Ryan Berg, local Lawrence web geek and all around good guy, launches yet another beautiful Django-powered blog into the wild. It’s really nicely done!
More and more web designers and developers are finding Django a great way to publish their personal content, it seems. And I believe the trend will continue. I have it on good word that one web designer with a very popular blog may be close to relaunching on a handmade Django CMS. All your blogs are belong to Django!
Check out Ryan’s — looks great! Visit site »
I always enjoy Mark’s posts and I generally agree with his “Apollo and Silverlight suck because they’re proprietary” sentiments — but his statement that “Apollo is based on Adobe’s own markup language” is patently false.
There is no Apollo markup language of any kind. Apollo lets you create desktop applications using tools web developers already use — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript included. Yes, you can also use Adobe technologies like Flash and Flex, but these are not required in any way. In fact, I saw a demo at FOWD of a very nice-looking RSS reader app built entirely using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (specifically, it used YUIext). Obviously, Adobe has a vested interest in selling you Flash and Flex, but neither is required to build Apollo apps.
So while there are many reasons to be weary of Apollo, one of them is definitely not “Adobe’s own markup language.” Visit site »
Nathan led the design process for the reworked LJWorld.com, and he posts some thoughts on the matter. The site’s design is intend “to disappear,” he says — which is great. While you’re over there, poke around Nathan’s personal site a bit. He’s gave it a slight facelift for May 1. It’s not a redesign, but there are a lot of nice new little details. Visit site »