The WordPress plugin repository contains many nifty plugins. We take a closer look at three in particular that can extend the functionality of your WordPress installation.

Mission, vision, and value statements can help define small businesses, corporations, and movements – including FOSS.

Patent law is a very imperfect tool for establishing moral culpability. Whether you favor patents or not, it is important to face the fact that patent law is a construct of the business world. Patents protect opportunities for patent holders and restrict opportunities for others – all for some supposedly greater purpose, we are told, but in any case, none of this ever has the clarity that will allow you to point your finger at a violator as you would at someone who stole your car. So I don’t have a lot of faith in patents, but I still have a feeling you’ll do better in life if you come up with your own solutions.

OSCON always manages to change with the times without giving up the original vision of community and new ideas.