MIH SWAT

Have you ever come across a website and saw some really interesting aspects of the user interface ? Maybe it was a site design that looks like a flash site but was not? Or maybe you came across a site that had a visually appealing menu. (more…)

October 2009 saw my return to San Jose for one of the top conferences on the PHP calendar – ZendCon. Other than taking place a month later and the conference venue shifting locations slightly, much of the format of this year’s ZendCon was the same as last year’s. (more…)

Would you like to work at SWAT ? (more…)

Douglas Crockford wrote in a 2001 article that javascript was the world’s most misunderstood programming language. In another article, from 2008, he explains why: “Its obvious defects, its unfashionable programming model, intentional mispositioning at its introduction, and its ridiculous name caused it to be rejected as unworthy by most knowledgeable programmers”. And then, he recognizes: there was AJAX. And AJAX gave javascript a second chance. (more…)