Welcome

It is my pleasure to welcome Rastin Mehr and Ash Sanieyan.

Ash, Rastin, did you know that there was a song about Symbiosis? I had no idea!

Ash and Rastin are creating the Anahita Social Engine.

Last week I quoted Rastin, who said that "the Nooku Framework is an alien lifeform that lives in Joomla and makes it better" (http://blog.anahitapolis.com/2009/06/anahita-social-engine-with-joomla-from-nooku-tv/).

Rastin corrected me this week, saying that Nooku is a "Symbiot". Which is a Star Trek Deep Space Nine reference? Unfortunately, I stopped watching Star Trek after The Next Generation.

We will return to the symbiosis theme.

You have a good blog post on this. What is "Nodes+Graphs+Stories" Architecture? Facebook is adopting this architecture?

Why is Anahita an "engine"?

So The Anahita Social Engine is not an out-of-the-box extension?

What are the steps needed to use Anahita on a Joomla site?

What are the benefits of using Anahita?

(Recap)

Is Anahita in a stable release? How do we get Anahita?

At 7:10 of your video, you say, "I like to call it a Symbiot, because it's like an alien life form, that resides inside Joomla and makes Joomla better". What do you mean?

(discuss/recap the relationship between Anahita, Nooku, Joomla).

Ash, Rastin, thank you for taking the time for us today. Let's do this again.

Closing

Yesterday's JUGT meet-up was very enjoyable. Great weather, great turn-out. Pictures on my site!

Next Thursday Adria Richards joins me to talk about the ZenDesk.com and what role SaaS sites can play in your Joomla ecommerce site. See you then!