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The OOP in PHP Slides Posted 29 Jun 2013 | 12:55 am
I’ve posted the slides from my “The OOP in PHP” session that I presented at Lone Star PHP 2013. You can find them in the Publications section of this site.
Thoughts on Working Remotely 7 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
There’s been a lot of hubbub recently with regard to the recent decision of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer to mandate that all employees, including those currently working remotely, either commute to a corp...
Why I Love the PHP Community 23 Feb 2013 | 07:21 am
I had my first contact with the PHP community in late 2005 or early 2006; I can’t remember exactly when it was. Before that point, I’d spent the better part of my life struggling with being bullied an...
Recipe: Gumbo 23 Jan 2013 | 08:36 am
Once aspect of my identity that isn’t readily apparent to new acquaintances is that I’m a native of the state of Louisiana. I have red hair from my paternal Irish grandmother. The Welsch and Irish acc...
Speaking at SunshinePHP 3 Jan 2013 | 04:32 am
Just a quick post to announce that I’m speaking on “Database Testing for Fun and Profit” at the SunshinePHP Conference being held in Miami, Florida on February 8-9. Hope to see you there!
On What to Learn 8 Dec 2012 | 08:39 pm
An aspect that I’ve enjoyed of participating as a mentor in the PHP Mentoring program is the interesting and provocative questions I receive from my apprentices. One such question, and in my opinion a...
Why I Love Writing Software 17 Nov 2012 | 08:33 pm
I’ve been using computers since I was five years old. In my early teens, I started writing computer software as a hobby. I took computer science courses in high school and went on to graduate from col...
7php Interview 29 Oct 2012 | 06:06 pm
This post is a bit belated, but 7php interviewed me last month about how I got started with PHP, my work on the PHP Master book, the Phergie project, my advice to beginning PHP developers, and other a...
Nested Content with Navbars using jQuery Mobile 19 Aug 2012 | 03:54 am
I’ve been messing around with jQuery Mobile lately with the intention of using it in conjunction with Apache Cordova to build an Android app. I ran into a situation where I wanted to present different...
Sideloading Google Play apps onto a Kindle Fire 16 Mar 2012 | 01:05 pm
I recently turned 30. My wonderful wife and mother got together and purchased a Kindle Fire tablet for me to go along with the Samsung Captivate Android phone I currently own. While some apps are bett...
