Alexander Limi
…on user interface design, content management, Plone and life at Google.
Submit your questions for the Plone Conference 2008 keynote
We usually have time set off for questions during the Plone Conference keynote. This time, we’ll try something new: submit your questions using Google Moderator, and rank other people’s questions.
Mark Ramm is coming to the Plone Conference in DC
…and I’m excited to meet him again!
Yes, it’s true
Some of you may already have heard that I’m lucky enough to have been invited to the Python Conference in Brazil to deliver one of the two keynotes.
Chrome: Benchmarks and more
Google’s new web browser is here — why is it important, and how does it perform compared to the other browsers? (Updated with TraceMonkey numbers)
Trimmit: Snow Leopard Today
Review: Trimmit reduces footprint of applications on Mac OS X.
Composite Pages, Listings and Content Proxies
Part 3: Making it easy to do advanced page layout tasks in Plone.
Improve Plone’s Handling of Rich Media
Part 2: Making it easy to work with audio, video and other opaque content in the editing interface.
Simplify Plone’s Editing Experience
Part 1: Simplifying Plone’s content authoring experience for end-users. We’re bringing sexy back.
Simplifying Plone
With Plone 3.1 in the Release Candidate stage, and with the continued work on the 3.x line, it’s time to look ahead and see what we can do to make the Plone experience even better for the next major releases.
Thank you, Plone Community!
It’s been a great eight years, here’s to the next eight.
18 Things I Wish Were True About Plone
In the interest of furthering discussion about the future of Plone, here are some of my personal opinions on things that I’d like to see applied to Plone — both the process and the software.
Fixing OS X Leopard’s translucent menu bar
For people using Leopard, one of the few things that make people unhappy seems to be the translucent menu bar. Here's how to revert it to the standard white menu bar without using third-party apps or hacks.
Plone Conference 2007 Keynote
The hi-res slides from the Plone Conference 2007 keynote are available, including speaker notes.
Leopard Observations
I have been running the new release of Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” for a while — ever since I was given access to the betas. What's the impression after using it as my main operating system for a while?
Quick link: Google Experimental Search
Wish you could use Google without having to reach for the mouse? See results on a timeline or a map? There's some cool stuff available that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere.
Foreword to Professional Plone Development
Martin's excellent book on Plone development is shipping, and you can read my foreword for his book — a mini-history of Plone as seen from my personal perspective — here.
Oracle is the 404 company
It's the weekend again, so excuse my little dig at Your Friendly Multibillion-Dollar Neighborhood Company. I just thought this was too funny not to share. Or maybe I just need to get out more.