Firstly PHP is just a web scripting language and can only be used on a web server for web development, that’s it. You cannot use PHP to develop Windows apps or Linux UI or Mac OS X UI apps. If you want to implement any of the classes you will have to most probably rewrite [...]
The purpose of this post is to make it clear to myself why I use .NET as a development platform. The need to make it clear has arisen because I have noted a trend lately that saw at least two .NET developers moving to other platforms, and it made me wonder why I still choose [...]
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“Finding the sticky” is a phrase I have heard a few times recently and it has been mulling in my head. It refers to a brand’s ability to find a foothold in a specified target audience. Think of a lollipop that you unwrap and lick and how sticky it is then, and if you stick [...]
Two of my esteemed colleagues have this way of saying something that has had me thinking that either they are misinformed or I have missed something, or they have transformed something into something else somehow. There are occasions when they will be working with Microsoft SQL Server and say “I’m doing it the relational way” [...]
This is a seemingly trivial question but one that I have been thinking about for a while. Is it possible to come up with a completely generic solution, without having first gone the non-generic route? Let me ask another question. Will the initial stages in any project deliver enough ‘generic-ness‘? The reason I ask and [...]
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I got a Google Wave invite earlier this week and I must admit I have not logged in again since and honestly I have not felt compelled to, but that may just be me. Maybe it is just me, maybe I am not as forward and revolutionary thinking as the people over at Google. To [...]
One thing I kinda realised again today is that a website is much like a garden, the care you take with it shows. It applies perfectly to a website, because a website needs constant maintenance. Sure you can use a blog engine like WordPress and get a blog up and running quickly, but it still [...]
So you want to use video on your website? Well there are a few options to consider and they all have their distinct advantages and disadvantages. The first thing that you need to understand is that the majority of people, those regular non-techie ones, use browsers that will need some form of plugin, or a [...]
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Earlier today I spoke to some colleagues and none of them knew who Steve Jobs was, well one did, the rest just weren’t informed. Its not a bad thing not to know, its not good either, because I believe you have to know about the people who make visible contributions to technology and lifestyle. Apple, [...]
In the last two weeks or so I have been watching Youtube videos of wrestlers and in particular Bill Goldberg, and the thing that I found the most interesting to read is the Wikipedia entries for these wrestlers. If you read Bill Goldberg’s wiki article you will note that he was an American football star, [...]
