[Evangelism] The State of Drupal

2009-11-22 Thread Steve McMahon
While at the Non-Profit SW Dev Summit, I had the opportunity to attend a couple of Drupal panels (new to Drupal, and what's new with Drupal). Drupal had their A team at the summit (a couple of core devs and several evangelists) to do the talks. I wanted to pass on a few things on what I observed.

Re: [Evangelism] Hack Plone! Win a Mac!

2009-11-26 Thread Steve McMahon
Not sure how I feel about the overall idea, but the exploit documentation condition *must* be expanded to specify that the exploit be documented to the Plone security team, and only the security team. Publicizing of methodology for an attack must be only after a patch is made available, and the

Re: [Evangelism] Austin fiasco

2009-12-18 Thread Steve McMahon
As a former newspaper brat, I'll just say that this falls far short of what's needed to prove product libel, so there's no legal standing. Also, IMHO, this makes Austin look a whole lot worse than Plone. It looks like a place where the web techs need government assistance. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009

Re: [Evangelism] 8 Really Cool Things About Plone 4

2010-04-14 Thread Steve McMahon
A few of my favorites: Dramatic speed improvements -- see Hanno's charts. Both for page rendering and initial load. http://blog.hannosch.eu/2010/01/plone-4-how-much-faster-is-it.html http://jstahl.org/archives/2010/01/19/plone-4-three-times-faster-than-drupal-joomla-or-wordpress/ Python 2.6's

Re: [Evangelism] 8 Really Cool Things About Plone 4

2010-04-14 Thread Steve McMahon
: TinyMCE But why is that a benefit? What was wrong with the old editor? What problem is the new editor solving? Without explaining the benefit of TinyMCE, I'm not sure it's a selling point. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Steve McMahon st...@dcn.org wrote: A few of my favorites: Dramatic

Re: [Evangelism] The State of Drupal

2010-05-17 Thread Steve McMahon
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Nate Aune na...@jazkarta.com wrote: ... What would it take to bundle up some Plone add-ons and release it as a PloneSocial distro? What add-ons should be included? Would you want to lead the charge to put something together? That could be as simple as

[Evangelism] Fwd: Plone.Com project changes

2013-11-18 Thread Steve McMahon
it to be done quickly. The board would very much like to hear your thoughts on how subsequent iterations should be planned and managed. Drop us a note bo...@plone.org or discuss it on one of these lists. We'll listen! Thanks and best wishes, Steve McMahon for the PF Board