Month: July 2014

Here is my latest editorial for the July 2014 issue of php[architect] magazine:

Becoming Relevant

PHP has long had the reputation of being a “side project”, something people played with in their free time or for personal use. Even though we haven’t fully shaken this reputation, PHP has come into its own and is being taken very seriously in the enterprise around the world. This makes PHP developers a hot commodity in the job market. There are contract jobs and full-time jobs, junior and senior positions – a wealth of opportunities. Continue reading “Becoming Relevant”

Here is my latest editorial for the June 2014 issue of php[architect] magazine:

Journey to the Core

Grab your gear! Does everyone have a torch? Did anyone bring a ten foot pole? Join us on a journey to the center of our profession, the focal point of our community…the core of PHP. What actually happens when you run that PHP script? Ever wondered? I know I have, so when Julien (the PHP 5.5/5.6 release manager) offered to give us an inside look at PHP, I was thrilled! Continue reading “Journey to the Core”

A friend recently asked me if I recognized a drawing. It looked like a dwarf or troll of some kind, perhaps from a novel illustration or older comic book. I didn’t recognize it, but was interested in helping, so I did some research into how we could identify the image. Continue reading “Searching for Images”

We all want to be special. Not that sarcastic special that people use air quotes around, but the kind of special where people know who you are and admire you. Some of us try to achieve that by going out of our way to make our voices heard over everyone else’s. Some of us try to achieve this through making sure everyone knows we are better than everyone else. Some of us hit that sweet spot of shameless selfishness that somehow manages to resonate with an audience whose needs align with our own. These all sound bad, right?

Continue reading “Shameless Self-promotion”