Du Vien Trang is a Freelance Web Designer / Developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is his portfolio, blog and digital playground.

There has been a buzz about Cooliris (formerly Piclens) for quite some time now and i'm surprised i haven't yet tried it out until now. Wow, i must say it really does live up to its expectations, the photo browsing application really does add a whole new dimension to viewing a gallery of photos.  read more »

Congratulations! to Elgg that has been featured as the best open source social networking platform in InfoWorld's 2008 Best Of Open Source Awards.

TroubleshootingWiki.org is a new website designed to provide users with comprehensive, free guides on software troubleshooting. This site intends to help users eliminate the potential problems that might arise while working with various applications.

It is often difficult finding a resource that is focused on providing quality, relevant, and free information on software troubleshooting at one central location. Launched initially with over 20 tutorials covering different Content Management Systems and other software, TroubleshootingWiki.org is expected to grow into an exhaustive troubleshooting resource where users are able to add their own tips and tricks.
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It's happen before and it's happen again... Another fork of Mambo CMS.

Couple of years ago, there was a split due to some disagreements between the Mambo committee and core developers, and the core developers along with some of the working group members decided to walk out on the Mambo project. A week later they formed their own open source project named Joomla. Joomla is a fork of Mambo as it uses the existing codebase from the Mambo CMS.  read more »

Talk from The So. Cal. Linux Expo, Febuary 8-10, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA - Roy Rubin - Building an Ecommerce Site with Open Source Tools / An Overview of Open Source Commerce Solutions.

The talk isn't just about Magento, the first half of the session covers other popular open source ecommerce product in the present market.