The 19th of September 2009 was Software Freedom Day(SFD) around the world. It was a day that promoted Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and how high quality FOSS should be used in government, education, in the the office and at home. I found the Software Freedom Day site about 2 days before the day and started The Hokkaido Initiative the day before SFD and had all good intentions to mail out to people I know to let them know about the day, that did not happen but this blog is the first step to let people know that I as a web designer using open source software am right behind making people aware of the benefits of open source. If you would like join the group and help out in the 2010 day please get in touch by adding a comment below.
Website Redesign for the Right Reasons
When doing a redesign of your website it is always great to plan well ahead and get it right. There is a lot at stake when redesigning your site from making sure that your SEO isn’t disturbed right through to current users not being surprised by a new layout. I think the below slide show gives you a lot of food for thought.
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Mixi Japan launches its OpenSocial Container for all users
So what does this mean? Well in short in allows anybody to develop applications for the social networking service using OpenSocial APIs. If you would like to start developing social apps, build social platforms or allow your user to take their profiles with them anywhere on the web then you should check opensocial.org. Here you can find all the information you need to get started with your next project and also a list of the social networks that use opensocial.
If you have some time and fancy yourself as a social apps developer you could always try your hand at it and be in the running for $5000.Go here http://blog.opensocial.org/2009/09/write-gadget-win-5000.html to find out more