17 Feb 2009

Unsung and uncredited mambo and joomla heroes

Written by Brian Teeman
thank you

It is time to say thank you to the uncredited photographers who provided all the images included in joomla (and mambo before that).

I've been thinking for a while that I really should say thank you to these photographers who never recieved any credit for their work.

On Sunday Jan 25 at 02:22:29 Rob Schley ended an era and removed the images from images/stories for Joomla 1.6 and Steve Burge listed these images in his Top ten things to explain to joomla learners.

These photographs have been used since some time in 2004 and due to an oversight at the time the photographers were never credited.

Now is the time to put that right and give them the credit they are due and to say thank you.

I wonder if they even realised that their work has been downloaded millions of times and included on countless websites.

The photos

articlesJoomla image name article.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/150252
Photographer Peter Kortleve
Location Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
Website www.hartenvanhelden.nl

clockJoomla image name clock.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/139134
Photographer Matthew Bowden
Location Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom
Website www.digitallyrefreshing.com

keyJoomla image name key.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/136607
Photographer Gail Rau
Location Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Website
www.starsignsystems.co.za

pastarchivesJoomla image name pastarchives.jpg
Original image
Photographer
Location
Website

taking_notesJoomla image name taking_notes.jpg
Original image
Photographer
Location
Website

web_linksJoomla image name web_links.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/101035
Photographer Matthew Bowden
Location Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom
Website www.digitallyrefreshing.com

breadJoomla image name bread.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/158765
Photographer Dyana By
Location pn, pn, Italy
Website
www.stampabiancoenero.it

bunJoomla image name bun.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/148751
Photographer Matthew Bowden
Location Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom
Website www.digitallyrefreshing.com

coffeeJoomla image name coffee.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/115138
Photographer Matthew Bowden
Location Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom
Website www.digitallyrefreshing.com

milkJoomla image name milk.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/162730
Photographer Iliana
Location agordo, bl, Italy
Website www.100magenta.com

cherryJoomla image name cherry.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/159684
Photographer Matthias Lutsch
Location Hassfurt, Frankenland, Germany
Website

pearsJoomla image name pears.jpg
Original image
Photographer
Location
Website

peasJoomla image name peas.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/157477
Photographer Matthias Lutsch
Location Hassfurt, Frankenland, Germany
Website

strawberryJoomla image name strawberry.jpg
Original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/160407
Photographer Andrew Hiller
Location PoznaƱ, WLKP, Poland
Website
http://expressive-one.com


Thank you for your contribution Andrew, Matthias, Iliana, Matthew, Dyana, Gail, Peter.

As you can see I am missing details for a few of the photographs, perhaps you can fnd them.

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About Brian Teeman

  • As a co-founder of Joomla! and OpenSourceMatters Inc I've never been known to be lacking an opinion or being too afraid to express it.

    Despite what some people might think I'm a shy and modest man who doesnt like to blow his own trumpet or boast about achievements.

    But it seems that no blog exists without an "About" page so rather than talk about what an amazingly great guy I am and list all the things I've achieved (and failed at) in life from my Cycling Proficiency Test in 1976 to winning an award for the "UK Individual Contribution to Open / Source" in 2005 here are some links.

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