Layers of information

We have just upgraded our sitemap from a boring XML only version that was only really useful for search engines to a beautiful new version using SlickMap CSS, that is useful for living, loving people like you and I.

Earlier this year, Robert Kosara over at Eager Eyes, asked “where are the Visualization Tools?” Increasingly the answer is becoming; right here on the web!

One of the unfortunate  aspects of how young and focused on the cutting edge the field of programming is, is that we all too easily forget about the classics and spend all our time on the latest and greatest. Michael Feathers has put together a list of 10 Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least [...]

Back in 2007 I was tasked with evaluating php frameworks and making a recommendation for which framework to become the new standard for building web apps at a previous employer.
The major contenders at the time were: CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Zend, and (re-)writing our own in house framework.
Before looking closer at any of the possible solutions, [...]

Hello! My name is Ronny Vindenes and I’m the technical director at illustrata, which means I’m the one the who’s supposed to make the technical decisions.