Tag Archives: projects

First Netvibes Plugin

Just finished my first Netvibes plugin.  Hopefully it’ll be the first of many to come as I’ve now got the hang of the Universal Widget API (UWA) now. My first widget is mainly for UK users who take a lot of flights.  Its a Lastminute.com flight checker widget so you can find the latest pricing [...]

Top 10 Project Killers

1. Excessive Promises – Often made without developer input or consultation. Promises of insane levels of functionality will only seek to burden the project with unnecessary tasks.  Example: Sales: You want a Titanium Rocket Car with your project??? Customer: Errm…well no…erm… Sales: You can have it!!! …later… Sales: We need a Titanium Rocket Car!! Programmer: [...]

Using the Asterisk Manager PHP API

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 [...]