Jack of all trades; Master of one.
Prologue Almost 4 years ago I wrote a controversial post entitled “17 Reasons WordPress is a Better CMS than Drupal” that caused me to be persona non grata among some of my prior Drupal friends. But while some of the issues I mentioned have been addressed by the Drupal community most of the issues remain …
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It’s summer so meetup attendance is naturally low, and though this month nobody had prepared a presentation in advance it was nice to get together and "shoot the shit" as they say. Most of Atlanta Drupal’s usual suspects were there (Andrew Lunde, where were you? ‘-) After the initial discussion which include planning for the …
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This blog post has been simmering inside me for while. Some might think it as link bait but frankly I don’t blog often because I don’t have the time to manage lots of comments. So the thought of posting something that will likely be controversial has me going against my better judgment (but it won’t be …
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As someone whose entire career has been involved with technology platforms, and specifically programming platforms in some form or another, it’s clear to me something which is obvious to most patient observers: that adherents of a particular technology platform tend to become very “religious” about it. Advocates of specific a technology platform are known to …
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UPDATE (2011-04-15): Since I wrote this post I’ve learned a tremendous amount about WordPress plugin development; so much so that I can’t overstate how much more I know today than when I wrote this post years ago. So, while the following post might be a novelty to read, I highly recommend that you don’t use …
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Yes I know, it’s a blogger’s cardinal sin to post about why he hasn’t posted in a while. But live with it. The irony is I’ve had so much to blog about. The reason I haven’t is because a while back I finally gave up on dasBlog and decided I’d switch to WordPress before I …
I’ve been planning to blog about this for some time but just haven’t gotten to it. Well here goes… Contents Is Microsoft’s Approach Failing? After Ten Years; Too Little, Too Late? Providing Solutions Frequently Just Not a Priority Core “Real World” Problems Not Addressed Values “Sugar”-Free Over Productivity Focuses on Details, NOT the Big Picture …
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