Good morning from the land down under and welcome to World Plone Day 2010! It’s right on the hour (well, just after now) and 28 April 2010 — and yes, that’s World Plone Day to the uninitiated. To celebrate and to mark the occasion, I’ll be holding a bit of a discussion today about what Plone is, why it’s so useful, and what we, as users, are hanging out for in Plone 4 and above. But, what fun is that without sweets to eat?  And what’s potentially tastier than Plone?  Plone cupcakes!

Thanks to some great work by my lovely partner, she’s whipped up some cupcakes for WPD.  I didn’t do much save for helping with design and icing — woo!  Here’s the end results:

Okay, so the CMYK colour might be a little off and I’m thinking I’m not conforming to all Plone logo usage guidelines but they look good.  Haven’t tasted them yet but I’m sure they’ll be excellent.  I had thought of a line like “Open Source never tasted so sweet”, but I think I’ll let that go.

Viva la World Plone Day!

Taking a little time out from the professional blogging, here’s a page out of my personal side of things. (more…)

Welcome to my new website and in particular, my new blog. My aim is to use this site now and slowly (but surely!) move away from the old haunts of Wikidot. It’s especially intelligent considering that I’m actually paying for webspace on a yearly basis (albeit not much money) but I figure I should be using it all the same.

So, without further ado – I declare my new site open for business. Much like Queensland Transport and the local city council around here, the road is under construction. So, please don’t blame me (to my face ) for any potholes you might hit.  It’s a work in progress, so bear with me!

Lots of fun, games, pain, and Plone are to come.  Seems almost ironic I’m using WordPress as my CMS whilst I spout the joys (et cetera) of Plone all the time.  For all those people who are curious (oh, there’s plenty I’m sure…): my shared webhost here doesn’t offer Python, and I’m not paying for a dedicated server.  Short and simple; it’s about the money (when is it not).

So, stay tuned!