It’s official – I’m now Amberjack Media (amberjackmedia.com). The papers from the city just arrived, but the process with officially registering the DBA with the county is not yet complete. I have the domain, but it’s not yet set-up with any hosting space just yet. On another note, I’ve named the CMS i’m working on: …
Category Archives: Discussions
My company name?
Now that I’m officially an independent contractor/developer, I thought it would be good to have a company name – something that sounds like a good Web 2.0 outfit. Likewise my CMS will need one as well, though I already have a few ideas… If you have a good idea, let me know. If I like …
I venture towards Ruby on Rails
I now own my own Ruby on Rails book, a kind gift from my good friend Doug. I can’t get started on it right away due to certain looming deadlines called a content management system, written in PHP. I am, by the way, trying to come-up with name for it, if you have any ideas! …
Interview questions… for a PHP job
Last week I went through one and a half hellish days of interviewing candidates for my replacement – one position for PHP and another for the research coordinating. Larry and I talked to over a dozen people. It wasn’t bad, per-se, but I wouldn’t do so many all at once again. It really made me …
Changing scenery… Downtown!
It was a bitter sweet week this week. I took a job with a company in downtown (San Diego), thus marking my remaining two weeks at UCSD. Sweet, of course, because I’m finally at the level where my skills are (very) marketable. Bitter? I’ve been in research for over four years now – under Dr. …
Pre-QA isn’t good for interviews
I’m just going to throw this out there… if you have a piece of software, site, etc that isn’t quite at the QA stages, no matter how rockin’ in might be, you might want to consider holding off on showing it to others until you know the demo is going to work. I think I’m …
Wireless mesh networks in Africa
I’ve never been to Africa before, but I have many friends who have. I know that their internet access there (in Malawi, at least) could often be a lot better. The problem most likely arises from the lack of a solid data infrastructure. There are DSL solutions, but from what I’ve read they can be …
A friendly reminder
A friendly reminder from your local web developer/designer: How to Ruin a Web Design – The Design Curve. A little bit less abstract: How to live happily with a great designer. Maybe I’m not a great designer, but I will say I may be a better designer than a lot of other web designers (and …
Diggnation in La Jolla
Just got back from the taping of Diggnation from the La Jolla Brew House with my good friend Chad Martin. Kevin and Alex are down with the crew (including Martin Sargent) for Comic-Con. Kevin Gamble (aka Johnny Johnny, Mixologist) of TikiBar made several on-camera appearances offering the guys shots. Honestly, I was expecting them (especially …
php|architect
I just wanted to plug the php|architect (phparch.com) Magazine. It’s not too expensive and there are a lot of good articles each month. One thing I plan on implementing to one extent or another is the PHP Clustering on Linux – comes from a set of articles by Joseph H. Kouyoumjian. Most likely I won’t …