Drupal

It seems like every new site I build, there is a need to pull another node in via Ajax. This can be done with the lightbox overlay or by emptying a div and refilling it with another node.

I have been playing around with Ruby on Rails for the past week.

Everything is so different than Drupal which I have been working with over the past year.  It seems like I spend so much time hacking away at Drupal to properly display my output in a themable manner. Drupal 6 is better but still a bit grey as far as documentation is concerned.

Here is how I would some up the two:
Drupal = a over grown Bonsai Bush that you have to hack down to size.

Ruby on Rails =  a sparse tree that you only grow the leaves you need.

I am not much of a facebook user but am totally impressed after downloading the app. Facebook has made it so easy to add photos, find out what your friends are doing and chat. Native iphone apps are key because the UI stays on the phone rather than having to be rendered in the browser. Native apps also give you access to the camera and gps which allows for even more functionality.

Wordpress has a cool blogging app also. It allows you to quickly blog photos on the run etc.

I am typing this on my iphone but Drupal does not have a native app. Using the xmlrpc api it should be pretty simple to code one. Adding content to drupal from the iphone is not that easy. I had to create a new mobile user then switched the theme for that user. This allowed me to lighten up the UI and provide just the links that I will actually use. I have also formatted the node form fields to fit the browser width.