“Nice blog you’ve got there. But, ehm… I couldn’t help but notice you are using WordPress. To blog about Joomla. That’s funny, haha. What’s that all about?” Occasionaly, someone who reads a post (and hopefully more than one) discovers that Joomla & More – a blog dedicated to the CMS Joomla – runs on WordPress. …
J & More Runs On WordPress and it’s partially your fault. Read More »
This is and old(er) post I managed to save from my old blog, which I deleted. Accidentaly. Which makes an excellent case for back-ups. In the past few weeks, there has been a rather big amount of discussion about “Joomla’s Future.” Or, to be precise, there were a lot of arguments without anyone knowing what …
Joomla! Next: Dead to the CMS. Hail the Application Platform Read More »
As 2014 arrived, I welcomed it with a mix of excitement and anxiousness. Because in 2014, the small company I work for, turns over a new leaf. Things are changing. And we all know change is scary, right? What is changing, is that our company has updated / reinvented itself once more, as a result …
Synopsis Joomla adopted an “unique” scheduling system some time ago. Try explaining a client that it’s better to be on 2.5 than on 3.0 whereas everyone else says “Use the latest and greatest.” Try explaining them that there’s no 3.3 and 3.4 because of… well… reasons. With the arrival of 4.0 we can fix the …
Today, I started working on a new Project. One which, if we do this right, might be as interesting / influential as the OpenTranslators Project.
Today, I was heading to the cinema with my brother (in crime) @kenobixios. We were planning to go and see Thor 2. What we didn’t expect was Day 2 of Massive Fail at Euroscoop, the cinema complex we regularly attend. As we arrive to try and buy our tickets we can’t find the movie in …
Rant: Euroscoop’s inability to update their site makes Thor sad. Read More »
One or two weeks ago, the Dutch team of OpenTranslators – which I’m proud to coordinate – passed a “big” milestone, when the 100Th translator was approved. That’s one hundred people, translating extensions into Dutch. The results speak for themselves: the Dutch team is the most productive OpenTranslators team – outperforming some bigger teams like …
Recently I’ve been having thoughts. To be specific, I had ideas for things I want to blog about but they didn’t seem like a good fit for my blog I’m best known for (Joomla & More). After some experimenting, they weren’t a great foundation for new, specific blogs either. That was rather dissapointing, and definitely …