Nate Angell: raised by wolves, accidental open-source evangelist

Experiencing three days of purposefully and accidentally thought-provoking speakers at Portland's recent Inverge and Cre8Con conferences leaves me feeling, well, thoughtful and provoked. Some of the presentations were predictable, some were compelling, but nearly all of them generated further reflection on what is and what will be.  read more »

Kudos to walkah et al for their work on the Drupal OpenID module and getting OpenID into core for Drupal 6!

By default, OpenID in Drupal 5 and 6 defaults to present regular Drupal authentication first, giving the user the option to toggle to authenticate via OpenID. read more »

I just installed my first Drupal 6.0 version (RC4), which took a total of about 3.5 minutes. You can visit the resulting (minimalist) site at:

test.mediapede.org read more »

O how I want to Flock in the morning. O how I want to Flock in the eve.

But I can't because Flock can't authenticate me to my OpenID, Drupal blog.

Flockstars take notice: OpenID critical mass is growing. Take a look at OpenID support in these flocky sites and at least let us know what you all are thinking about integrating OpenID support in Flock (very partial list): read more »

Recently returned from the Open Source Content Management Systems (OSCMS 2007) gathering held at the Yahoo! campus in Sunnyvale, CA. read more »

I'm now keeping a recipe cataloging the technologies and configuration that drive this xolotl.org site.

Continue to check the recipe as the site evolves.

Once the site reaches a certain maturity, I'm thinking to build a Drupal install profile to make it easier for others to duplicate this installation.

Following is basic information about the technology behind this xolotl.org blogging website. This page will be updated as the site continues to evolve. read more »

With some work, I've now enabled OpenID user authentication. It would have been a lot easier if I weren't running Drupal 5 (for which a core OpenID module is not yet ready) or using a shared host (which meant I don't control PHP at the system level). read more »