During the last six month or so, I’ve been looking to hire a PHP programmer for at least three companies. I have spoken to quite a few people on the phone, reviewed a bunch of resumes, and even interviewed a few. Out of all those candidates I recommended to hire exactly zero. Before you start … Continue reading Where did all the PHP programmers go?
Paul Graham continues writing down his thoughts and observations – “Cities and ambitions“: No matter how determined you are, it’s hard not to be influenced by the people around you. It’s not so much that you do whatever a city expects of you, but that you get discouraged when no one around you cares about … Continue reading Cities and ambitions
There are things that are as obvious as daylight. There are things that I need to research and think over to understand. And there are things that feel like I’ll never understand. Wakoopa is one of them. I first heard about Wakoopa back in April when I was in Amsterdam, at The Next Web 2008 … Continue reading Wakoopa – one of those things that I don’t get
Twitter is many things to many people. It’s a lot of things to me too (status updates, communication channel, notes application, self-reminders, etc). But for the last couple of days I am having a new experience with it – virtual presence. Last year I attended Greek Blogger Camp. It was a lot of fun. This … Continue reading Virtual presence with Twitter
I’ve recently made a donation to Eff.org and also bought some stickers from them. Since I put the sticker on my laptop, I am getting this question all the time: “What is eff.org?“. I even get this question from people who I thought were very familiar with EFF’s work. Well, here is an answer to … Continue reading Eff.org needs more PR