It’s now official where and when the Plone Conference 2008 will be held. The winner is Washington DC and the dates are October 8 – 10 preceded by two days of Plone training sessions, and followed by 2-3 days of sprinting.
Congratulations to Alex Clark and the ZPUGDC!
I’d like to openly disclose that I voted for the DC proposal, although it would have been more convenient for me personally to attend a conference in Europe. My vote this year was for a change of continent.
I hope I will be able to attend and see you there!
[tags]plone, ploneConf2008, conference, Washington DC, Washington, DC, CMS, open source, community, development, dev, sprint, ZPUGDC, Alex Clark[/tags]
Today I was inspired by a comment left by Alexander on my last post about Plone icons in Media Wiki.
I had totally forgot that also other elements of the original Plone icon set have spread like wildfire all over them there internets. For instance this ‘Print’ icon:
Chances are that you have already seen this icon somewhere on the web or in an application. I can remember even spotting it in the classic slsk (Soulseek) p2p client.
‘So, what’s the competition?’ I hear you murmur. Well, send me all your weirdest spottings of the Plone Print (printer) icon in the wild by Saturday the 22nd of March, and I’ll draw a winner that will receive an American Apparel T-shirt (in the size of their choosing) with signed version of the original Printer artwork on it.
Happy hunting!
[tags]plone, cms, icon, icons, slsk, soulseek, competition, americanapparel, t-shirt, vidarandersen, blacktar, print, printer[/tags]
If you happen to visit Wikipedia or Wikileaks from time to time, chances are you’ve seen this faceless person sitting on top of the page staring down at you:
However, chances are that you’ve probably never really asked yourself where it comes from. Then again, who in their right mind would?
Closeup:
Funny thing is, this (among others on Wikipedia) is actually from the original icon set of the Plone CMS. Media Wiki later, as a testament to the amazing work of the Plone CSS developer team, shall we say ‘borrowed’ the Plone CSS – and the icons. Then Wikipedia and Wikileaks made use of Media Wiki and the rest is – as they say – history. So now you know.
Funny thing for me is, I actually made this and the original Plone icon set. ;)
Please leave a comment if you have seen other Plone icons in the wild.
[tags] plone, cms, vidarandersen, blacktar, icon, icons, wikipedia, mediawiki, wiki, wikileaks, design, css [/tags]
It’s over a week since the Plone Conference 2007 in Naples, Italy but I’ll try to wrap up my highlights from the third and last day regardless of the lag.
At the socializing dinner on the evening of the second day I had the unexpected fortune of finding myself seated at a table next to Roberto Allende from Menttes and Plone Cono Sur. He seemed like an interesting guy, so I decided to check out his speak “Plone Cono Sur: creating a Plone users group from scratch” on the following day.
Long story short: That speak really made my day. It was both funny and highly motivating. Watch it for yourself:
So as soon as I got back to Cologne I got in touch with the local Zope and Python User Groups with the goal of contributing as much as I can. Let’s hope we’ll have A PZP (Python Zope Plone) User Group in the region soon.
Lastly I’d like to thank Luiciano Ramalho for the neat t-shirt. I’ve never slept with a Brazilian before. It was, uh… special. ;)
[tags]plone, ploneconf2007, conference, speak, motivational, rheinland, cologne, usergroup, rzug, dzug, zope, python, conosur, menttes, Roberto Allende, Luiciano Ramalho[/tags]
If there was a general theme to take home at the Plone Conference 2007 in Naples, Italy on the second day of the conference – beside from Plone now being officially trademarked – it has to be that “Plone is a Product” and “Plone is Democracy”.
Now everybody repeat after me… No, seriously – all together now! :)
I think “Plone is a Product” is a very important statement. It really helps to explain that “Plone is not technology” and it’s a helpful ‘tool’ to position and ’sell’ Plone, both for the community and people new to Plone.
“Plone is Democracy” tells a powerful story with only three words. Plone is open for anyone who wishes to participate. Plone is you.
[tags] plone, ploneconf2007, conference, naples, italy, community, software, people, social, mantra, positioning, marketing, branding, trademark[/tags]
