Wanted: Friends Who Write
Friday, July 10th, 2009We live in a technological world, one that allows us to communicate instantly. Through email, instant message, IRC, Twitter, Facebook, and tons of other platforms, a message we have to share can be spread to anyone in the world almost instantly. So it would seem odd, then – in fact, almost paradoxical – that as [...]
10:00 am | Comment (3) | Print | Categories: Friday InspirationsMoving On
Friday, June 12th, 2009Today is my last day at The Bivings Group. Yesterday was my last effective day; as I write this, I’m flying over West Virginia on my way to a friend’s wedding in California.
8:19 am | Comment (1) | Print | Categories: Friday Inspirations#tek09 – Day Two: A Hackathon And A Lesson
Friday, May 22nd, 2009One of the greatest things about the PHP community is the willingness of people to help one another. Picture this: you’ve got developers of all levels, working in the same room. They’ve been tasked with working on various open source projects. Only in PHP do you see expert level developers like Eli White, Matthew Turland [...]
12:30 am | Comment (1) | Print | Categories: Conferences, Friday Inspirations#followfriday – Those That Influence Me Most
Friday, April 3rd, 2009I’m a big believer in giving credit where credit is due. There are a number of people who have influenced my experience as a programmer, and I want to take time on this Friday to talk about and thank each one of them individually. Oh, and they’re all on Twitter in case you want to [...]
12:30 am | Comment (3) | Print | Categories: Friday InspirationsLooking Back: Learning From Old Code
Friday, March 27th, 2009In 2007 I wrote a blogging program from scratch. I was really proud of it, too. It was all my own invention, with a little help that I got from a Facebook developer I knew, and I worked really hard on it. Spent the whole summer writing it so I’d be able to launch it [...]
12:30 am | Comment (4) | Print | Categories: Friday Inspirations, Personal Management, Web Architecture
Web developer, amateur photographer, lover of the outdoors and travel. Expect to find me writing code, hiking or visiting new places. I own Blueprint DC and live in Washington, DC. Follow Me On Twitter!- July Slides
- Some Thoughts On Software Licensing
- Interfaces Make Testing Easier
- Revisiting: Why Every Developer Should Write Their Own Framework
- The Fallacy of Sunk Cost
- PHP: The Good Parts – Book Review
- 1st Amendment, Meet 4th Amendment: The Gizmodo Search Warrant
- A Closer Look At ArrayObject
- TEK Webcast Notes
- Caching For WordPress – A TEK-X Webinar
