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Feeling $blue

Personal

Dec 11, 2011 - no comments

Feeling $blue

The other day I was talking about coding in a chat room. After a while of pleasant conversation I was surprised by the demeanor of some of my fellow programming enthusiasts. I posted a single line of code including the variable $blue.

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Writing for the future

Personal #Craftsmanship #Professionalism #Idealism #Clean code

Oct 22, 2011 - no comments

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I’m a big fan of folks like Robert C. Martin and Martin Fowler. I think they have very interesting things to say and I stand by all of what I’ve read from them. Even if you disagree with their particular ideas, the concepts they put forward should make you, as a professional programmer, think.

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Career move

Personal #Career #Move

Sep 20, 2011 - 2 comments

What's this?

After almost three years of Crowd Surfing, the time has come for me to move on.

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My maiden voyage

News #pfc11 #PHP #Conference

Sep 18, 2011 - no comments

PFC11

Don’t worry. This article isn’t nearly as sexy as the title implies. No, rather I visited my first time ever congress: PFC11.

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Some developments that interest me

News #Learning #PHP #Zend #Doctrine #PHPCR #Orchestra #Backbone #Mustache #jQueryUI

Aug 26, 2011 - no comments

Following the herd

When I was writing in my personal journal I made an entry of things I want to learn more about. I figured I’m going to learn at least some new tech or principle a month. I’ve already been trying out a few things, but sometimes computers just refuse to cooperate… Anyway, here is a list of stuff I’m currently watching and learning. So much to do, so little time.

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