Fenix Blog (2010 / January)

Why You’ll Hate Drupal

January 28th, 2010

I have a search I monitor in my Twitter client for “drupal“. As the awareness of the tool grows in traditional and new media (especially following the high-profile relaunch of whitehouse.gov), the relative backlash in the feed is startling.

I don’t really blame people, though. Drupal probably isn’t for them, and drupal.org and most Drupal advocates are doing a terrible job of setting expectations. So much so that I feel this trend of pushing Drupal onto everyone for everything is hurting Drupal’s reputation and perception.

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Company intranets as a community

January 11th, 2010

We are often asked how to make the company intranet more useful and appealing for employees and with the use of social media tools there are plenty of possibilities out there for you. We no longer live in a time where people accept being talked at – your employees want to see value and be heard. So we’ve put together a list of things to consider when building or re-building your intranet.

  1. Consider existing communities
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