words are often used interchangeably, I think of…

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…

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…