Matt Lipscomb
Matt Lipscomb is a designer and developer focusing completely on the Joomla! CMS. Hailing from Gadsden, Alabama, Matt's former background is hotel development and management with a focus in online reservation systems. Since 2006 he has been building commercial websites based on the Joomla platform and in 2008 opened up Joomla Web Design by USAFL. He is a member of the Joomla! Leadership Team, and co-manager of the JED and JRD. Matt also serves on the Joomla! Community Magazine as Feature Stories Editor.
Website URL: http://www.usafreelancers.org
The 2010 Video Interviews - Final Selection
During Joomla! Day West 2010 and the Community Leadership Team and Production Leadership Team Summit, Kyle Ledbetter and Jeremy Wilken were asked to produce a series of video interviews with Joomla! Leadership that was in attendance. Additionally, some interviews were done with other members of the community that were there. In this third installment we meet Sam Moffatt and Ian MacLennan as well as yours truly, Matt Lipscomb. They all take a few minutes with us to share their thoughts on the project, community, the impact Joomla! has had on them, and why they love it!
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Insights From: "The Official Joomla! Book" (Part 3)
During Joomla!Day West 2010 Pearson Publishing announced the release of Joomla! Press. The mission of Joomla! Press is to enhance the Joomla! experience by providing useful, well-written, and engaging publications for all segments of the Joomla! Community from beginning users to framework developers. Titles in Joomla! Press are authored by leading experts and contributors in the community.
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The 2010 Video Interviews - Part 3
During Joomla! Day West 2010 and the Community Leadership Team and Production Leadership Team Summit, Kyle Ledbetter and Jeremy Wilken were asked to produce a series of video interviews with Joomla! Leadership that was in attendance. Additionally, some interviews were done with other members of the community that were there. In this third installment we meet Paul Orwig, Sandra Warren, Ron Severdia and Louis Landry. They all take a few minutes with us to share their thoughts on the project, community, the impact Joomla has had on them and why they love it!
Tagged under Leadership Connections
Insights From: "The Official Joomla! Book" (Part 2)
During Joomla!Day West 2010 Pearson Publishing announced the release of Joomla! Press. The mission of Joomla! Press is to enhance the Joomla! experience by providing useful, well-written, and engaging publications for all segments of the Joomla! Community from beginning users to framework developers. Titles in Joomla! Press are authored by leading experts and contributors in the community.
Tagged under Feature Stories
The 2010 Video Interviews - Part 2
During Joomla! Day West 2010 and the Community Leadership Team and Production Leadership Team Summit, Kyle Ledbetter and Jeremy Wilken were asked to produce a series of video interviews with Joomla! Leadership that was in attendance. Additionally, some interviews were done with other members of the community that were there. In this second installment we meet Ryan Ozimek, Andrew Eddie and the guys (Kevin Rice and Jesse Dundon) of Hathway. They all take a few minutes with us to share their thoughts on the project, community, the impact Joomla has had on them and why they love it!
Tagged under Leadership Connections
The 2010 Video Interviews - Part 1
During Joomla! Day West 2010 and the Community Leadership Team and Production Leadership Team Summit, Kyle Ledbetter and Jeremy Wilken were asked to produce a series of video interviews with Joomla! Leadership that was in attendance. Additionally, some interviews were done with other members of the community that were there. In the first two of these released, Peter Martin, Wendy Robinson, Chris Davenport and Mark Dexter share their thoughts on the project, community and why they love Joomla!
Tagged under Leadership Connections
Insights From: "The Official Joomla! Book" (Part 1)
During Joomla!Day West 2010 Pearson Publishing announced the release of Joomla! Press. The mission of Joomla! Press is to enhance the Joomla! experience by providing useful, well-written, and engaging publications for all segments of the Joomla! Community from beginning users to framework developers. Titles in Joomla! Press are authored by leading experts and contributors in the community.
Tagged under Feature Stories
Interview: Paul Orwig, Joomla! Community Magazine Lead Editor
The third evolution of the Joomla! Community Magazine has taken on a life much different than its ancestors. The approach that has been taken with the new JCM team has provided the community with a resource that is already becoming invaluable. We wanted to take a moment to sit down with Paul Orwig, the lead editor, to find out where this approach came from and what's in store for the future.
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Interview: Elin Waring, former Open Source Matters, Inc. President
There are many volunteers throughout the Joomla! community and from time to time we like to highlight substantial contributors that have given a lot of themselves to make for a better project. One such person is Elin Waring.
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Interview: The Joomla! People Portal Admins
With the recent launch of people.joomla.org the community has seen a shift in the way it communicates. The new site, branded as the J!People Portal, launched as a “beta” version on 12 May 2010 and was quietly introduced in a simple blog post. Now, after just over two weeks, the new community networking site boasts involvement of over 2500 community members. We decided to sit down with the two site administrators, Philippe Tassin and Sandra Warren, so we could find out the inside scoop and more!
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