This was a comment on Albert Mucunguzi (@albertmuc) blog post Why UHMG’s GeNext Campaign is a Waste of Resources (http://almuc.me/blog/2011/12/why-uhmgs-genext-campaign-is-a-waste-of-resources/) but then I figured why not add my voice to those who think this is a waste of time and provide some “simpler” alternatives Albert I agree with you all the way, infact China has had the […]
PHP Wishes 2012 – Interfaces and Standard Web Application Project Layout
Since Santa is listening, below are my PHP wishes for 2012: Standard Interfaces like Java which are used by many projects so that developers and architects focus on implementation Standardized Web Application Project Layout just like J2EE Web Application Directory Structure (http://java.sun.com/blueprints/code/projectconventions.html) or Linux Standard Base (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base) I am learning Symfony 2 over the next coupla […]
Mozilla Firefox Updates – Now a Failed Experiment?
Okay now this is a ranting post … Mozilla decides that their development process for Firefox is too slow since Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer are eating their lunch … So they made what I consider the dumbest experiment any software organization can do, copy a model and use it. I do not have […]
The Christmas Gathering and Beyond
I know the first thing that came to mind is who gathered, where and for what. And for those of ye who have knowledge of old English or Celtic history you are thinking of a meeting of wizards, witches, faires, elves, dwarves, gnomes or smurfs 🙂 Well it is nothing like that, this is where […]
Sherlock Holmes @ The Hub Nakumatt Oasis Mall
It was a Friday evening, at the end of a long brutal and gruelling week, and all I was thinking of was going home to play with the kids then tuck in early before the weekend plans at ma parents. Just get home and start on one of the series which was pending was all […]
UMEME Tea Party – Quick and Dirty Review and Perspective
A strange name for an event none of us had any idea about and here we were wondering, about the hushed event for social media and bloggers, online buffs as some may term us, tweeps and other names. So tea party it was to be with a Twitter hashtag #teapartyug (https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23teapartyug). At the Sheraton hotel, […]
Zend Framework Hidden Gems – Zend_Measure
Just had a bit of a problem today dealing with displaying file sizes of uploaded reports in an application we are upgrading using Zend Framework. When the files are uploaded, the file sizes are stored in bytes, but for display we need to show the sized in KB as the typical file size is between […]
Interfacing in the PHP World – Dictator Style
Seems that I have a radical approach to the need for PHP interfacing as suggested by Lucas Smith (http://pooteeweet.org/blog/2008/) then a rebuttal by Herman Radtke (http://www.hermanradtke.com/blog/please-do-not-interface-the-php-world/) and finally Lucas Smith again (http://pooteeweet.org/blog/2014) I think that the approach for PHP should be: 1) Interfaces in the main PHP tree therefore all have to abide or die, […]
Year End New Challenge – Symfony 2
Well a new month December the last one of the year, and I am tackling a new challenge Symfony 2 (http://www.symfony-project.org/) For client projects we are using Zend Framework 1.11 + Doctrine 1.2 + JQuery which all run on PHP 5.2 I think the coming holidays give me a chance to jump into PHP 5.3+ […]