I had the chance yesterday to see some of the first demos of new versions (and in some cases, first releases) of File Framework, Mail API, and XMPPClient, three really amazing new modules for Drupal. All three modules were developed for OpenBand on behalf of its clients. ...read more

I spoke yesterday at OpenWeb 2008 on FLOSS and Understanding Codebases "In the Large". This was a great incentive to push forward with some of the Drupal code analysis stuff that I've been working on for the past four or five months, on and off. Slides, and links to an updated version of the semantic codebase explorer I showcased, will be posted shortly. In the meantime I wanted to share some visualizations that will be output by the browser. ...read more

Just a quick little post to remind all Drupal.org members going to DrupalCon to update the 'I attended DrupalCon Boston 2008' field in your user profiles. I noticed just now that there are only nine or so folks who have already done so. Check out DrupalCon 2008 attendees...

I was reading the book reviews of ACM Queue magazine last week, and was happy to discover a review of Pro Drupal Development, by John VanDyk and Matt Westgate. I enjoy Queue magazine, and I like the idea that there should be a publication that aims to offer something for both the theoreticians and practitioners among software developers. I thought 'Perfect! This is a great venue for this book to be reviewed....read more

The press release is out, the company newsletter is proclaiming the news: Raincity Studios has acquired Bryght....read more