Some of the SC Geeks have unofficially adopted the phrase “Think Globally, Act Locally” as a business motto. It is used by business and environmental organizations in various contexts, but to us, it expresses the ideal sustainable model: fed by local collaboration and compatible with the global community.
In that spirit, we have launched Hope Foundry. [...]
Szeged, Hungary: our very own William Lawrence was on the other side of the world last week. DrupalCon ‘08 was the setting, a conference that attracts programmers from all over the world to meet and discuss Drupal, the popular open-source content management program.
William’s workshop on accessibility was selected for presentation. Quiddities maintains that website administrators [...]
I was watching the 2008 Tony Awards on Tivo last night and started thinking about the similarities between putting on a Broadway show and developing websites. Every website Quiddities develops is a production of sorts.
The Plan
We start with an idea from a client, then work to develop that idea into a plan. Once [...]
Quiddities awarded a $327,000 grant by the Knight Foundation
Yesterday, Margaret and the Quiddities team were in Las Vegas accepting a grant awarded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to fund innovative digital media projects. As one of the 16 project winners out of over 3000 entries, we were awarded $327,000 for our [...]
Getting to Minneapolis
On Wednesday, I travelled to Minneapolis from Santa Cruz to attend Drupal training by Lullabot. I travelled via feet, car, 2 planes, tram, light rail, and feet again. Who knew that one could use so many different forms of transportation to get somewhere.
What is Drupal
Drupal is a content management system [...]