Drupal
Drupal 6 Installation and Configuration - Review and Intro
There is a lot to rave about Drupal 6. The pages have less clutter, thanks to collapsible sections. The installation process has been streamlined, with helpful hints throughout the steps and drag and drop is now available (like in rearranging your blocks).
How easy is it to install and configure Drupal? It took me less than 5 minutes to do it. The steps below assume you already have Apache, MySQL and PHP (AMP) installed. If not, scroll down to the bottom of this post, where I explain shortcuts to getting and installing AMP.
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The Power of Drupal Categories
Drupal Taxonomy: the power to organize and reorganize
The Drupal Taxonomy module (aka Categories) is one of its most powerful features. Combined with its hooks, Drupal allows administrators to organize and reorganize content easily, giving more flexibility for knowledge sharing in an organization that continuously discovers better ways to share knowledge.
Drupal 6 - Easiest Version of Drupal, Ever!
The open source community is celebrating the release of Drupal's easiest version ever: Drupal 6 [http://drupal.org/drupal-6.0]. This version fixes many of the annoyances and limitations of Drupal.
Among the improvements are easier installation, with carefully guided steps. Drag and drop administration, including the much-awaited drag-drop taxonomy administration, openID and an improved workflow module (via custom triggers). Drupal themes are now easier to customize too.
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Observations on Google
Some insights I observed out of my visit to Googleplex in Mountain View, California. This blog entry will go beyond the usual observations about the physical structure of Google and how they have a fabulous, eat-and-drink all you can cafeteria :)
- Time is Money. Sounds cliche, but many aspects of the Google workplace focus on minimizing time-wasters and maximizing brainwork. For example, most of the meeting rooms I visited had Macbook power cords plugged in and ready. I just hooked it up to my Macbook and I was set up.
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Google Mentors Summit, Day 0
Just came from the pre-summit dinner that grew from 10 people to 60 -- all participants of the Google SoC Mentors Summit.
Finally met Angela Byron (webchick), Simon Hobbs (sime) and Rok Zlender (rok), the nice Drupal uber-coders. 
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Drupal 5 - More Reasons to Choose Drupal
Drupal 5.0 was released last January and we immediately tried it in our office. The improvements are noticeable. It's easier to install, has a nicer default theme (Garland and Minelli) and the once-cluttered admin interface has been rearranged under subheadings to make things easier to find.
