Tag: development

  • 11  steps to getting the most out of your freelance developers

    11 steps to getting the most out of your freelance developers

    A handy guide for clients working with freelance developers so nobody gets hurt… Working with freelancers can be, for some, the equivalent of playing with a loaded gun. It can work out, but there are times when it can really affect your business and your life. As a client, you need a handy guide to…

  • Setting up a local development environment with Scotch Box

    Setting up a local development environment with Scotch Box

    Very recently I had the misfortune of being forced to uninstall Ubuntu from my laptop and go back to Windows. I won’t get into the reasons behind this, but the one thing I miss in the Windows environment is my LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack and bash command line. Most web site hosts around the world use…

  • Getting ready for 2016

    Getting ready for 2016

    Digital Resolutions. 2016 sees a new direction for me. For the first time since I started programming in 2004, I will be 100% self employed. This doesn’t mean that I have always been employed by a boss for the last 12 years. There were some attempts at working for myself in the past, but each time…