I am a software developer, web developer, entrepreneur, and an advocate of free/open source software, open standards, and open content. I am the technical director and co-founder of Found Line—a creative firm located in Burlington, Vermont—where I develop standards-based, accessible, and cross-browser compatible web applications.
September 29, 2008 – 3:56 pm
My customer service experience with Google rivals my experience with Verizon Wireless for winner of the “worst customer support possible” award. Verizon Wireless would not let me pay them more money for a service with more minutes without forcing me into a contract. After many phone calls I finally got the privilege of spending more […]
September 27, 2008 – 9:21 am
I’m currently working on a project where the client is running their own web server that I will not have direct access to. This is actually a good thing in that it is a nice way to enforce the separation of the development and integration environments from the staging and production environments. However, how do […]
September 26, 2008 – 8:43 am
I presented highlights from ZendCon at last night’s Burlington, VT PHP Users Group meeting. I’ve uploaded my slides for anyone who wants to take a look. The presentation uses the S5 slide show format in case you are curious.
September 22, 2008 – 5:55 pm
I’ll be presenting some highlights from ZendCon at this Thursday’s Burlington, VT PHP Users Group meeting. We’ll be meeting at Draker Laboratories from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Hope to see you there!
September 22, 2008 – 11:18 am
ZendCon 2008 wrapped up last week. This was my first time going to ZendCon and it was definitely worth it. There were over 650 people and over 60 sessions at the Santa Clara conference. I’ll try to post summaries and highlights from the sessions I attended. It was a great opportunity to attended presentations from […]
August 29, 2008 – 5:45 pm
Thanks everyone who came out to last night’s PHP Users Group meeting – we had the best turnout so far! Lee Brimelow, Platform Evangelist with Adobe, gave a great presentation on Flash, Flex, AMFPHP, and the upcoming Zend_Amf. I thought his presentation was refreshingly straightforward and honest. I have several reservations with using Flash myself […]
August 23, 2008 – 11:27 am
We just launched the new Northeast Pools & Spas website. I think Dave and Jason did a great job on the visual design and Liz did a fabulous job on organizing and helping to write the content! I worked primarily on the functionality for the construction and portfolio pages. The site is implemented using semantic […]
August 22, 2008 – 8:06 am
The next meeting of the Burlington, VT PHP Users Group will be Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at 6pm. Special guest Lee Brimelow, a Platform Evangelist with Adobe and an award-winning interactive designer, will discuss the various ways in which you can integrate PHP with Flash and Flex to create Rich Internet Applications. We will start […]
August 12, 2008 – 5:10 pm
At Found Line, we often have people ask us about using social media as a marketing tool. Unfortunately many try to approach social media as just another marketing avenue or, even worse, as a form of advertising. Here are a few key rules you must follow or you will fail miserably. It’s not about you. […]
Wow, my draft Zend_Container proposal got a lot more interest than I expected. I want to clarify a few things about this proposal. First, this proposal is still very much a draft. I’ve made a few updates this weekend, so I’d love to hear any feedback you have but keep in mind the proposal is […]
