All to often these days I am noticing that developers are learning a certain framework or language and using it as their solution to every problem. In my opinion this doesn’t really work *for every client*.
For instance, I know fine well that it’s possible to use WordPress for every site that I build, I know that I can extend it by creating plugins and custom post types if need be. But is that really the best way?
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Over the last week or two I’ve set out on a Twitter mission to improve my position in the Web Development industry. After reading a number of articles about gaining quality Twitter followers and targeting your audience on Twitter, I set off.
I have tasked myself with searching a single hash tag per day (#MongoDB, #MySQL, #PHP, #cURL) and following people who have some interesting and useful tweets.
So far I have been somewhat successful, but one thing I have noticed is the amount of people who are using Twitter Auto-Posters Read the full article »
Merry Christmas everyone!
Over my (extended) Christmas holidays from the office I decided that I wanted to create an open-source project. For this I have decided to start building a PHP MVC framework and release it to the good people of the open-source world.
You can find the project on GitHub, so feel free to grab a fork and tuck in!
Hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year!
Anyone who keeps an eye on the news or has a passing glance at a newspaper knows the current mess of the industry. From publishing false information to hacking scandals it is pretty obvious that the current model is failing.
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As I see more and more local businesses joining up to the marketing paradise that is Facebook, I get more and more annoyed.
It seems that most businesses (at least in my local area) are taking the step to join Facebook with almost all of them doing it completely and utterly wrong.