Looks like the next stop is tagged compatible (and stable) versions of Kronblr+nuclear-apikit. Seems more solid to do it that way then to work out of constantly changing dev versions.

In somewhat of a specific spin-off of a post made by Jane on the WordPress Blog and more aimed at use on Melative I wrote up a wee page on my thoughts of Open Source UI here.

I think it would be kinda cool.

Well I thought it would probably be a good idea to log all this down in case I need it in the future. After trying out nginx+spawn-fcgi and having dismal problems with 502 errors my friend Ryan suggested I use php-fpm instead. It’s what he uses on his servers to get a good speed and stability for his sites.

The whole process probably took me about 5 hours in total. The steps are quite easy but I had issues with switching my DNS and forgetting to compile essential items into PHP. I also had to migrate an existing WordPress setup (using the same domain name thank goodness) which not everyone has to do of course as well as troubleshooting a bleeding edge copy of Kronblr.

Note: This isn’t a tutorial as such, it’s all the steps I need to remember in case I need to do this again in the future. But take what you will :)! Watch out for my randomly changing perspective in this post. It’s not very consistent from a writer’s view. read more…

I am in no way qualified in any technical field. I just know I can learn things and that I have a knack for picking up how things run. This takes effort. It is not something that always clicks straight away, many days may be required to come to an understanding.

Even when I do come to an understanding of something, unless I live and breathe that subject I am frozen, unable to communicate how it works. The passing of information is often a large hurdle, which as of yet I have rarely managed to pass. This can be due to the disinterest of others or perhaps the method of my delivery not being conducive to learning.

I am beginning to see that with FMP and the goals that Ryan is striving to achieve many of those we believe would benefit do not understand what we are trying to do. Maybe this is because we do not yet fully live and breathe our subject, maybe the subject is too large and expansive in our minds that we cannot pass it on correctly or maybe we aren’t delivering the message in the right way at the right time.

Whatever the reason I think it’s something we need to tackle. This lack of understandable communication is something that we have to get on top of thus making it easier to talk to others who can help make our ideas work. Then again if we don’t balance the need to network and discuss and grow our ideas with like minded individuals against those who would as end users benefit we could end up locked on either side. Tied to a group of people who are great at inventing but not implementing or stuck forever on the fringe of the developers with lots of vocal end user support but with no clear and defined vision and nothing to show for our talk.

With FMP, Kronblr and the many ideas I talk over with Ryan, I tend to come away mulling on what we have discussed. Often I don’t click immediately as to what Ryan is talking to me about due to a lack of knowledge and terminology understanding. Most often when I do click I cannot think of anything of value to add to the conversation. I know this lag in understanding is due to my attention split. If it was the focus of what I do it would work much better, I could discuss and mull over much more. Unfortunately the needs of my family and employer take up a lot of my time.

This is a frustrating situation because although I do not understand all the technical details I grasp the FMP concept that Ryan has discussed with me. I understand it’s purpose and it’s place in the future of social interactions on the Internet. However I haven’t come to that living and breathing stage in which I find it easy to express the ideas with others. No matter how many times we talk with other bloggers about the subject many of them just glaze over. This is not on purpose on their part, it is on our side that we are unable to articulate what it is we are trying to achieve.

As much as I struggle to understand things when I have the grounding in the subject those who have no information at all seem hopelessly lost. I want to change this, I want FMP to succeed and for it to do so we need to find a way to express what it is and how it works on all levels. End users to middle adapters to developers all need to know how it works for them and in a way that they can understand simply.