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🕑Jun 24, 2011 🖋John Locke 💬0

Graphviz-ualizing your data in Drupal

I have a lot of respect for graphic designers and people who can come up with clear, concise information in a graphical way.

Drupal, WordPress, content management, web design, e-commerce, website development
🕑Mar 06, 2011 🖋John Locke 💬0

Ask Freelock: Drupal vs Word Press?

Mike asks,

I came across your site as i'm a member of NWEN.  My current site is built on a wordpress template and I want to change it as it's pretty rough.  What are the pros/cons of having a site built with Drupal vs. word press?

🕑Oct 26, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬0

Microsoft markets OpenOffice.org

So apparently the Microsoft marketing machine is no longer the force it once was. Now it's marketing its competitors! In tech circles, this video has fast become notorious, not just for its crappy production values--but mainly because it makes the people quoted in it sound like idiots.

🕑Oct 26, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬1

How to avoid tax on high income: Create jobs!

The debate about increasing taxes on high-income people rages on in both Washington D.C and Washington State. Here in the state, there's an initiative on the ballot that proposes an income tax on people earning more than $200K (or $400K for joint filers).

🕑Oct 21, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬0

Copying a node to a new type

Drupal provides powerful tools that makes it easy to do all sorts of changes to your web site, but one change is difficult: changing the content type of a node after you've created it.

cheap hosting, security issues, managed hosting, Drupal hosting, e-commerce security
🕑Mar 15, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬4

Why cheap web hosting is expensive

Just the other day I got a request for proposal for hosting, complete with a statement that they knew of some hosting that would cost $15/month. The implication being that they were looking for a hosting proposal that would not exceed that amount.

🕑Mar 15, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬4

Is there going to be Sales Tax on Open Source software?

Today, in the Washington State legislature, the House and the Senate are reconciling their two different bills to balance the State budget. Both involve significant tax changes, and there are different ramifications for software depending on which goes through.

mailing lists vs forums tech community discussion  community engagement strategies
🕑Mar 10, 2010 🖋John Locke 💬14

Mailing List or Forum? A theory...

I think the discussion has come up at least twice on every mailing list I'm on: Why don't we move this discussion to a web-based forum?