First off – Holy shit. April was the last time I posted on this blog. That’s got to be the biggest break in posting I’ve ever had since this blog was created. No idea why but I have shifted jobs and had a lot of work on managing a new toy shop (yes I know [...]
I’m a big fan of Google Insight. Mainly because it burns time when I’m bored and provides lots of “hmm” moments. Its a service Google provide that lets you see search volume against a range of other factors such as geography, time, etc. I thought I’d put a few together that may be of interest [...]
Built in PHP this Asterisk CRM looks pretty wicked. Its an open source Customer Relationship Management application which hooks into an Asterisk PBX. It looks nicer than I sound though so I’ll shut up and slap you with some pretty pictures… The Info Link
Well it’s been a while since the PHP Asterisk Manager API was released and I’ve yet to produce a clear and definitive example of its use. So here goes. Prerequisites Your Asterisk server must be set up correctly before this API can ‘speak’ to the server. First you’ll need to ensure the Manager interface is [...]
Again with the PHP code! This time its a bit more exciting than a CakePHP component. If you’ve ever used Asterisk – an open source PBX – then you’ll know it comes with a manager interface which enables developers to send commands to the server to help administer the system and its connected peers and [...]
I started this blog shortly after getting into Python after becoming fed up with PHP. Then into Rails and it became (sort of) a Rails and Ruby blog. I’ve now gone full circle back to my old school days of PHP and have been tinkering with CakePHP recently after getting a taste for MVC architecture [...]
After the recent turmoil I thought it may be worth pointing out a few alternatives to the Rails framework. So here’s 4 Ruby-based web framework alternatives for starters: Ramaze – Has no known bugs and claims excellent stability. Thems fighting words! Camping – A ‘micro-framework’, this is incredibly lightweight offering limited features but great efficiency [...]
If you’ve never heard of Programmable Web then I suggest you take a look. Its a huge directory of all the major APIs on the web open for development. They’ve decided to award the Best API of the Year to the Facebook site. It won based on its openness, audience, money-making potential, viral features, modularity [...]
UPDATED: As of Jul 10th 2009 Open Source seems to be exploding all over the place at the moment and with online services increasingly jumping on the free offerings its been fantastic for developers wanting to host, manage, flaunt and communicate their projects online. Here’s a rundown of 6 free SVN hosting and project management [...]
After someone posted this article to the dZone site they were quick to spot that it missed one crucial language from the list: PHP. So here’s my take on what PHP would be like if it was a car: PHP was a mountian bike that got crow barred into car-dom. Its had a lawn mower [...]
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