Impressive Video Tool
I really have nothing to say about this, other than that I just thought it was incredibly impressive (well that, and I'm pretty sure the first sample video was from Barcelona). http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/15/fixing-video-with-photographs/
New Drupal Site and Better Media Management
There’s a new site being featured on Drupal.org that does some pretty cool things with media management. If you get a chance, take a read through http://drupal.org/node/288658 and check out some of the features of the site. The highlight is definitely the media management system (Scald, which looks like it might borrow some concepts from Achieve's own Asset Manager.
Your Personal Brand
I've certainly pulled some posts from Andrew Tokeleys' blog in the past, so some of you may have already seen this. I thought it was a very insightful post, though, and worth sharing. I especially appreciate his acknowledgment that there is usually a significant difference between how we think others see us and how they actually do (our personal brand).
http://andrewtokeley.net/archive/2008/07/16/so-whatrsquos-your-personal-developer-brand.aspx
Let me know what you think!
Drupal Summer of Code Participation
Achieve's own Bill O'Connor (Drupal user csevb10) will participating as a mentor in this year's Drupal Summer of Code aggregator project. Bill has done substantial work on the Drupal Simplefeed module, working closely with Ted Serbinski (m3avrck) on a major overhaul in the summer of 2006 and the Drupal 6 upgrade earlier this year.
Drupal Wins Webware 100 Award - Dries has Good Day
Drupal earns another feather in it's cap today with the announcement of the Webware 100 awards. The Drupal CMS is one of the nine finalists in the "Photos and Pubishing" category, selected by Webware and voted on by over two million Web 2.0 application users. 
Great Post on Development Leads
I didn't write it. I didn't even find it, but I wish I did.
This is the most accurate and concise description I've come across of what a project lead role entails. And it's written by a developer. Just good stuff.
http://andrewtokeley.net/archive/2008/04/12/do-you-really-want-to-be-a-development-team-leader.aspx
FastCompany.com - Drupal Adds Value to a New Business Community
Achieve Internet is proud to have been an integral part of the development process for the new FastCompany.com business community site. We provided custom Drupal software development and project management leadership to deliver a world-class union of award winning journalism and online community. The site incorporates a professional grade content management system and editorial workflow controls, along with a full suite of cutting edge Web 2.0 applications.
What Makes an Online Social Network?
Social networking is not a new term, nor has it been widely applied to websites for more than a few years, yet it has clearly become one of the biggest buzz phrases of the Web 2.0 era. Nonetheless a great deal of confusion exists about just what makes a particular site an online social network. Of course, there's more than one answer, but most of us know this type of site when we see one, so clearly there are some common features that must be easy to recognize.
According to Wikipedia (in many ways an online social network in its own right):
