I thought the title was going to lead to a rant about the web isolating people socially, but actually this shows some of the real power of web (at least for people with hot enough connections) to enable people to share...

maybe especially cool for connecting with shut-in friends/relatives. The web is about connecting and here's another great expression of that potential.

Okay, I'm sold enough to give it a try. But I'm not a graphics professional... just a coder who doesn't have the bucks for PS.

It may work for the occasional tweaking, but are there any graphics pros out there that have tried this?

Although the title has link-bait value, if taken seriously I would say that it basically reveals an author with limited vision.

In my experience there are nearly no documents (that have any significant value to me) that I would not want to see "webified". I love the options provided - to excerpt, cut/paste, add links, etc. Needless to say... no big scribd fan here.

I was in the dark about Acquia vis-a-vis Drupal. So, FYI (from wikipedia.org/wiki/drupal):

"In 2007, a Drupal-focused company, Acquia, was created by Drupal project lead Dries Buytaert and Jay Batson. Acquia announced a subscription-based service for Drupal at Drupalcon Boston 2008 and started services with Acquia Drupal, a distribution based on Drupal 6, in September 2008. Subscriptions include one or more Drupal distributions, a set of companion network-supplied value-add services, and access to a Technical Assistance Center."

I guess here's answer to question my wife often asks me, "why do people dedicate their time/energy to "free" open source software." Sometimes it places you right to make some money through support/special_features.

And the key word in this title: correlation

Part (or all) the correlation may come from the extra money ( = staff time) to invest in social media.

I keep 1 high priority email account that beeps me with any new message. And several others with assigned purposes.

This enables me to stay (best I can) focused on "code alone" ( plus HN for breaks ;).

I've got to go with the "none" crowd.

I don't consider coding an easy or natural activity to me... until I really get into sort of a zone. Sometimes I have to close my eyes (as well as ears) and stop staring at the screen... so that complete lack of input lets my brain percolate a fresh way of looking at a project.

What can I say? There's lots of different mind-styles out there. Took me a long time to find my own.

Did he just ask, in effect, "Why do developers develop communities, but testers don't?"

I can't resist answering, "Because testers would much rather test communities."

But actually, I'm serious: It takes a different mind-set (IMHO) to be a great tester than it does to be a great developer - and it probably is the latter that are inclined to build (develop) a community.