CNN using Drupal
Cable news network CNN just released CNNgo.com into beta, fully developed with Drupal. CNNgo is a guide to six of Asia's greatest cities. What is interesting about the site is that they are looking to complement their professional editors with local bloggers, opinion makers, and the very people that form the soul of these cities.
As a traditional publisher, you have to figure out how to turn audiences into participants because it opens the doors for better advertising and new monetization opportunities. I think CNNgo.com is a great example of how companies like CNN can use the power of Drupal to implement a social media strategy through an add-on site.
Farm in the fog
Taken on the drive up to New Hampshire for our third Acquia Leadership Off-site.
Rutgers using Drupal
Axl running on the beach
For my mother, who checks my website every day looking for new pictures of my boys. She always tells me: "You're always writing about this Drupal thing. That doesn't interest me. I don't understand any of that. All I want is more pictures of Axl and Stan.". :)
Heine Deelstra and Drupal security
Heine Deelstra, Drupal's security team lead, gave a great presentation about Drupal security at DrupalCon Paris. First, the presentation provides a short overview of the most common security issues, their consequences and how you can use the Drupal API to prevent them. The second half of the talk is devoted to string handling and cross site scripting (XSS). A must watch for all Drupal developers.
Last week, the Drupal security team fixed a security bug in the OpenID implementation that is part of Drupal core. Heine deserves some extra thanks for his work in fixing the OpenID bugs in core - very few active contributors in the community have a deep understanding of the OpenID code, and Heine's efforts went way beyond the usual as he sought to understand the specification and correct the flaws. Great job, Heine, and the rest of the security team!
