Technology
23 Jan 2012
We recently had the pleasure of working with the awesome folks at GovLoop on an information architecture and design project. The purpose: to give GovLoop a quick facelift and use the Ning API to develop new “community pages” to make it easier for users to find content on key topics...
4 Jan 2012
What happened in the world of Content Management Systems (CMS) last year?
Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla! continued their reign as the most popular Open Source CMS for the third year running, according to the 2011 Open Source CMS Market Share Report by Ric Shreves of the digital agency water&...
15 Nov 2011
I was recently invited to speak at DUXcamp hosted by NPR and then again at Microsoft Research around the subject of mobile and storytelling. I created a rather stream of consciousness presentation, bringing together various thoughts about storytelling in the mobile space. Still very rough around...
25 Oct 2011
Today we're going to explore Gravity Forms' form submission hook.
Gravity Forms is a WordPress forms plugin. It lets you visually create public-facing input forms, similar to Wufoo. You're able to build things like website surveys, event registrations, and (multi-step) payment processing forms.
The...
26 Sep 2011
Here is a list of my favorite Drupal tools that aid in developing, managing, and maintaining a Drupal website.
Drush
Versions supported: All Drupal versions
To quote the module description for drush:
"Drush is a command line shell and scripting interface for Drupal, a veritable Swiss Army...
20 Sep 2011
When it comes to communication channels...
The PC is a bit like George Clooney — been around a long time, tried and true, and still very relevant.
But mobile is a bit more like Ryan Gosling. There were some early fans/adopters, but everyone is just starting to take...
14 Sep 2011
30% social network usage is from mobile (source)
Mobile matters. This is true for nonprofits and commercial organizations alike. It isn’t just about mobile’s projected market growth, it is also about its impact potential.
If the key to an effective communications strategy is...
9 Sep 2011
Most Drupal developers are familiar with the Nodequeue module.
It gives developers the ability to set up groups of nodes, called "queues". Clients can add nodes to these groups, and use the drag-n-drop interface to order the nodes as desired. It gives clients a lot more control over which...
5 Jul 2011
On June 11 and 12, Forum One joined Amazon in supporting a "Seattle Drupal Barn-raising" event. For the last few years, the Seattle Drupal community has picked a small, local nonprofit and come together to build/re-build its web presence. In addition to helping the nonprofit, these...
18 May 2011
This Friday at 8:00 a.m. I will be chatting with Gary Vaughn on The Collaboration Tech Talk Show over on BlogTalkRadio.com.
In the interview, we will explore under what circumstances an organization should consider adopting collaboration technology; the costs and benefits of using open source vs...
