Elzo Valugi

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-19

elzo valugi — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:34:00 +0000

just seen 2012. weak. #
latest #deepfield http://bit.ly/6vT98c Not really different than today even if almost at big bang time. #
cold day in BCN, writing documentation from home. #
jQuery 1.4 beta :) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-12

elzo valugi — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Adobe a hotarat ca versunile de Photoshop distribuite in Romania nu vor mai salva fisierele in format .psd ci in format .pdl #romania #
OpenStreetMap http://icio.us/2yzkgk #
#Zend Studio 7 on Linux is too slow on an old computer. Consumes 250- 300 MB from 1GB RAM and is lagging. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06

elzo valugi — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:34:00 +0000

http://icio.us/ksvxza #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-28

elzo valugi — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000

http://icio.us/xhkr5i #
GAP: Generic Aspects for PHP http://icio.us/xhkr5i #
why most mobiles have GPS and laptops don't? am I missing something on the mobility front? #
Localization without brains! #FF & OS in EN in SP, #FF search engine returns only SP results & is not editable. #Google is to blame as well. #
Just installed Zend Server on my Ubuntu machine. :) #
googleDocs should message "Filesize limit exceeded" on big files instead of "Server error" #nothelpful #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-21

elzo valugi — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000

a building in #Raval, #Barcelona is burning in flames #
:) what PHP stands for. http://twitpic.com/njrca #
http://icio.us/uzen3o #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-14

elzo valugi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000

I favorited a YouTube video — Giorgos Alkaios- Sagapao http://bit.ly/1f44Xs #
#Aptana 2.0 no longer supports PHP!?!?! I don't like this. http://bit.ly/1BbttZ #
Anticipating Theory http://bit.ly/8Iehp #
2^5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32_(number) #
17 hours #javascript http://bit.ly/4keNt7 #
color of universe? #universeLatte http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091101.html #
#SPDY An experimental protocol for a faster web http://bit.ly/3o505U #
Live Webinar: Migrating from Access to MySQL??? Who is still using Access? Hello! This is 2009! #
"Between the demand to be clear,and the temptation to be obscure, impossible to decide which deserves more respect." Emil Cioran #

Oracle Strategic Product?

elzo valugi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:21:40 +0000

This is pretty silly. This Oracle form is really silly. By what logic someone in those forbidden condition will stop downloading this beta product? If you are from Cuba and US has prohibited export to your country but the website allows you to download, what will you do? How can one check if is on Specially Designated Terrorists or Designated Narcotic Traffickers lists?

In terms of web usability this form is futile for 99% of the people accessing it and the rest 1% that are terrorists, Cubans or narcotic traffickers will not really care about complying with its demands.

SO?

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-07

elzo valugi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Firebug 1.5 beta http://bit.ly/EP6dr #
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know http://bit.ly/3myeS #

PHP Barcelona 2009 impressions

elzo valugi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:48:04 +0000

Last Friday and Saturday I was attending PHP Barcelona Conference. Barcelona is a TOP10 tourist destination but when it comes to PHP we are a small province town, and as you may suspect Gaudi and beaches are somehow more famous here than programmers. But we exist and most of us try to do their best and this happens thanks to Barcelona PHP Programmers Group.

The program had enough presentation to choose from.

These are the presentations that I’ve attended:
Working with Web Services – by Lorna Mitchell, not bad but very basic. Probably good for PHP programmers who never worked with an API or webservice before. Alex Puig presentation about actually implementing an API was far more interesting.

Trees in Database – by Lorenzo Alberton. This one was better even though it wasn’t a PHP subject. I already knew and implemented some of this advanced data models, but not all. Interesting.

Simple is Hard – by Rasmus Lerdorf. Good. I love people that tell me I am stupid.
http://talks.php.net/show/phpbcn

Ajax for scalability by Erik Schultink from Tuenti. Good advices but nothing different from Facebook presentations seen on InfoQ and good only if you have the site with most traffic in your country .

Agile Development with PHP in Practice by Lars Jankowfsky. Basic.

I’ve also been to an Oracle on PHP workshop. Database Resident Connection Pool on 11g seems interesting.

PHP Security Audits – by Seguy Damien. Very clear and nice. Give me and Andrea something to discuss. I think I should do PHP and Javascript audits. Not only security but also code improvements.

The overall organization was good. Food and drinks, books with discounts.

The State of QA Tools for PHP by Sebastian Bergmann. Probably one of the most interesting presentations of the conference.

I did attend to a Phing seminar I think it is a pretty useful tool that I cant wait to test.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

elzo valugi — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:34:00 +0000

PHP security zendCon http://bit.ly/25dSvz #
RT @codepo8: Top 10 internet rules: http://bit.ly/3uW3Pz #
Going to PHP Barcelona Conference Friday and Saturday http://phpconference.es/ I'm not decided yet what seminars to attend. #
who knows what Rasmus Lerdorf will talk about at #phpbarcelona ? #
Wez Furlong on PHP Core Development http://bit.ly/2DiV9K #
Torvalds loves Win7 http://bit.ly/Gm11H #
why germans love Typo3? is so ugly! http://bit.ly/37oC9I #