Monthly Archives: July 2007

8 Really Cool Things About Plone 3

Posted on by
14

Plone 3 Release Candidate 1 is out. This is a big milestone in the evolution of Plone, and a big leap forward for both developers and for everyday Plone users. The Plone 3 team is still putting the final polish on it, but Release Candidate 1 is more than ready for prodding, poking and testing. Here are eight of the things about Plone 3 that I’m most excited to start using in ONE/Northwest’s projects, with screenshots. Continue reading →

I would expect…

Posted on by
2

… the leader of a successful, social-mission business to be a bit smarter than this:

For seven years, Mr. Mackey had an online alter ego.

Using the pseudonym Rahodeb — a variation of Deborah, his wife’s name — Mr. Mackey typed out more than 1,100 entries on Yahoo Finance’s bulletin board over a seven-year period, championing his company’s stock and occasionally blasting a rival, Wild Oats Markets.

Sigh.  A sad commentary on the state of our culture. 

Interesting paper on platforms

Posted on by
Reply

Managing Proprietary and Shared Platforms: A Life-Cycle View by Thomas R. Eisenmann looks like a really interesting examination of the challenges of both shared and proprietary platforms as they grow and evolve.

The research shows that challenges confronting platform managers vary systematically, depending on whether the platform is proprietary or shared and on the stage of platform development. As in most industries, platform-mediated networks exhibit predictable patterns as they pass through life-cycle stages of birth, maturity, and decline. Exceptions do occur, but the patterns hold often enough that life-cycle patterns provide a useful guide for planning.


Celebrating The 4th

Posted on by
Reply

Ben, Anil, Anil’s colleage Dan, Molly and I celebrated the 4th today with a great hike up Perry Creek to Mount Forgotten Meadows. As always, I’m proud to live in a country that has such great protected public lands. May they always remain wild and free for everyone to enjoy.