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Surviving The Long Haul
October 06, 2008

Alex and I have been going back and forth in comments over the areas of our interest that overlap. In his recent post, he asks, “how long can organic communities self-moderate?”

I admit that I haven’t read the Starfish and the Spider, although I did just one-click it into my Kindle, so it’s doomed to suffer my analysis. Nevertheless, I had some comments about how leaderless organizations can thrive, particularly in open source communities, of which I happen to be a part of a couple.

Catfight
October 02, 2008

Since Berta took our cats to the vet last week things have not been right around our house.

I guess they got some strange smells of other animals in their snoots while at the vet’s office, and it woke them up to the world outside. But the world outside is not really the problem. Since they’ve gotten home, they’ve been literally at each others’ throats.

Conclusions Drawn
September 21, 2008

I’m currently at the airport in Las Vegas, awaiting a flight that starts boarding in 45 minutes or so. I figured I would take the time to write this now, because if I don’t then I’ll just say “forget it” like I always do, and then literally forget everything.

While I was in Las Vegas this weekend, I visited Blog World Expo. I don’t even really know what Blog World Expo is. I mean, I know what it’s supposed to be, but I’m not really convinced that it is what it purports.

You suck, but do you have a solution?
September 17, 2008

Ah, the heck with it. I don’t write a lot about a whole lot here any more, because most of what I am excited to share revolves around Habari. But then, all of the people who talk about what to write about on a blog tell you to write about things that you have passion about. And I’ve never not done that, but I’m purposefully filtering out a lot of Habari stuff because I feel like my audience doesn’t care. Which is just a weird thought. Anyway, no more of that madness.

Something that has been tryingly amusing lately are a certain type of email that shows up on the mailing lists. As I’ve mentioned to people in person a few times, Habari certainly isn’t talked about as much as some other blog software, but I’ve been tracking the usual channels for Habari buzz, and there are usually 50 to 70 new people noticing Habari every day. Which I think is pretty good, and would love to see increase.

One Way in which Habari Absolutely Slaughters WordPress
September 09, 2008

It’s hard to make headway against the “leading brand” without showing exactly what sets you apart from them; what you do better. I think that Habari needs and can provide many examples of how we’ve taking what everyone looks toward - probably most rightly - as the “standard” in blog software, and done something radically better. This is one example that stands out firmly in my mind.

I am not the only person who has noticed that WordPress is released under the GNU General Public License. In the license, it very plainly states:

You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.

The only conclusion is that if your theme executes functions that are provided by WordPress, then your theme is indelibly connected to WordPress, and must itself be made available under the same terms as WordPress.