Andrea bought me Free Software Free Society by Richard Stallman (RMS) for Christmas. I haven’t been reading it that fast. It’s one of those books that is much better to read a bit and then mull it over for a bit. The title of this post is the title of the RMS essay that I’ve… Continue reading Why All Computer Users Will Benefit
Author: Ron
Homeschooling dad of 4 (ages 27 - 14), grampy to 3, WordPress core contributor, former farmboy & software developer by profession.
Rennick Media Ltd.
In my year end review I mentioned in the closing paragraph that we would be incorporating a business. In 1995, I incorporated my consulting business first under a numbered company and then later as a named corporation. At the time you could realistically count on a minimum of 4 weeks to register a named corporation.… Continue reading Rennick Media Ltd.
Secure Download for BuddyPress
Andrea & I are using BuddyPress and private groups for the support area of WP eBooks. All of our plugin eBooks include lifetime updates so in planning WP eBooks, we knew we needed a plugin/utility for providing our group members with updates. Until recently, we haven’t needed to provide updates on any of the plugins.… Continue reading Secure Download for BuddyPress
Simple Menus
Andrea & I have been working with the Genesis Theme Framework since it was in alpha. In fact, the theme on this site is Genesis and a customized version of Delicious. To date, I have mostly been working on GenesisBuddy (BuddyPress support for Genesis & Genesis child themes). Over the summer, the folks at StudioPress… Continue reading Simple Menus
Network Plugins
At WordCamp Montreal, August 28-29, 2010, my session was Tweaking plugins to be 3.0 Network-Compatible which was a live coding demo. The plugin that I chose to use for this was AdServe which has not been updated in over 2 1/2 years. You can download my updated version with all the edits from the presentation:… Continue reading Network Plugins
Free as in Speech
About a year ago, I heard someone say, “Free as in speech, not as in beer.” (It was probably Jane Wells.) I think partly because I’m not an American and have never been a “bar” person, it took me a while to get the connection. Whoever said it aside, they were referring to the GPL… Continue reading Free as in Speech