Well, this day concludes the Holy Week… and also signals that tomorrow work is an inevitable thing again [oh no!].
I have many task needed to be accomplished back at the office, and I am not looking forward to going back. Seems like a week of vacation is not enough. More! More!
March 13, 2009
PHP seminar Props
The College of Information and Communication Technology(CICT) of Bulacan State University (BSU) celebrated its first Comp Tech Day with the Theme: “Computer Technology. Creative Minds. Innovators of Tomorrow.” » Read more after the jump →
Well… not much words… i just printed my business card. Take a look…
Business card front
Business card back
Well, it’s a bit crappy yeah yeah… but that’s the best that I can do (together with some colleague). Just better luck and more designing for my next cards.
Hmmmm… one goal is accomplished… next step? Website redesign
This is your friendly neighborhood web developer and at last, i have my (crappy) business card!
February 20, 2009
BSU CICT I.T. Day: Infotech Mode
The College of Information and Communication Technology(CICT) of Bulacan State University (BSU) celebrated their I.T. Day with the Theme: “Infotech Mode Unlimited: Learn IT! Live IT! Love IT!” There were around 600 spectators/students that attended the event, and I was invited to be keynote speaker. What I was there for is only cleared that same morning, a little story telling plus some question and answer. Piece of cake eh?…
I’ve been blogging about ZF and its promise… yeah, but in the end (in the project) its promise will still render less advantage considering the time that I have to spend learning it. So for the meantime, I’m going for Codeigniter, a smaller and simpler framework.
We’re a perfect match I think <hahahha>. It is easier to study… I didn’t need to read the entire user guide, which I must say is amazing, to code a part that requires some framework functionality. I also noticed the difference in speed, CI is much faster.
For this thing… Zend framework must give way for now. I, well… the team will be using Codeigniter the projects. Well, maybe we can use ZF in future projects when we sort of absorb it to the point when we can optimize its use. If you want to download CI you can go here, don’t worry its free and its much smaller than ZF
Well, taking about learning Zend framework. If you are in the Philippines and you are looking for some training or course about the Zend framework, you’re probably like me, and I haven’t found any. Good thing PHPUGPH will be having a Zend Framework Sessions this Saturday, you can find more info here.
This is your friendly neighbourhood web developer and I’m switching to Codeigniter, for now
As I was reading some threads in my favorite online group (PHPUGPH) I came across this very interesting thing. The owner/founder of the group posted about this Tripoli CSS.
So, what is this all about?
Well, I’m not good at explaining so here it is from their website:
Tripoli is a generic CSS standard for HTML rendering. By resetting and rebuilding browser standards, Tripoli forms a stable, cross-browser rendering foundation for your web projects.
Tripoli completly resets all default browser standards and rebuilds them quietly with modern web development in mind.
Tripoli is not a CSS framework. It doesn’t tell you how to code your web site. Instead, it forms a solid HTML rendering engine and a base for creating dynamic layouts without interfering with typographic measurements.
Why is this Tripoli thing so appealing to me? Because I suck at design and UI hahah! And this provides a simple and basic solution to my problem. I just as to use it as my base CSS and overwrite some of the styles to fit my needs.
If you want to give it a try… here is the link to Tripoli CSS
This is your friendly neighborhood web developer and Im glad I’ve found Tripoli CSS!
This week my supervisor informed us that our project will be inputted in some tool so that it would be a “legal” (???) project. She instructed my colleague to input my name as a project leader. Great! That would mean more work and… I just hate it!!! Aaaarggghh!
But more frustrating than that is when she informed us that we must start documenting the project. Oh man, I am a programmer, not a technical writer… and I just hate making documentation.
Back in collage while doing our thesis, I also took the role of the main developer but I never touched the documentation. I let my group mates handle that part. I think I have more problems trying to make the logic of the system and I don’t want extra burden. I also am not that skilled in putting my explanation into word or charts.
Today… I still hate documentation! I know the benefits of documentation but I’m just not born for it (except for inline documentation). And I think that CMMI is overkill. In our department, documentation takes longer than that of the actual development. And if the documentation is that long, I think the time it adds to the project will overshadow its benefits.
I’m your friendly neighbourhood web developer…ranting and thinking if other developers have the same rants about documentation and CMMI.
I’ve been surfing the net when I came to this site that tell me how to open a nested browser using Mozilla Firefox.
Then an idea came to my mind <evil grin>
What you need?
Here is what you do:
First step is to start Firefox, of course!
Next is to type chrome://browser/content/browser.xul to the address bar, you will then have a Firefox inside your Firefox
I have posted a week ago that I will be learning the Zend Framework and try to use it in a freelance project. First impression… WTF?!!! (that is in a good way) Well now, I can say nothing but… YEAH BABY!
It is exciting to find out what this framework can do. Damn exciting. I haven’t encountered any real hard ass problem with it (except for some that I should have easily found my way out, thanks to the lazy me).
This is for the win:
Well, that’s it… I haven’t explored Zend Framework that much… but I am planning to! And I think it’ll be a fun process of exploration and discovery. I also take a lot of time for me to code the project because I’m still getting a hang of things. But if mastered, I can say for a fact that this framework will speed up development and boost productivity!
You can download Zend Framework here. Don’t worry, its FREE!
And right here is a very helpful tutorial.
Just a warning: Zend Framework is not for newbies like me (hehehe). You must have mastered basic PHP and have a good understanding of OOP concepts.
This is your friendly neighborhood web developer and I will definitely use Zend Framework!
Have you checked Google Earth lately? Well, I still haven’t but I have seen the new Google Maps a month or two ago…and I am quite happy with what I saw.
The old version of this satellite imagery of earth took me to disappointment why? I cannot see out house! Darn it. Back then the place where our house was (the whole town actually) is blurred and dark. And it is very frustrating to see this after spending some time searching your way through Google Earth to find the spot (I don’t know the exact coordinates)
After a long time I have came across Google Maps to find out that I can now see our house! Yey! (14.832544, 120.735009) It’s a bit blurred but its better than cannot be found at all.
But then there’s more… With GeoEye-1 taking its first pictures of the earth for Google and the US government, we can expect better resolutions soon. Better to the point that we can almost read a newspaper headline from the picture taken by the satellite. Technology man!
Well… this is your friendly neighborhood web developer and… I can now see our house with Google!!!
Our house viewed from above
