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SQL or Hadoop

Daniel Smith — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:56:16 +0000

Derek showed me this. Pretty funny if you ask me, because I am still looking for an excuse to use Hadoop, but alas nothing comes to mind.

WordPress 3.3 RC3

Daniel Smith — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:43:40 +0000

So I decided to upgrade to WordPress 3.3 a little early (its on RC3). So far…. so good, and it looks like it’s going to be another solid release from the WordPress team. I have been thinking that it is about time I get involved in the WordPress community as developer, seeing as I have been using the software now for years. Not sure what I am going to do first, but I plan on building something.

Not much else new to report. But eventually I will update this thing more frequently.

-Daniel

Wisdom Teeth

Daniel Smith — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:37:39 +0000

Wisdom teeth come out tomorrow. I am for sure not looking forward to it.

In better news Zend Framework 1.10 was released today.

Back from SEMA Show

Daniel Smith — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:22:51 +0000

I am back from the SEMA Show, check out the album when you get a chance! I will post some details on the latest projects that I am involved with for SEMA when I get a chance!

[flickr album=72157622771488184 num=5 size=Square]

Back from Keys Vacation

Daniel Smith — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:05:05 +0000

I am back from my Florida Keys Vacation with the family and ready to get back to my usual! Posts to come include posts on: Technical Debt, Cloud Hosting and Zend Framework.

Can’t to write them and put them out there. Also can’t wait to post pictures from the vacation and post some pretty cool stories!

WordPress 2.8

Daniel Smith — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:01:40 +0000

Wordpress 2.8 is out and beside a few plugin incompatibilities I think it is a great release. There seems to be a lot of negative attention to some of the bugs due to plugins on the WordPress.org boards but I found the 1 offending plugin and disabled it until it was fixed. Besides that, now it is time to update my theme to take advantage of all of the new WordPress goodies! Thanks guys!

Home Office Space

Daniel Smith — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:59:01 +0000

So the hp w2408h was finally discontinued, and replaced by 23″ and 25″ models, so it was my last chance to by the 24″ lcd to match my iMac at home. So I have been shopping for the monitor for a while, and the price was always $400+, so with it being discontinued I was able to get it for a MUCH better price. Besides that life is really good, spring is here and so are the rain storms in Orlando. Started to really dig into Obj-C and Cocoa, hopefully it will start to become one of my strong languages.

On the work front I was down in Miami Beach for the Avectra Developer Conference, that was a fun little conference to go to, learned a lot about the industry that we are a vendor in, and was able to pick up some new knowledge about integrating with netForum.

AJAX and PHP

Daniel Smith — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:02:11 +0000

The second book in my series of reviews is AJAX and PHP by Cristian Darie, a book that takes us on a journey through a now MUST when you develop web applications. If you are developing anything on the web platform page refreshes are a thing of the past, integrating AJAX is now a standard. This book will help give you the basics on the interaction between AJAX and PHP. This book covers the nitty gritty of JavaScript and their implementations, not using a JS Framework like Prototype.

This book will give you a great background in how AJAX functions work in most of the popular frameworks and allow you to build great Web 2.0 application without the need for them. The last chapter however does talk about Drag and Drop using script.aculo.us which is built on Prototype.

Some things that can be helpful in this book however include, using the Document Object Model, DOM and CSS, Charting using SVG, and AJAX RSS Readers. Good book overall if you are looking to build apps without frameworks. Nice job Packt Publishing

Tools of the Trade

Daniel Smith — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:42:29 +0000

Most developers are very set in their ways in terms of what applications they use to develop software, for me its Eclipse, TextMate and VIM. But those aren’t the only tools that we use in order to get through the entire software development process. For awhile I had been looking for a tool to replace my old standard of Microsoft Visio. I had been using Visio since before it was picked up by Microsoft. Well I am proud to say that I have found a company that produces GREAT organizational software, The Omni Group produces 3 of my new favorite applications: OmniOutliner, OmniGraffle, and OmniPlan. OmniGraffle is the application that replaces Visio for me. It allows me to draw very complex but elaborate and professional diagrams. Just like in Visio, objects snap together and it allows me to have an ever changing diagram so that I can think on the screen. If you are a Mac user please check it out, download the demo version and see what I am talking about. The next piece of software that I have really taken a liking for is OmniOutliner, which actually is bundled with most new Macs. I have started taking notes in meetings with this product. This probably isn’t its only use, but it is far superior then using some text pad and having totally unorganized thoughts in a text file. The last application is the one I really haven’t started using much of but am pretty sure I will get a lot of use out of. OmniPlan is the replacement for Microsoft Project for us Mac folks. Most Mac users are aware that Visio, Project and Access are not available for the Mac, so OmniPlan steps in an allows for Project Managment/Planning with their product.

Not only are these products very helpful for organizing software projects, but are also helpful for organizing any other facet of your life, and they also bring the creative look and feel to your work that you would expect out of a product on a Mac.

How Work Gets Done

Daniel Smith — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:10:58 +0000

If anyone has every wondered how I manage so many tasks in a given day.

The Setup