Just saw on TechCrunch tonight that Justin.TV has taken a first step towards DVR functionality in their player. Good to see it, and I just felt like posting that I did call this out as a need last fall :)  It’s not quite what I was hoping for just yet, but it sounds like they’re [...]

Posted in Business, Ideas, Web No Comments »

I’ve wanted a way to record cell phone conversations for *years*.  With the proliferation of smart phones, you’d think we’d have this by now, but it’s still not a feature widely available (and, reportedly, blocked by some device manufacturers).  So, to scratch my own initial itch, I’ve put together a service to allow me to [...]

Posted in Business, Development, Ideas, Software, Testing, Tools, Web 2 Comments »

This was a very brief demonstration of a sample Twilio app.  They have some other interesting demos - I suggest you take a look if you’re interested in learning more.  Apologies for the slight hiss/buzz on the noise.  This was a last minute recording decision, and I didn’t play with sound levels or anything like [...]

Posted in Business, Software, Web No Comments »

I’ve recently soft-launched a new document management service for insurance brokers.  The service allows brokers to set up document distribution sites for each of their clients, with a private log in for each client.  It currently includes basic download stats for documents for each client.
This was a service initially set up for one local client, [...]

Posted in Business, Software, Web No Comments »

I’ll be traveling the next 10 days, including time in London May 12-17 and Copenhagen May 18-20.  If any PHP or web people would like to get together for a drink/meal/chat/podcast/whatever, let me know.  I’m planning on attending one of the Dojo dinner activities (I think it’s Thursday May 14) so if you’re already going [...]

Posted in PHP, Personal, Travel, Web No Comments »

Just woke up this morning to news that Oracle is buying Sun.  After cursing myself for not having bought some JAVA last week when it was in the 6 range (pre-market now at 9.10), I started thinking about what this might mean for MySQL.
About a year ago, Sun purchased MySQL.  Although a lot of hooha [...]

Posted in Business, Database, MySQL, Software, Web, opensource 1 Comment »

Reposting here from the JavaScript Magazine blog:
JSMag is holding a contest to find a cover photo for its next issue.  The selected winner will receive a gift certificate to BN.com or Amazon.com (winner’s choice) and a free subscription to JSMag.
Submitted photos need to be black and white, and at a resolution for printing, but other [...]

Posted in Javascript, Web No Comments »

Finally, after much work, we’ve got the first issue of JavaScript magazine (affectionately known as JSMag) out.  Extra special thanks to Rebecca Murphey for her helping hand in an hour of need.  You can read about all the authors or take a look at the first issue or even grab yourself a sample PDF file.  [...]

Posted in PHP, Software, Web 6 Comments »

I’m really not sure how to get the attention of someone at QVC in their tech dept.  I’ve tried many things, and nothing has yet worked.  My problem - described earlier - is still not better.  My thinking has shifted slightly - I think this is more likely an Akamai problem, but it’s still affecting [...]

Posted in Business, Ecommerce, Web 1 Comment »

Argh!  PHP is *NOT* “object oriented!
Goodness.  I like PHP.  I use it a lot.  I’ve been using it since early 1996.  I’m Zend Certified, have done billion dollar ecommerce projects in PHP, and like to think I know a little bit about PHP.
It is *NOT* “object oriented”.  I wish people would quit saying it.  Perhaps [...]

Posted in Software, Web 21 Comments »