by Rob Cottingham | Apr 10, 2008 | Communicating, Politics, Technology
I have a rule in politics that has served me well: never attribute to malice or conspiracy what can be explained just as easily by incompetence. You may remember this story from back in 2006, at the culmination of the bitter primary battle between Ned Lamont and... by Rob Cottingham | Jun 8, 2006 | Online Community, Technology
Via Jason at Communicopia, news of a new award for those who create open-source software that helps make the world a better place. Introducing the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati prize for software in the public interest: The new Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the... by Rob Cottingham | May 1, 2006 | Blogging, Online Community, Technology
The scoop. This is one of the online world’s more interesting success stories. Drupal, now arguably the leading open-source content management system, is attracting both a huge installed base (55,000 sites, according to drupal.org) and a snowballing developer...