I appreciate everyone's patience while we get up to speed on how JomSocial integrates with the JoomlaChicago website!  We're working on a new site design right now, but as we know, "form follows function." Frankly, we're still learning about all the "functions" which Azrul has built into this puppy, so we don't want to rush the design (too much). 

If you would like to help out on building out the social-end of the site, let me know! That's what JoomlaChicago is here for: for YOU to learn how to get the most out of Joomla! CMS. That means you're better off breaking this site than yours, when trying out new stuff! ;)

Cheers!

We're excited that the folks over at The Acquity Group stepped up to produce a great one-hour presentation for JoomlaChicago tomorrow. They'll be doing an unvarnished comparison and contrast of four of the top Open Source Web CMS solutions for enterprise:

 - Joomla!
 - Drupal
 - Alfresco
 - Magnolia

Last year, we compared Joomla! and Drupal. The goal at the end of the day is to see which WCM is best suited for certain situations. We'll be posting the report online. Stay tuned!

Yup. Leave 'em wantin' more.

Ed Swiderski made Chicago proud, when he showed them all that ya really gotta be willing to walk away, in order to stand out from the crowd. A few episodes back, Ed, who was clearly a contender - chose to leave the show, in order to keep his job.

Swiderski Wisdom Lesson #1: Women like men. They like men even more when they have a job.

Well, apparently, without the Clark Kent of the Bachelorette on-set, the ABC executives came-a-callin' after Ed high-tailed it back to Chicago. OK, maybe he called them and pleaded to come back on the show when he realized nights out with the boyz was gettin' old. We'll never know.

Maybe the time away helped Ed realize his feelings for Jillian? Ah, the double-edged power of the Takeaway is strong, glasshoppa. No matter, abscence does make the heart grow fonder, and now, Ed's back on the scene, wooing Jillian.

Y'all keep up with Ed, and wish them all well in the coming episodes, as Jillian whittles down her list of available hunka-hunkas. Maybe she'll choose our friend, Bachelor Ed!

Good luck Ed and Jillian! - From your pals back in Chicago!  When the crazyness dies down, c'mon back to JoomlaChicago! Oh, and bring a friend! ;).

See Ed and Jillian on ABC's The Bachelorette.