Tag Archives: Open Source

Open Source Software Project Management Web Service?

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Lloyd

Wow, the title “Open Source Software Project Management Web Service?” is a mouthful.
Working on a small project with a friend (mentioned in “Learning by doing something else“) is a great opportunity to check out tools in other parts of the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday GNU!

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Lloyd

The GNU Project is 25 years young! And Richard Stallman and crew are working as hard as ever. Thank you!
The GNU Project is most famous for it’s versions of UNIX utilities and the GPL family of licenses. But whatever you … Continue reading →

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Quebec’s Anti- Open Source Policy

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Lloyd

Peter Nowak wrote a CBC article yesterday about Quebec being sued for not accepting software contract bids:
“Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options … Continue reading →

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Drupal Camp Victoria next Weekend

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Lloyd

Drupal Camp Victoria is happening all day Friday and Saturday Sept 5th and 6th. It’s hosted by North Studio at their training center, 301-771 Vernon Ave (plaza just coming into Victoria, near Save-On-Foods, Walmart).
It’s a free event, and if … Continue reading →

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Movable Type Pro, Setting Social Networking Free, Vaporware, WordPress, BuddyPress

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Lloyd

Six Apart VP Anil’s response today on the official Six Apart blog to my Movable Type Pro Introduction video parody doesn’t surprise me, but where is the link love?

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WordPress for iPhone + Source Code Available!

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Lloyd

Earlier this week my Automattic colleagues and Effigent released WordPress for iPhone and iPod Touch. Now, the source is also available and Trac is set up for reporting bugs and participating in development!
I’ve tried it on my iPod Touch. They’ve … Continue reading →

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Not Invited to the Open Web

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Lloyd

Some friends have asked if WordPress and Automattic will be participating in the Open Web Foundation. It does look like a brilliant initiative, but as far as I know we weren’t invited. That’s really unfortunate, because I don’t think there … Continue reading →

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WordPress, Gears, Offline, Privacy

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Lloyd

Google Gears has been enabled on WordPress.com for a couple of weeks now for some members, but was only announced this week. Andrew Ozz (azaozz) added this feature a couple of month ago in the development version of self-hosted WordPress. … Continue reading →

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I’m Biased, But Try Movable Type and Drupal

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Lloyd

Anil Dash has written an article titled “A WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide” on the official movabletype.com blog. It is full of misdirection, and, thankfully, overall it hasn’t been well received. What excites me is it has sparked some excellent … Continue reading →

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WordPress Google Summer of Code 2

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Lloyd

The Google Summer of Code is here again. I submitted our WordPress application today. Last year was awesome, and I think this year will be even way better!

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