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After all these years, Drupal still sucks less

Submitted by paskainos on Sun, 2011-05-29 18:24

All content management systems suck, Drupal just happens to suck less.
— Boris Mann at DrupalCON Amsterdam, August 2005.

Back in July 6, 2006 Drupal progenitor Dries Buytaert made reference to Boris’ words in a brief post. Since then Drupal has continued to dazzle and amaze with its seemingly paradoxical brilliance of less-sucky-awesomeness. Many factors play in to Drupal’s vast superiority. Perhaps the main difference though is the Drupal Community’s ability to hold to exacting yet not prohibitively rigid standards. This nimble balance unique to the Drupal Community seemingly undergirds the philosophical and directional elements of Drupal development. As a result, Drupal just gets revved up where most CMS’ leave off.

Eggs don’t lay chickens

Submitted by paskainos on Fri, 2011-05-06 11:50

Recently we were asked by a major brand which makes more sense:

  1. Try and create a large social media following before making considerable improvements to their Web presence (site, Facebook, etc.), or:
  2. First showcasing their spectacular brand by repurposing their impressive print library for the Web, and then going after a large social media following.

Our response: eggs don’t lay chickens. Following is my more detailed response.

One year Drupal anniversary: A Review

Submitted by paskainos on Wed, 2010-05-19 15:29
In May, 2009, we made the executive decision to build websites exclusively in the Drupal CMS. What follows is a brief assessment after year one on Drupal, including some of our experiences and observations. Looking back, our unanimous conclusion is, it was unequivocally the right decision. In reflection, the only 'regret' is that we didn't make the commitment sooner.

What Makes Good Web Design So Good?

Submitted by paskainos on Fri, 2009-12-18 18:09

The Law of Vanilla-fication

The Law of Vanilla-fication says the number of examples is inversely proportional to ingenuity and purpose. In other words, the more 'case studies' 'portfolios' and other design-build examples one views, the more they all tend to run together, and the more muddled the project and objectives become.

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