Welcome:
My name is Bob Bloom.
I'm in Toronto, Canada, and this is my first BlogTalkRadio show.
My show is devoted to Joomla ecommerce.
Originally, my intention was to present my new internet radio show under my VirtuemartGuy.com banner. However, I am not supporting the upcoming version of Virtuemart. With that decision, I am moving my show to my South LaSalle banner, and widening my show's scope.
My website is SouthLaSalle.com.
I just merged my VirtuemartGuy.com site with my flagship site at SouthLaSalle.com.
VirtuemartGuy.com is now gone.
SouthLaSalle.com is now my combined subscription and flagship site.
My support email is now
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LaSalle is the name of the French explorer of the Mississippi River. I added "south" because I thought it sounded better. I originally incorporated my company because the Ontario tax laws pretty well force IT contractors to incorporate. In a previous life I was an IT contractor in the downtown Toronto towers.
With all these changes I am making, there is one thing that is still the same: I continue to support the current version of Virtuemart. The 1.1 series.
Each Thursday I will invite guests and my site subscribers to talk about Joomla ecommerce.
My show will be 30 minutes in length.
My show is available to everyone to listen live.
You can hear my show on-demand on the iTunes podcast directory; and, on BlogTalkRadio.
Email Bag:
Each week I will present the top one or two emails that I've received this week.
But not this week, as I want to hear from Rafael.
In The News:
To me, there is no greater news for the Joomla community than the impending arrival of Tienda.
Tienda is the name of a brand new Joomla ecommerce extension.
We're going to learn about Tienda and its founder right now.
Main Stuff:
It is a pleasure to introduce Rafael Diaz-Tushman, founder of Dioscouri.com.
Rafael, thank you for joining us today.
Rafael, tell us about Tienda.
* Tienda's current status / expected beta release / expected stable release dates
* Tienda is open source with free and commercial versions
* projects.dioscouri.com
Tell us about Dioscouri Designs. Does your company name relate to your undergraduate literature studies?
How does Tienda fit in with your other Joomla extensions?
Post Show Notes:
The Toronto Joomla Users Group is sponsoring a Tienda presentation on Saturday February 27th. Details available to http://toronto.joomla.ca.
Rafael, thank you for being here!
We'll be back next Thursday at 1:00pm.
