In the new edition of Red Hat magazine, Lyceum chief software architect John Joseph Bachir has a fantastic article about the Lyceum project. JJB provides a complete overview of the project – the rationale behind its conception, key design decisions, security and spam strategies, and project management. For folks who want secure, scalable multi-user multi-blog services (that are free and open source), this article should shed some very valuable insight.
As Lyceum has hit the .31 Milestone, I’d really encourage people to give it a try. Thousands around the net have downloaded and installed Lyceum, and we’re getting great feedback from the community. There are a number of outstanding tasks for developers interested in getting in early on a project that has serious value and staying power. This summer, I’ll be devoting a bigger chunk of my time to PM and community-enrichment activities for Lyceum (we recently received a $25,000 grant from the Smallwood foundation), so consider this an invite for OS developers to explore the project.
The Red Hat Magazine article, coupled with my forthcoming article in Reference Services Review, should provide good support material for libraries and universities exploring the deployment of scalable multi-user/multi-blog installations. For these institutions willing to install and deploy Lyceum, we’ll be providing no-charge, close support to the first few use cases. We’re really interested in seeing Lyceum on campus – we feel it perfectly fits the blogging needs of libraries and universities. Please feel free to contact me at fred at metalab.unc.edu if you’re interested.
