Interface21 now SpringSource

0zach28th Jan 2008Found on the Web, Technologies,

I guess this happened late last year, but it escaped my notice: Interface21, the company behind the Spring Framework, has changed its name More »

IMS Common Cartridge Alliance

1zach28th Jan 2008Sakai, Technologies

I just signed up as a dues-paying member of the IMS Common Cartridge Alliance. IMS CC is a standard that has been evolving More »

Sakai As It Could Be

3zach25th Jan 2008Sakai

I just saw this, via Chris Coppola at rSmart. For me, this is where the view of Sakai as a platform for innovation More »

Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant

0zach21st Jan 2008Sakai

Jim Groom has an excellent post about Sakai from the point of view of a savvy outsider. It’s not exactly, um, positive, but More »

Sakai Featured at eLearn Magazine

0zach18th Jan 2008Found on the Web, Sakai

The current top story at eLearn Magazine is about the proliferation, albeit slowly, of open source software in higher education. Laurie Rowell cites More »

Texas State: Faculty to Faculty Testimonials

1zach17th Jan 2008Sakai

When I was at Texas State and we were launching our migration from Blackboard to Sakai, one of the things we realized very More »

Book Review: Dreaming in Code

0zach8th Jan 2008Books

This one’s been out for a while, but I just got Scott Rosenberg’s “Dreaming in Code” for Christmas. It’s an inside view of More »

A Weekend at No Fluff Just Stuff

0zach31st Jul 2007Uncategorized,

I just wrapped up a weekend attending No Fluff Just Stuff. To put it in a nutshell, it was the best technical conference More »

Who Needs Flash?

0zach31st Jul 2007Uncategorized

I was pretty amazed when I found out the iPhone browser wouldn’t support flash. It’s a little fishy; I can’t think of any More »

Maven 2 is a Go

0zach19th Jul 2007Uncategorized,

Just finished my first Sakai build with Maven 2. Thanks Ian! This is going to take some getting used to: I have run More »