Re: Drupal, PeopleAggregator and the People's DNS
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From: Joel De G. <jo...@ta...> - 2004-04-27 16:54:44
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Also. check http://peoplesdns.com/=20 Eve got around to my logo :) In addition. the filter code is non-optimized, I am going to change that code to use bitwise shifting to escape a lot of those explode/impodes. I have been chatting a bit with Adam (author of o'reilly's php cookbook) who is also on the nyphp mailing list.=20 Anyway, thanks to his suggestions I should have a new version soon that will be faster. -joeldg On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 12:44, Marc Canter wrote: > As our technology spreads around the world =96 it=92s important to keep i= n > mind marketing these technologies.=20 >=20 > =20 >=20 > Not just getting people to use them, but also explaining what the > technologies do, how they=92re used and (most importantly) the benefits > they=92ll have to everyday humans. >=20 > =20 >=20 > That=92s why we name our technologies as close as possible to what they > do: MediaBand, ServerInTheCloset, PeopleAggregator and People=92s DNS. >=20 > =20 >=20 > That=92s also why it=92s important that we maintain separate =91identitie= s=92 > between these technologies =96 as developers out there may choose to mix > and match them with the code they already have. =20 >=20 > =20 >=20 > Not everyone needs a coolio CMS, framework, plumbing platform =96 so we > need to be able to slice out the PeepAgg code from the Drupal code and > let folks use it with their code. Same goes for the pDNS. At the > install stage =96 we=92ll (eventually) let folks decide which pieces they > want=85=85 >=20 > =20 >=20 > But first things first =96 let=92s get it all to work together! >=20 > =20 >=20 > So just to be clear =96 these three projects are separate projects, they > just happen to be given birth within the context of Drupal =96 and god > dammit Drupal it is! >=20 > =20 >=20 > - Marc >=20 > =20 >=20 > P.S. Joel and I have had =91some=92 discussion as to the difference > between People=92s DNS and the PeopleAggregator. That hasn=92t been > entirely resolved, but let=92s leave it at this =93one could CERTAINLY > imagine other FOAF interfaces using the pDNS =96 while they prefer to > NOT use the PeepAgg.=94 >=20 > =20 >=20 > P.P.S. [BTW since I used the ID word above =96 that DOES bring up the > notion of FOAF for code, certainly FOAF for groups and maybe even one > day =96 FOAF for all things (i.e. items, products, services, etc.) Marc > Smith is doing interesting work like that at Microsoft. We DO have > FOAF for groups coming=85=85..] --=20 joeldg - developer, Intercosmos media group. http://lucifer.intercosmos.net |