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BlogFile is a simple, very light weight blog system which is entirely housed in a single PHP file. It provides basic templating, a simple markdown format, simple comment spam protection, an automatic karma system, and the ability to add both blog posts and static pages.

Date: Released on May 7, 2012
Time: Development ~30 hours
Technology: PHP/MySQL
Licence: WTFPL
Github URL: https://github.com/samlev/blogfile

MICO (formerly Mantis) is a simple application for taking down and tracking phone calls. I designed it out of a need for a simple way to take down phone calls at work. Using email and instant messaging made following up calls difficult, but using a full blown task tracker lacked flexibility. Mantis is designed to make taking a call as painless as possible, while giving the users the ability to easily track and follow up on calls.

Date: Started September 2010, First Release on October 31, 2010
Time: Development ~100-150 hours
Technology: ExtJS/Sencha user interface, talking to a PHP/MySQL server side API.
Licence: GNU Lesser General Public Licence version 3.0
Download: Home page

Yesterday I attended day one of the 2009 Open Source Developer's Conference. There was good company, some great talks, and a nice setting. I'm a little sad that I can't attend today and tomorrow, also, but I'm back to work today.

The Open Source movement is in full swing. More and more sites are using and adapting open source solutions to run their businesses, and why shouldn't they? The cost is low, the support is easy to come by, and the software does what you want, and more.