Design lives
Time was, design was predictable. You knew the materials, the printer’s color process, the paper stock, the machinery’s tolerances. And you could design for it.
Rare Pattern
These are posts that originally appeared in my longtime blog Rare Pattern.
Forking or collaborating: the mix of open source ethics
When it comes to Open Source software, forking is a feature! Anil Dash said it well: There are several related technical concepts that can answer …
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Recovering contrib Image module's content in upgrade to Drupal 7
Some notes on migrating from the old old Drupal Image Module to Image Fields.
Did your website end up doing the wrong job?
What job does your website do? Is it doing the job that you initially set out for it? With all the excitement happening online, all …
What is Open Source really about?
This question has me pondering the broader values behind open source: openness to inspection, openness to revision and improvement, working together in a commons, not …
How to use open source (and how not to)
The open source path can be a delightful and cost-effective way to go for a web-based project. However, if you don’t understand the primary dos …
On itch scratching, hitchhikers and growing within the interactive ecosystem
The story goes like this: A couple hundred years ago, Scottish chemist Joseph Black was approached by some Scotch distillers. With the explosion of coal …
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Looking back at 2005
from January 1, 2006 This past year has brought about many changes. Early in 2005, when we started up pingV, Katherine and I had a …
When a website is a car, not a taxi
This may sound kind of like a sales pitch, but it seems that many people do not understand the difference between a static website (aka …