PHP for Designers (or Wanting to Drive Your Sister's Cadillac)

"Why use parentheses instead of brackets?" These are the types of basic questions asked by designers learning PHP. Such questions befuddle instructors and annoy developer-types in PHP classes, but making PHP accessible to designers is a huge leap toward advancing Drupal adoption. Drupal instructors are fumbling to create PHP courses that are designer-friendly and don't scare away this huge group of potential Drupal users.

And designers are hungry to learn PHP. While they've been walking down the website creation street with their bag of design, CSS and HTML tricks, their PHP-literate sister is zooming by in her shiny black Cadillac.

Design Matters at OpenGovDC

With fewer than 50 tickets remaining, we're expecting a full house at OpenGovDC! To cap off the day we have an amazing line up of panelists to teach us about the changing practices of design in the government space.

Open Source vs. Vendor-Provided Software: Comparing Them Side by Side

Open source software applications are becoming an increasingly viable alternative to vendor provided commercial software. Jeff Walpole explores the differences between these types of software, and the pros and cons of each alternative in a new article written for Idealware, a 501c3 nonprofit that provides candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits. Read and download the full article from the Idealware website.