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Is CodeIgniter Actually Open Source?

Hop Studios uses code written by EllisLab every day, and we’re watching each day for the drop of ExpressionEngine 2.0, which will be based on the CodeIgniter PHP framework.  While we wait, I was musing about how EE is often admonished for not being open source, while CodeIgniter’s status as such is seemingly overlooked.

Truthdig Nominated for Another Webby

Is it April already?  It seems like just a year ago we were congratulating Truthdig on its Webby nominations, and amazingly, there they are again!

This time, they’re one of five chosen in the Politics category.

SxSW Photos

This was supposed to be a post about SxSW, that’s right, a post about a conference that Hop Studios attended a month ago. But now it’s a post about why this post is a month late. SxSW, unlike most conferences, has no downtime, you are running from daybreak to way, way after sunset…

Rachael Joins Hop Studios

You’ve seen a few posts on this blog from a new name.  That’s because there’s someone new at Hop Studios.

Maggie Helping

It is really wonderful to work in a relaxed office environment like Hop Studios. As you can see from this photo, some of us are more relaxed than others… This is Maggie lying on the laptop. She was really effective in helping me get more work done yesterday.