Zendcon Uncon 2009
Around this time every year, something happens within the PHP community. We come out of the lazy days of summer…
Year: 2009
Software Development Failures?
In my regular wanderings of the web, I came across an interesting article titled “Why Software Developers Refuse to Improve“. …
Is the PMP exam worth it?
I’ve worked in marketing and product development for a biotech startup for about three years. I have no formal training…
IT – Internal projects
In the following posts I’ll define the term “Internal projects” and will show that they are essential for any IT…
Building Community & Open Source
If you’re not part of the Joomla community – I’m not – you might have missed something significant that happened…
Unit Testing Strategy – web2project
I’ve been quiet on web2project for the past few weeks, but I thought I should share some of the latest…
Contributing to Open Source
Over the last few months, I've heard a common thread in a number the various Open Source communities I participate…
CodeWorks 2009 Webcast Series
If you were paying attention a few months ago, you know that for php|tek 2009, MTA put together a free…
Data vs Useful Data
Years ago I worked for a company which shall remain nameless. They collected data on everything: We had to swipe…
Bad Assumptions in Development
Quite often when I'm pouring through an old codebase or evaluating a new codebase, I run into a variety of…