Quote: "CMS... those three letters usually stand for Content Management System. It's something a lot of startups in 2001 went out of business writing. At one point it seems as though I knew at least 15 different developers who were all trying to make the perfect system. And cash in. Trouble is, because a couple of highly incompetent companies were making really terrible software and charging outrageous sums of money for licensing and consultation, everyone and their brother started making their own solutions. I can still remember the joy with which I watched Broadvision go down in flames. Nothing like seeing a company be forced into a 1 for 9 reverse stock split. As long as it's the other guys company anyway... Anyway, that's basically what blog software is. Which means any one who has a blog, has used a software solution that companies were charging millions for just a few years ago. Things have developed so far that basic installations are amazingly simple, and many average users have started running their own. If you have been playing with the idea of getting serious about blogging (or you just haven't found that perfect blog service yet) then you may want to check out opensourceCMS.com. They have loads of information on quite a few of the available packages, as well as basic background information you may need in order to figure out what you are doing. The best thing they offer though are the live demos. Every CMS they have on their site includes a standard install with access to an admin account. You can run it through it's paces to try to get a better feel for what you might be getting yourself into. That's a lot nicer than mucking about with multiple installations on your own machine." (via DD) Link
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
