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 …
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The people side of the craft: leadership, careers, mentoring, and the story of the blog itself.
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 …
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.
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. [slideshare …
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 …
Free Open Source Website for Scouts
I’ve been a Scout Leader for a few years now and the District I work within have very little by way of internet presence. As a bit of a pet project I started building a simple Scout based website for them to use.
Its time for a change
So… Its been a long time since I posted anything of any relevance. This is due to having been super busy with my previous company Zucchi. However that has all changed now! After three and a half years of running my own …
Nice New Nexus7
This morning I woke up to an email telling me that my Nexus7 that I had ordered 3 weeks ago was… “out for delivery”. I couldn’t contain my excitement. I sat patiently waiting by my door. Finally 11 o’clock rolls around …
