As some of you know, I developed the Karma module for Drupal. You can see it in action right here, in Free Software Magazine, when you “vote” for (or against!) other user’s comments. While I know Drupal quite well, I must say that my Javascript skills are quite poor. I developed what I could, and then got stuck. So, I ended up asking for help in the JQuery mailing list, explaining what I was doing, and what I needed. The response was immediate, and extremely helpful. I ended up working with Jake McGraw, on the other side of the world.

As you may have noiced, we have recently changed our hosting service. Changing provider can be difficult—I had to effectively install a brand new server, and move all the data and configuration across. It was a time consuming and risky move: we had never dealt with 3fn before and, as far as we knew, the move could have been a disaster. After 2 weeks with them, I can honestly say that I am deeply impressed. This interview was not part of the deal we had with them—it was my own initiative, after seeing just how fantastic they were.