Category Archives: Open source

Amtrak series: Ruby on Rails on Rails

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Richard K Miller

This will be the most technical of my posts in the Amtrak series, but it’s not just for computer geeks so stay with me. Here we go. Ruby on Rails is a “web application framework”, a way for programmers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Amtrak, Business, Entrepreneurship, Open source, PHP, Programming, Ruby on Rails, Tech | 1 Comment

New version of Seth Godin WordPress plugin

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Richard K Miller

Five months ago I created a WordPress plugin to implement a marketing principle taught by Seth Godin. He said good marketers “treat returning visitors differently than newbies”. The plugin has been one of the most popular features on my blog. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Open source, PHP, WordPress | 16 Comments

Berkeley Course on Open Source

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Richard K Miller

If you’d like to learn more about “open source software” — what it is and how it fits into society — Berkeley has a new course entitled Open Source Development and Distribution of Digital Information: Technical, Economic, Social, and Legal … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Main, Open source, Tech | 2 Comments