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Repository Structure Strategies

ThinkVitamin: Carsonified Blog

I am often asked how I recommend people structure their repositories, and the answer is usually “it depends”! This article looks at the major variables and gives some rules of thumb on how to structure your repository regardless of your development style or whether you’re using a centralised or distributed system.

Article: http://thinkvitamin.com/code/repository-structures-strategies/

6 Linux Commands to Make Your Life Easier

ThinkVitamin: Carsonified Blog

I forget sometimes that not everyone spends their entire lives at the command prompt, but in this post I’ve taken a little moment to share the commands I use the most, with some examples. Look out for man, grep, diff, less, wget and curl all wrapped up in an easily digestible manner :)

Article: http://thinkvitamin.com/code/6-linux-commands-to-make-life-easier

PHP Advent

Annual PHP Article Series

I’ve been lucky enough to have been invited to write for PHP Advent three years running now. It is run and written for by some of the leading lights in the industry and I’m always squeaky excited to get the invite.

Code for Today – PHP Advent 2010
One Step At A Time – PHP Advent 2009
Which Web Service? – PHP Advent 2008

Experiences in Digital Representation

WES Conference, November 2010

This was an unexpected gem of an event – I got only a few days’ notice of the speaking and slot, and I didn’t know anyone. What I didn’t expect was how instantly I felt like I belonged in a room full of very assorted female engineers (my degree is in Electronic Engineering, these women actually think like I do!). I loved bringing a little of my professional experience to these women, for them to use for their many and varied ends :)

Digital Representation from Lorna Mitchell

Tips from PHP Masters (series)

Mashable

I was delighted to be included with some community leaders (and good friends) in this excellent post from Mashable. They approached 10 “Masters” from the PHP Community and asked each of them what their advice would be to people just beginning with PHP – and the results are great.

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Open Source Your Career

DayCamp 4 Developers, November 2010

Delighted to be included in this virtual conference organised by my good friend Cal Evans! I haven’t done a virtual conference before but this promises to be a great oportunity and I’m excited about being able to share my thoughts with a new crowd. The aim of the event is to give soft skills for developers, so I’m hopeful that the professional development talk fits in well.

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