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Joomla Wins Best Free CMS for 2015

We use the Joomla! open-source Content Management System (CMS) for our work. There are a number of such systems, but the Big Three are WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. Which is the best is generally a tug of war between those three. The website CMSCritic.com just awarded Joomla is award for Best Free CMS for 2015. Three cheers for the entire Joomla ecosystem!

Does Your Web Site Need a Lock?

You may not notice the lock icon beside the "www.openfacesystems.com" in your browser's address bar, but it's there for a reason. This lock icon means two things

that a trusted 3rd party vouches for us that we are indeed openfacesystems.com and
that all the data going between you and us is encrypted and safe from prying eyes

Intersting Links and Such

Brent's Bookmarks

21 November 2024

How to Do Great Work
Long-form, old-school piece, but still great advice.
Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software
Amen! One of the previous engineers where I once worked had spent lots and lots of time solving problems that didn't actually exist.
There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes
Scary stuff: clearly automotive networks need better security
The Extraordinary Ways Rhythm Shapes Our Lives
Like I've said since college "everything resonates"
The modern way of serving images
Making images truly responsive is hard. Here's the current thinking on the subject.
Linear Algebra
Apparently one of the standout open courses from MIT. Linear Algebra.
Librarian is a static site generator inspired by Hugo and built in PHP
Yeah, I know. Why not just use Hugo? For all us PHP heads out there.