On February 22, a few members of the 3by400 team took a road trip to Duke University in Durham, NC, for the first JoomlaDay event in the southeastern U.S. JoomlaDays are grass roots events that help old timers and newcomers embrace all that is Joomla, as well as providing a forum to get acquainted with those in the Joomla community.
I grew up in a time when not everyone got a trophy, grades were not assigned on a sliding scale, and no one bailed out businesses who couldn't figure out how to stay in business. That makes me sound really old, but I'm under 50. Two pieces of fresh news today lead me to believe that facts are becoming less and less important.
There are waves of charlatians that we see in the web industry: a couple of years ago there were SEO consultants, then there were Social Media consultants. I'm starting to see Mobile Web consultants make the rounds now. These people will set up a 'mobile friendly' version of your website at some other domain name like m.yoursite.com. This is the way things were done a couple of years ago for feature phones, not today's smart phones.…
If you've ever been frustrated about a web site taking 10 seconds to load, you will find this video pretty interesting. Created by the World Science Festival, it provides a layman's explanation of what happens each time you load a web site. Thanks to Lucy at Ashland Farm for sharing this enlightening video with us!