Drupal.org Finally Upgrades to Drupal 6

Anyone that has done a lot of work in Drupal knows what a complete pain it is to upgrade from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6.  The change was dramatic, and many vital Drupal 5 modules still haven’t been upgraded to work in Drupal 6.  For many sites,...

Go Daddy: Using Interface Design to Manipulate People into Buying Stuff

Due to low prices and marketing muscle, Go Daddy is the first name that comes to mind for me when I think of domain registration.  Over the years, I have purchased a series of domain names that I manage through the site, and have even bought hosting services from them out of convenience on occasion. ...

Five Ways the Pickens Plan is Using Social Networking to Build Public Support

A few weeks ago one of the projects Bivings works on, the Pickens Plan, won a Reed Award for best use of social networking technology.  Since its launch in July, the Pickens Plan has recruited 1.4 million supporters and built a social network, Push.PickensPlan.com, consisting of 200,000 hardcore activists. 

Following are a couple of the key elements of the Pickens Plans’...

RNC Chair’s Race Made For Twitter

Today, the Republican National Committee is electing a new Chair at their winter meetings.  The Chair is elected through a series of secret ballots, the results of which are announced to the folks attending the meetings. This kind of event is made for Twitter, as tons of people in the room as posting results in real time. ...

Pickens Plan Web Program Wins Reed Award

Last week a project we work on, the Pickens Plan, won a Reed Award for best use of social networking technology.  The Reed Award is put on by Campaign & Elections’ Politics Magazine and recognizes excellence in political communication.  The award was given in recognition of Push.PickensPlan.com, a Ning-based social network that has attracted around 200,000 members who support the principles of the Pickens Plan. ...