Well, I suppose this has been a long time in coming, but I have recently been in a circular debate on one of the forums I regular: attempting to reason with an inexperienced developer that embracing the need for compliance and accessibility within our design process actually frees us up to expand our web presence. [...]

Well, it never ceases to amaze me how much I don’t know about the technologies I use every day as part of my job. No, I’m not saying that I don’t know how to do my job, but I’m rather saying that there are realms of possibilities the likes of which I’ve never imagined could [...]

This year has proved to be the year of birthdays in our family. Not only is our third child’s due date on the same day as our son’s third birthday, but we have also had a rush of ideal gifts given. Starting out the year, my wife surprised me with the gift of a Nintendo [...]

Project Top Secret is an absolutely astounding venture that I happened upon a few weeks ago. After spending a few days doing some research, I discovered that this was no new discovery. In fact, this project, spearheaded by renowned video game director David Perry and Acclaim, has been going on for several months and has been featured on sites such as IGN, The Inquirer and Joystiq. From recent readings I have done, it seems that the consensus of the gaming community, driven by the announcement of the genre of the game, is one of skepticism. I must admit that skepticism has haunted my thoughts at times and the community driven discussion has at times seemed to be a bit out of order, I am reminded that nothing worth doing is ever easy. This game, in a nutshell, is to be an entirely community driven venture; no, not simply the character creation and story input, but everything from the world design to that of community development teams doing the final programming themselves.

Some of you may not immediately catch the sarcasm intended to be portrayed by the title of this post, but anyone who knows my coding preferences or has heard me complain (in a good way, of course) about the server structure with which we are currently stuck with at work, you will have no issue with understanding the tongue in cheek nature of this post. I have actually been amazed at how many times in the last week I have run into servers that have yet to offer PHP5 in their configuration settings, even as an option.

I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a blog for some time now. I have been encouraged by friends and colleagues on many occasions to take advantage of the exposure the blogging world can afford a developer, but I’ve always just used the “I just don’t have the time to keep it updated” rhetoric. [...]