January 15, 2021
On January 15, 2001, exactly 20 years ago, I released Drupal 1.0.0 into the world. I was 22 years old, and just finished college. At the time, I had no idea that Drupal would someday power 1 in 35 websites, and impact so many people globally.
As with anything, there are things Drupal did right, and things we could have...
Today, on Drupal's 20th birthday, we are kicking off celebrations that will last throughout 2021. Together, let’s celebrate 20 years of Drupal and our Community - the inspired makers that keep Drupal...
January 13, 2021
January 11, 2021
At the beginning of every year, I like to publish a retrospective to look back and take stock of how far Acquia has come over the past 12 months. I take the time to write these retrospectives because I want to keep a record of the changes we've gone through as a company. It also helps me track my thinking and personal growth year over year.
If you'd like to read my previous retrospectives, you can find them here:...
January 6, 2021
Every day, millions of new web pages are added to the internet. Most of them are unstructured, uncategorized, and nearly impossible for software to understand. It irks me.
Look no further than Sir Tim Berners-Lee's Wikipedia page:
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January 4, 2021
I enjoyed reading Vitalik's 2020 endnotes. Vitalik is one of the founders of Ethereum, and one of the most interesting people in the world to follow right now.
Like Vitalik, I'm interested in economic systems, multi-stakeholder coordination, and...
December 22, 2020
Brussels sprouts in BrusselsWe went on a holiday walk with my sister, and stumbled upon a Brussels sprout field that overlooks Brussels' skyline. Meta!
December 21, 2020
I recently had the opportunity to be on a panel at Web Summit with Mitchell Baker, the co-founder and CEO of Mozilla, and Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic. We talked about the power of Open Source and the Open Web.
In 2020, the threat to the web's openness has gained more...
December 17, 2020
Last week, Drupalists gathered virtually for DrupalCon Europe 2020. As a matter of tradition, I delivered my State of Drupal keynote. You can watch a recording of my keynote, download a copy of my slides (146 MB), or read the brief summary below.
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December 16, 2020
Yesterday Mozilla released Firefox 84 with native support for Apple's new M1 chip. The result? Firefox launches over 2.5 times faster and web applications are twice as responsive. Impressive!
These performance improvements are the result of Apple's M1 being an ARM-based processor, rather than the...