Archive for April, 2008

Putting Twitter on Your Blog

April 27th, 2008

Today I wanted to put my Twitter feed on my blog but didn’t really want to use a widget since that is for distribution purposes and I was looking for something more permanent. Twitter gives everyone the ability to see their tweets via rss or atom feeds so I choose to use the [...]


DC Tech Events Widget

April 20th, 2008

I have created a widget (Clearspring framework) for the DC Tech Events schedule. This was my first widget which is very simple. However, the framework is easy to use and there is some good documentation.


Good Programmers Make Mistakes!

April 17th, 2008

With this statement:
Even good programmers make mistakes. The difference between a good programmer and a bad programmer is that the good programmer uses tests to detect his mistakes as soon as possible. The sooner you test for a mistake the greater your chance [...]


podCampDC T-Minus 3 Days

April 16th, 2008

update: due to a capacity issue, the Friday night social meetup will be at the Capitol City Brewing Company on Capitol Hill, not downtown.  (2 Massachusetts Avenue NE)
podCampDC is this weekend and I hope to be on twitter and writing some posts while I am there. I looked at the schedule for speakers and [...]


Magento

April 1st, 2008

WOW…I was surfing around the web today and found a new OpenSource eCommerce system developed off the Zend Framework.  Magento, by Varien looks really powerful.  This is a huge step for both eCommerce and the Zend Framework.  Oh yea don’t leave out the OpenSource World.  You can see Magento in all its glory here and [...]