Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Mar 18, 2010, 10:35 am
Have you ever wondered how many hours do you actually work at the office? Excluding lunch breaks and other breaks obviously. Have you ever calculated your productivity level during the day? How many h...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Mar 15, 2010, 4:33 am
There are many ways PHP applications are deployed on production servers. Some people use SCMs like Subversion to fetch latest revision of code. Others simply transfer the files via FTP, SSH or rsync. ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Mar 12, 2010, 3:03 am
In my last post about teams I claimed there is no universal recipe for breeding a jelled team. A few days ago I came across a great book Peopleware, first published 20 years ago and then updated a few...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Mar 10, 2010, 5:32 pm
I just came along a nice blog post by Drew McLellan, Social Media Cheat Sheet, where he presents the Social Landscape created by CMO.com. The sheet shows what social media can be used best depending o...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Mar 7, 2010, 5:18 pm
In my previous post I already indicated it is no longer a questions whether or not you want to use social media, because others are using it already. You will just have to follow your brand. The follo...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Mar 4, 2010, 9:11 am
The value of having jelled teams in the company or working in one is pretty obvious. Such teams are more productive and work more efficiently since they feel comfortable with each other. Can we use so...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Mar 3, 2010, 2:54 pm
Quite some years ago, after attending a presentation about lean production at Toyota, I decided to buy the book “The Toyota Way”. I had the feeling many of their 14 management principles would be ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 22, 2010, 6:44 am
During the first international Symfony Live conference Fabien Potencier introduced Symfony 2. It’s a next generation framework which will change PHP world forever. I already wrote about the highligh...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 20, 2010, 9:33 am
I’ve just returned from the first international Symfony Live conference in Paris. There are currently a lot of great things happening in the symfony (and Symfony ) world which I’d like to share...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Feb 16, 2010, 12:29 pm
A recent study carried out by Manpower Poland shows that 60% of Polish businesses don’t feel the need to use social media (in Polish only). I don’t think this result is applicable to Polan...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 12, 2010, 10:43 am
Recently, I’ve come cross an HBR article “The Innovator’s DNA”, in which they explain what makes some people innovative and what sets them apart from the rest of us? They also tried to answer ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 9, 2010, 5:27 am
Lime is a testing tool bundled with symfony. It can be, however, used separately with any PHP application. It is a great alternative for famous PHPUnit. Its advantage is simplicity. Since writing tes...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 5, 2010, 7:48 am
The company life is all about communication be it direct, face-to-face or virtual and remote with colleagues, clients and company partners. Have you ever counted how many meetings you attend in the pe...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 5, 2010, 1:56 am
I’m using WordPress for iPhone to edit on 4 blogs. The app is up to date. I think since the last update I’m facing the following issue. It won’t be easy to explain I’m afraid. Related Posts:H...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 4, 2010, 1:11 pm
Are you one of those early birds who installed the then free available Windows 7 Release Candidate? Fun is over. Beginning March 1, the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will start to shut down every t...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 4, 2010, 9:15 am
Most of us will remember a rather dramatic introduction of Windows Vista several years ago. With a lot of marketing power users were forced to switch to a not very well performing new operating system...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 4, 2010, 3:34 am
We all know that only the “learning organizations” have a bright future ahead. Knowledge is the key predictor of success. So why aren’t we eager to share our knowledge? Why often people working ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Feb 3, 2010, 3:48 pm
YouTube was among the first big brands which decided to stop supporting Internet Explorer 6 and today Google joined the IE6 ban. Like many others Google is using more and more Javascript technology to...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Jan 30, 2010, 10:45 am
In our daily live we tend to chose the easy way. Like sheep we follow the others. We chose the known paths. People who know me probably agree that from time to time I try the off the road track. Today...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Jan 28, 2010, 1:15 pm
Yesterday I was talking to a researcher of the Amsterdam University. As Goyello we take part in the Symbiosis program and from time to time they measure the progress of all the participants. During th...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Jan 27, 2010, 6:15 pm
Managing to write on four blogs is not an easy job. Especially not because my days are rather busy. That’s one of the reasons I like to write blog posts while travelling. Some time ago I installed W...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Jan 22, 2010, 5:29 am
Whether or not you are using Twitter, please continue reading. This is not a typical “new on Twitter” post, although it is about Twitter. Last night Seesmic launched a new revolutionary applicatio...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Jan 21, 2010, 3:58 am
Kanban system introduces generic approach to Agile. There is no one way to became Agile. If you work using Kanban principles (which are derrived from Agile) you are working in Agile way. If this means...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Jan 15, 2010, 5:39 am
The beginning of a new year is always a great time to start moving your career in a better direction. It’s pretty common that at that time many employees set Workplace and Career New Year’ s Resol...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Jan 13, 2010, 5:30 pm
According to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc. the technology sector will see a recovery in 2010 as businesses and governments in the US and around the world begin spending again on informatio...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Jan 7, 2010, 4:46 pm
Try to recall the last talk you had with some friends in the bar or colleagues over lunch? What was it about? In the case of a group of women I don’t know it. If related to cars I guess you mention...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 31, 2009, 2:42 pm
PHP 5 Zend Certified Engineer is the most known and respected title for PHP developers. Currently, at the end of 2009, there are only 3493 Zend Certified Engineers worldwide. 2542 of them are certifie...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 30, 2009, 3:05 pm
When you are working with social media you tend to forget that the adoption of social media is still rather low. I recently noticed this when I was requested to provide a presentation about online cor...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 30, 2009, 8:09 am
In the software development world employers always look for creative coders. Such employees come up with innovative ideas which may save a lot of time when developing functionalities that are hard to ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 22, 2009, 4:56 pm
I believe we all agree that 2009 has been a horrible year for many of us. But not necessary for all of us. Despite or may be even thanks to the economic downturn the IT outsourcing market didn’t los...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 21, 2009, 7:00 am
It’s been estimated that almost 50% of newly hired employees fail in their jobs within the first 2 years and the first 3 months are the most crucial for their success. As I discussed in my previous...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 18, 2009, 7:11 am
Recently I’ve migrated GOYELLO’s Redmine installation to Gentoo Linux. I’ve used nginx as a load balancer and proxy to Mongrel Cluster. Read on to learn more about the installation process of th...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 17, 2009, 6:54 pm
Just imagine yourself being the world famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn. Somebody hired you to prepare a nice painting of his company. Once you show him your almost finished painting, he requests you ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 17, 2009, 10:54 am
We all know about it but there is always an issue how to explain it to a beginner, why static classes are just a no way to go. Of course, you as a software guru can directly point out at least 10 reas...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 16, 2009, 6:15 am
Apparently, the only constant thing in this world is change. Also social trends change along with the customs and we need to get used to completely different etiquette rules to survive in the jungle o...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Dec 13, 2009, 2:18 pm
Katowice station on cold morning Originally uploaded by Peter Horsten Currently I am travelling by nighttrain to the GOYELLO office in the South of Poland, Gliwice. The good thing of travelling by tr...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 13, 2009, 1:45 pm
Last week Dell announced they earned over $6.5 million through Twitter alone. This message gained a lot of (social) media attention. But I doubt the credits of the success should go to Twitter alone....
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 10, 2009, 2:16 pm
The adoption of social media is increasing at high speed. You only have to watch the impressive increase of Twitter and Facebook accounts. They offer both new opportunities and challenges to stand abo...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 10, 2009, 1:30 am
You can often read about software development projects that failed. The presented figures vary from about 35% up to 75% of the total amount of projects. There is no need to argue these figures. Let’...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Dec 8, 2009, 4:27 am
Poland’s Economy Ministry finished the works on its project of economic reform containing 98 draft bills meant to remove red tape and burdens for Polish businesses. It promises life will become ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 3, 2009, 6:57 pm
This week we were unpleasantly surprised when we noticed the appearance of one of our clients in the Google search results had dramatically changed. Soon the surprise changed into curiosity. It appea...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 2, 2009, 9:51 am
How Aspect Oriented Programming Framework can reduce amount of code and improve your architecture
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 1, 2009, 11:25 am
Imagine you have an appointment. It’s a blind date. Can you remember such a moment? You arrive at the agreed time at the agreed place. You look for that folded news paper or red flower. Then you n...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Dec 1, 2009, 9:53 am
If you have just started a software developer’s career or changed a workplace these tips may comae in handy while establishing yourself in a new environment. It’s not easy to earn colleagues’ re...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Nov 30, 2009, 11:25 am
Today we celebrated that 3 years ago my business partner Arie and I started GOYELLO. It started with arranging all the needed bureaucratic matters in Poland. After that remarkable trip, we almost miss...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on Sharing our software development knowledge - GOYELLO - Nov 29, 2009, 5:25 pm
The biggest challenge in software projects, in my opinion, is defining the client’s needs. This might sound like an easy job, but if you don’t do it on a daily basis it will be a hard one. Just tr...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Nov 29, 2009, 5:39 am
As a Dutch guy living in Poland I meet many foreigners who visit Poland for the first time. In my previous post I already mentioned that they are mostly positively surprised about the Polish beauty wh...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Nov 28, 2009, 5:48 pm
Gdansk Old Town at the Motława river Originally uploaded by Peter Horsten Everytime I meet non Polish people who are visiting Poland for the first time the conversation is more or less the same. All ...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Nov 28, 2009, 4:50 pm
As I wrote some time ago I had quite some trouble keeping my Twitter friends and followers list clean and tidy after using some auto-follow tools. Taking part in the Twitter followers earning race I t...
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Peter Horsten posted an article on PetersOpinion.com - Nov 25, 2009, 7:45 pm
During the Globe Forum, which took place several weeks ago in Gdańsk, one of the main conclusions was that we have to look for different power solutions NOW! Therefore, I was very shocked to read tha...
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