Posts tagged: open source
- On WhiteHouse.gov and Drupal
- But I can’t help but think the new software represents the triumph of hope over experience. Drupal looks great in theory: It’s a powerful way to govern a Web site that is born out of the collective efforts of the community. In practice, it tends to be a bit of a mess. Does that sound [...] [29 Oct 2009]
- OpenGoo: An Open Source Web Office
- Want to use a web app suite, but give control over your data’s fate Google or Zoho? Take a look at OpenGoo. OpenGoo is a mash-up of sorts, combining several open source projects and packages — such as Reece Calendar, Slimey (presentations) and FCKEditor(text editing) — into one suite. [Via OStatic] [29 Jul 2009]
- Collecting e-commerce conversion data with Zen Cart and Google Analytics
- Google Analytics allows you to collect pretty robust data about how users move through your e-commerce site. Here’s how to make it work with Zen Cart, an open source shopping cart. For this tutorial, you will need: A Zen Cart-based shopping cart A Google Analytics account and the tracking code for both conversions and page views. Experience with PHP [...] [19 Feb 2009]
- Recovery.gov uses Drupal; big win for open source
- Dries Buytaert broke the story yesterday. TechPresident.com explains why choosing Drupal matters to the American public and to open source software. [Via Ruby] [18 Feb 2009]
- Violating the conditions of a license = copyright infringement
- Good news for some open source software developers: if someone violates the conditions of your license, they’re infringing on your copyright. From Ars Technica: A federal appeals court has overruled a lower court ruling that, if sustained, would have severely hampered the enforceability of free software licenses. The lower court had found that redistributing software in [...] [14 Aug 2008]
- TrueCrypt now available for Mac OS X
- With its latest version, TrueCrypt has released a version for Mac OS X. OS X comes with its own encryption feature known as FileVault. But in my experience, FileVault can cause some performance issues. If you don’t regularly log out of your machine, you may find yourself running out of hard-drive space faster than you [...] [6 Feb 2008]
- Tips for using the web to run your business
- TwoThree posts on turning your office into a web-based one. The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need 8 Steps to running your business on (mostly) free apps The Social Enterprise – What Works, and What Doesn’t Somewhat related: Using Amazon S3 for hard drive backups Freebie resources for designers Review: The online mind map smackdown Open source favorites [6 Nov 2007]
- Aptana reaches 1.0, announces paid pro edition
- Aptana, one of my favorite open source text editors, has reached its 1.0 milestone, re-naming the product Aptana Studio (née Aptana IDE) and adding a supported, professional version for an introductory price of $99 (regular price $199). What do you get in the pro edition that’s not available in the community version? JSON support Support for secure [...] [30 Oct 2007]