I presume that there are a few fellow academic technologists out there that are wondering: “How do I build a collaboration hub, a social-network, a portal for students or faculty to share their ideas, interests, and information without costing my institution an arm-and-leg?” Soon you’ll turn to open sourceware.
What is all this hooplah about Google Wave? I’ve seen the videos. I’ve seen dozens of people groveling for invitations, but what for?
I’m still trying to figure out why I needed a Google Voice account? I set it up, tested briefly, and found no use for it. I can see how the transcription feature might be nice, but until it actually transcribes properly it proves trivial.
Why do we need a new slightly-synchronous communication tool? My institution does not even use instant messaging. So why all the hype?
– Posted from my iPhone
Another feature I enjoy about the WordPress platform is its easy updates. I just updated four different self-hosted WP sites that I maintain in an hour. The reason it took so long was that I was busy taking breaks in between clicking the update button by watching the Yanks win game 4 of ALCS. I also updated all of their plugins right from the admin dashboard. This is not something you can do in Drupal.
WordPress 1, Drupal 0
Don’t ask me which site I came across this on, because my web meandering has taken on many paths at this point and I’m a bit sleepy. 
Freshout, the original creators of the Flutter plugin for WordPress have planted a seed. Being an equally passionate Drupal and WordPress developer I find it encouraging to see the phrase: “Flutter is CCK for WordPress.” Allelujah!
I had to see what it was all about so I instantly downloaded the plugin and started looking for documentation. It is scarce! Thanks to Devin at WordPressTheming.com for providing a few video tutorials on implementing Flutter for a design portfolio.
In the end I think that Flutter is a robust solution for CMS enhancements to WordPress, but I’m hoping the WordPress community will come up with something better. Perhaps Matt Mullenweg will collab with Freshout?
I woke up with a craving for cider donuts again. Dragged the fiancé over to the local Sunnyside farm, and got a special treat. While we were waiting for the first batch of warm ones, we got to check out their greenhouse full of carved pumpkins. I snapped a few shots on my iPhone:
Napolean Dyn-o-latern
Hall of Pumpkins
