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In a couple of weeks, I’ll be speaking at my first conference: Defrag 2008. I’ll be on a panel addressing the question, “Can identity become a filter for information overload?” In case you’ll be in Denver on Nov. 3rd-4th, you should check it out. I think it’s going to be an incredible conference, and I’m not […]
django + vim 1:59 pmI’ve finally weaned myself off Komodo, since the vim bindings had just enough tiny errors to annoy me, and I was never satisfied with how long it took to find and open a file inside the project. The one thing I was really missing in vim, though, was solid code-completion feature. After much haranguing, I […]
Calling all designers! 2:17 pmFluther is hiring! Join Andrew and me in designing the next generation of Fluther products. Tell your friends! Tell your neighbors! Send us your portfolios! You can send email to jobs [at] fluther (dot) com. p.s. It’s going to be really fun.
We just pushed some changes for a long-standing request: opening links in new windows. We’ve also recently updated the guidelines. We hope you enjoy how easy it is to return to your addiction!
The Fluther Interview: wildflower 2:59 pmFrom her witty banter to her ability to always stand out, wildflower is one user that has impressed us all. Fluther community co-chair PnL takes her first crack at interviewing in this exposé of the Fluther superstar. Within: life, music and Hello Kitty…
Question & Answer Men 6:04 pmCheck out this great piece in the Brown Alumni Magazine about Andrew and me and Fluther. It’s one of my favorite articles about Fluther thus far, and it includes some history of our early collaborations. Plus, you get to see us doing the robot.
In preparation for DjangoCon, I thought I’d release a little bit of quickly-written-code (read: easily improvable!) that we use to serve our avatars on Fluther. Here’s the basic rundown: Get mogilefs on your box Patch django to support different FileBackends Get data into mogile Get data out of mogile Getting mogile We use Ubuntu on […]
Tipping our hat to Django… 1:10 pmWe started building Fluther on top of the Django platform two years ago, and it’s been an absolute pleasure. Using Django turned out to be one of the best technology decisions that we’ve made, and we’re proud to be using this excellent platform. Django just reached the big 1.0 marker, and we wanted to say, […]
Fluther on Chrome 12:03 amIf you haven’t already heard about Google’s new Chrome browser, well… I suppose that means you’re not addicted to tech blogs. Nonetheless, we’re happy to report that Fluther does work like a charm on it. We had to take our friends justin and PnL‘s words for it, though, because we’re still waiting for a Mac […]