If your anything like me you have a large number of email aliases that you use with Gmail which is great. However I use Evolution as a mail client more often than not when using Gnome3 as a desktop. It's very easy to set up Evolution to create separate outbound email accounts that you can … Continue reading Using Gmail aliases with Evolution
Are you a Good Code Scout? – NomadPHP lightning talk video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt0lnauF5lI Just before the Christmas period I was lucky enough to be able to give my "Are you a good Code Scout?" talk as a lightning talk for NomadPHP. Here is the video that was recorded from it.
My first ever conference video
The PHPNW conference team are releasing their videos for PHPNW15 and my Un-conference winning talk that helped to fill the hangover slot for track 3 on the Sunday has now been put online. Watching it back I look a lot calmer that I felt which is good to know as I'll be also giving this … Continue reading My first ever conference video
A metaphor about PSR-7 and Middleware for non-developers
Never one to shy away from coming up with a metaphor for explaining something technical I found myself having to come up with one on the spot for PSR-7 and Middleware while at the recent PHPNW15 Conference. Normally my brain will come up with something completely inappropriate but this time round I found I quite … Continue reading A metaphor about PSR-7 and Middleware for non-developers
Badges & Stickers
One of the most prominent things I've been asked about regarding my promoting being a Good Code Scout, is where can we get the badges? Following on from a number of questions and subsequent tweets about it https://twitter.com/stuherbert/status/650591775732670466 Well... I've decided that (providing I can get permission from all the right people) I'll start creating … Continue reading Badges & Stickers
Wow… What a Conference
So I attended the PHPNW15 conference this weekend and what a weekend. I've been an attendee of the conference for a number of years and have always enjoyed it immensely. However this year turned out to be something special. Following on from my first ever appearance as the PHP Boy Scout I decided to submit … Continue reading Wow… What a Conference
What is a PHP Scout
Recently I've had a lot of people asking me what a PHP Scout is! I thought it would be a good opportunity to explain. To understand what a PHP Scout is it helps to know a little of the background basics of Scouting in general. Knowing this helps to make it easier later on as … Continue reading What is a PHP Scout
The PHP Scout Membership Badge
As the PHP Boy Scout I'm having some badges made and I wanted to introduce the all new PHP Scout Membership Badge. This badge shows that you are more than just a PHP Developer but also a good PHP Scout. This means that you have all the qualities it takes to be a PHP Scout … Continue reading The PHP Scout Membership Badge
My first ever public appearance as PHPBoyScout
So it's finally happened! I stood up in front of a group of developers and gave a lightning talk about how Scouting Principles should be applied to every day development. The amazing thing is that I didn't get any rotten tomatoes thrown at me! quite the contrary in fact. Even with me doing the talk … Continue reading My first ever public appearance as PHPBoyScout
Goodbye Dev in Charge
Over all the time that I've been a developer I've had people telling me that I should get in front of an audience and speak. However I've always suffered from a rather bad case of 'Imposter Syndrome' which meant my automatic response to those kind of statements has always been... I don't really know enough … Continue reading Goodbye Dev in Charge