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After 7 or so years as a Web Developer, I explored the idea of being a marketer. I have always had great respect for “Marketing Guys”. Even though calling them that is a huge insult (they typically are the most conscious of job titles and seemingly hold titles in high esteem) I think it is […]

Not Probably.

Elon Musk started the Boring Company to dig tunnels.  Does this make sense to do?  As one of the worlds most famous engineers, why would anybody focus on this. Elon drives through L.A.  The traffic is not good.  The amount of time cars spend moving slowly or stopped is high.  A tunnel underneath, that had […]

Have you ever wanted to write code on a tablet in a Tesla? I have. Maybe not the most common problem, but since I want to work on this page, it would be nice to be able to edit some javascript. But getting Javascript into your WordPress page is not something WordPress does nicely by […]

When it comes to improvements on voting systems, there are some long-standing methods used in democracy that may now make sense to revisit: Should you pick a single candidate from a list of candidates?  Why can you not pick two candidates?  Or weight your entry 60/40 in the favor of one candidate and another. If […]

Just read article: PHP is much better than you think Basically Easy to learn Features improve Security thightens Excellent community Wide adoption Great package management I agree.  It is great for getting shit done.  It has it’s place, is an excellent tool to use to get web backends done.

Back in 2010, I started a business called Develevation. Dev Elevation. The name, although hard to pronounce, and for some people to write on cheques, identifies the company as one who raises the bar of web development. The website from 2010 was focused on the keywords for “Kingston web development”. It was built for desktops. […]