Archive for May, 2007

by mkeefe on May 9th, 2007

Flash on the Beach 07

fotb_07.gifThe details are starting to come out for Flash on the Beach 07 and it is really looking like a great conference. It may be hard to imagine flying to another country for a conference, but from what I have read and heard it is well worth it.

The pricing is very affordable, however I haven’t seen any deals on hotels.. but of course it is still early. They have also implemented a few different ticket types, one of which offers companies to share the pass so everyone can get a chance to attend.

I am hoping to make it out there and would hope others can do the same. How many of you will be or are thinking about attending?

by mkeefe on May 8th, 2007

Diving into the Zend Framework

zend_framework.gifAfter a long day of compiling PHP, Apache, Imap, Mailman… and the list goes on I have the Zend Framework all setup. Haven’t ran any stress tests or long term analysis on the framework, but so far I am happy.

One super simple example is this Flickr Compositor which takes your search and creates a pretty neat composite image. There is also a bunch of other demos so in a matter of minutes you can really get an idea how powerful the Zend Framework is.

At the moment I have this system pretty feature packed, with apps such as:

When I get some more time I am going to be adding the Zend Framework to my development toolkit. I also plan to test out CakePHP and come up with a “best of” kit. The question is what do you prefer to use in your development?

by mkeefe on May 2nd, 2007

Ubuntu on a Dell

ubuntulogo.jpgThis isn’t the first time Dell has shown support for Linux or Open Source for that matter, but it is still nice to see. Not much in the way of details at the moment but it looks promising. Of course you can download Ubuntu or request a live CD to test it out yourself.

I have Ubuntu on one of my VMWare installs and I also have it running on one of my very old laptops. Doing so makes for some very easy cross-browser testing.

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