open source

A knight standing in front of a tattered WordPress held aloft by an army.

What the hell is happening at Automattic (part 2)? Members Public

The CEO of Automattic has declared war on WP Engine as a bad citizen of the WordPress ecosystem. What the hell is going on?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
WordPress

One last word on Movable Type (and Open Source) Members Public

Anil Dash, 2007 [https://movabletype.org/news/2007/12/movable_type_open_source.html]: > As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source. Daiji Hirata, 2013 [https://movabletype.org/news/2013/07/license_change_on_movable_type_6.html] > Starting with Movable Type 6, registration for

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
blog platforms

Markdown versus CommonMark: the ambiguity and clarity dilemma Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/09/crossroads.jpg] The “standard Markdown” controversy seems to be over and done. I was essentially offline for the weekend, and I came back to find that what was “Standard Markdown” has now become “CommonMark [http://commonmark.org]“, respecting Markdown

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital tools

Writers, Coders and the Markdown landgrab Members Public

If Standard Markdown (now CommonMark) wants to replace Markdown, it needs to acknowledge that it's not just a markup standard for coders.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital journalism

IndieWeb - Kevin Marks on the web that will win (LeWeb 13) Members Public

Can we reclaim the open web from the closed social silos? Kevin Marks thinks so…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
kevin marks

Laura James on Open Data, Source and Knowledge Members Public

[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/laura.jpg] Dr Laura James [https://twitter.com/#!/lauriej], foundation coordinator of the Open Knowledge Foundation [http://www.okfn.org/] What is open data? asks Dr James. They have the Open Definition [http://opendefinition.org/]. Open data is open.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
data hubs

Content Strategy, Like Lightning... Members Public

Simon Land – Magus [http://www.magus.co.uk/activestandards/] (sponsor) They want to help us manage the quality of content. Over half of websites have four plus errors per page. State of the art CMOS? You can’t lock everything down. The Magus approach is to patrol your live content

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
content

#media140 : Hemlock & AudioBoo Members Public

Hemlock [http://hemlock-kills.com/] is an open-source environment for building social applications, with a gaming focus. There’s a showcase of uses [http://hemlock-kills.com/showcase] on the site. [AudioBoo](http://audioboo.fm/) – a low coast, efficient way of generating audio reports. The platform collects pictures, geodata and so on

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
audioboo