WIFLblog

March 13, 2004

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7:33:13 PM

new blogging software, BlogJet
7:32:04 PM

Getting the most out of open source. Knowledge@Wharton takes up the question of how open an open-source operating system can be and still survive in the commercial world. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
1:50:59 PM

phpBB-php Bulletin Board

Got this from a link from Marc's Voice that pointed to SemText, so I tracked down the root technology, which is phpBB. The following blurb is from their website.

What is phpBB?

phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customisable open-source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites.

Who are phpBB?

phpBB are a group of individuals based internationally who believe in opensource software. The project has been stable since its creation in June 2000 without changes in licencing, leadership or corporate associations. Our goals remain unchanged and clear, to continue developing and supporting a stable, free, opensource forum system.

Key Features

Supports popular database servers
Unlimited forums and posts
Multiple language interface
Private or public forums
Powerful search utility
Private messaging system
Complete customisation with templates
See the complete feature list...

1:34:15 PM

A nation of polarized readers.

An article in today's New York Times features this Amazon-derived network map by social network analyst Valdis Krebs. It's another fascinating illustration of an idea that Krebs mentioned when I interviewed him for the O'Reilly Network in mid-2002: ... [Jon's Radio]
1:21:15 PM

SemText.

Anything Marc likes I check out, semantic hypertext Anything Danny Ayers likes - I check out.

So I just signed up for SemText. Here we go - I wonder if it gets all hung up in Semantic kind of things - and misses teh 80'20 rule for portals, CMSs and end-user experience. If it can get the balance right - there's no limit how far it can go.

This is kind of what I was hoping Nova Spivack was doing and what Haystack was. Well we'll see soon enough.

[Marc's Voice]
1:17:40 PM

New Radio tool: Workbench.root. I have released the first beta version of Workbench.root, a Radio UserLand tool offering simple scripts that extend the functionality of the software.

My goal is to offer a bunch of scripts that Radio UserLand users of all skill levels can put on their Web pages and Web site template files.

The first release offers two scripts:

Workbench.viewCategoryLinks, a script that displays a list of links for all of your weblog's public categories.
Workbench.viewPostIndexes, a script that displays a list of your weblog's entries in reverse chronological order, like the one I offer on Workbench.

Users of my old workspace.viewPostIndexes script will find that this version has been improved. It updates all of your post index pages each time you publish a new weblog entry instead of updating them once per day. [Rogers Cadenhead: Salon Blog Tips]

1:15:43 PM