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The Perfection of Imperfection

Written by Arno Zijlstra Sunday, 13 September 2009 08:06

In our time, many of us have been taught to strive for an insane perfection that means nothing. To get wholeness, you must try instead to strive for this kind of perfection, where things that don't matter are left rough and unimportant, and the things that really matter are given deep attention. This is a perfection that seems imperfect. But it is a far deeper thing.

–- Christopher Alexander, The Perfection of Imperfection – 1991

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HTML5 next generation web markup resources

Written by Arno Zijlstra Friday, 11 September 2009 15:10

HTML5 is the next generation of web markup, and the first web markup language created in the era of web applications. There has been lots of buzz about HTML5 lately on the web so if you like to know more about it or even if you haven't heard about it at all yet, here's some reading for the weekend.

HTML5 Doctor
Helping you implement HTML5 today

Zeldman and friends
Guide to HTML5 Hiccups

W3C Editor's Draft
HTML 5 Reference - A Web Developer's Guide to HTML 5 W3C

By Cameron Moll
12 resources for getting a jump on HTML 5

From Tripwire Magazine
25+ Great HTML 5 Resources to Get You Started

From Carsonified
23 Essential HTML 5 Resources

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Open Source blinders and emotional lock-in

Written by Arno Zijlstra Friday, 11 September 2009 10:14

There is never a shortage of talk and discussion going on about which Open Source software is the best and why the package someone uses is the ultimate solution. The great thing about Open Source projects is the community that builds around these projects and starts using the software and hopefully share back to the project to make it better for everyone.

One thing that happens with communities of users is the rise of a focal group that is getting heavily involved and sometimes very emotionally attached to the software and the project. These people spread the word, reach new people which get involved and which again on their turn get others involved. The longer people are part of a community the stronger the bond becomes and many of them will fully focus on the project and software they've become to love.

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Come meet us at the German Joomladay

Written by Wilco Jansen Thursday, 10 September 2009 00:00

The third Joomla!Day in Germany will be held from the 24th September to the 26th of September in Bad Nauheim (near Frankfurt). Together with the Virtuemart team the German organizing team has put together an interesting range of workshops and presentations. The three days have different headlines:

Thursday, 24th Sept::Virtuemart Day

Friday, 25th Sept::Joomla! Business Day

Saturday, 26th Sept::Joomla! Community Day

Since I have my birthday on one of these days, I will only be there the Friday evening upfront and the Saturday for the community day. The community day is un-conference style this time, so I have no idea what I need to prepare. Feel free to share some suggestion here if you plan to come to the community day. If if you are unable to attend, and have a specific topic you would like to learn more about, also feel free to drop in ideas, I then will try to handle topic.

See you at the German Joomladays!

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Continuous Integration in PHP; a closer look at coding standards

Written by Wilco Jansen Tuesday, 08 September 2009 15:49

We now have described the building blocks required for continuous integration, time to take a closer look to the individual tools. Today we will take a look at tools that will help you validate the implementation of the coding standards. Given the enormous amount of standards used within the various open source projects it is clear that there is no single recipe for good coding standards and coding styles. Looking at the various standards out there, you see variations on the PEAR standards. The Joomla documentation wiki describes the coding standards and are almost an exact copy of the PEAR standards, so the Joomla code base is a perfect test-case for the PHP codesnifffer that can analyse the code-base. Let's start!

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Ali G shows how to market your extension

Written by Arno Zijlstra Tuesday, 08 September 2009 10:08

Ali G meets with business leaders and investors on Wall Street to learn how to pitch a new product idea. After some general lessons, he proposes his first product idea, complete with flip charts, business plan, and marketing plan.

The target market is huge and combines people who like ice cream with people who have hands.

Source: O'Reilly Radar

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