People ask me this question all the time. The answer, in general, is, “there’s really not one.” Building a monolithic blogging application for Django kind of goes against the grain of most of the best practices for Django development — and James explains this in detail. It’s a good read if you’re curious about the design of Django apps.
What’s more, most of the Django blogging applications that do exist were generally built by a single person for their own personal site, and tend to be customized to that person’s needs, making them less likely to be suitable for your needs.
And, quite frankly, writing a simple blogging app in Django is so damn easy that it just doesn’t feel worth it. Visit site »
is rapping. “Vanessa Williams, you know you’re so divine. Just wanted to put your name in my rhyme!”
Is locked out of Gmail for 24 hours for “unusual account activity.” WTF? I’d really like to be able to read my e-mail, yo!
Ridiculously accurate. And funny, too. Visit site »
According to Subvert Marketing, Blue Flavor is one of the top 10 interactive agencies in the world. That’s awesome, but I think the list might be more aptly titled “The world’s top 10 interactive agencies who focus on web standards-aware development.” Everyone on the list is a great choice, but there are few that probably should be there, as well — nclud and Behavior both come to mind. Visit site »
Aww yeah. Now that is what I call bringing sexy back. As if the old-school soul vibe and blaxploitation stylings on the music video weren’t enough, the Dee-oh-double-gee is rockin’ the talk box, pretty much my favorite musical sound ever since I first heard a Roger Troutman record (although, it has been a bit overused lately — I’m looking at you, T-Pain). Awesome. Love it. Thank you, S. :) Visit site »
Heading into the office.
Jonathan has a nice follow-up to the CSS framework discussion here. At one point, he says:
It seems for many of the arguments either for or against CSS frameworks have a related counter-argument, which could be the reason this debate has been circular for so long.
Indeed. What it boils down to is that the decision whether or not to use a CSS framework (or whatever you want to call it) is a personal one. Therefore, it’s probably a bad idea for anyone to say definitively, “you should/shouldn’t be using CSS frameworks.” It’s roughly the same as saying, “you should/shouldn’t be using Fireworks instead of Photoshop” or “you should/shouldn’t be using the CSS shorthand properties (i.e. background instead of background-image and background-repeat).
They’re all just tools, and which one someone choose to use or not use is just personal preference. We should all probably just let people have their preferences in piece. Visit site »
Garrett gives some helpful tips for staying engaged and motivated throughout a development project. Visit site »