I like this ad. When will Sri Lanka catch up?
Update: Looks like Scourge had something similar to say. Here is another good ad that takes a while to sink in.
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Monthly Archive for March, 2008
I like to follow up on Why You should learn PHP by rumblinglankan.com which talks about PHP for bloggers and extend it for programmers in general.
I was a full blown Java developer back in the day. I knew many developers who stuck to their guns and did one thing like Oracle, Java or .NET and said it would never go away and there would always be a market for it.
Well things change. Windows administrators are learning Linux, VB6 guys probably moved to VB.NET etc. If you sit still your skills will become obsolete.
A few years ago I saw the potential of PHP. It was simple to learn widely deployed on the Internet. I started building some Intranets with it, thinking I can move some of that logic out to a website later.
That was back in 2005. Now more than 50% of my work day is PHP, MySql, drupal, Code Igniter, WordPress or something other than Java. If I locked myself into Java I wouldn’t have got most of the projects or opportunities I got.
Now I use PHP from writing system scripts to extending drupal. I’m also thinking about trying PHP GTK to write a Windows GUI application.
Look around and try something. Software is always changing, try to keep up. 
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Looking at my stats I found the following.
- Hits go up from Monday to Wednesday. Then goes down towards the weekend.
- Weekdays visitors come first thing in the morning or after lunch around 2pm
- There are less hits in the weekend, but visitors stay longer and read more posts.
So most visitors drop by for a quick check on weekdays starting on Monday. They probably check on Kottu and just pop into a few posts they like and go back.
This means my current tendency for short regular posts during weekdays work well. Visitors don’t have time to stick around for a long read anyway.
Its a good idea to write longer and in-depth content during the weekend.
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I wanted to backup from my work (Windows) box to my personal (Linux) box. I found these useful videos on setting up Samba file sharing. This first guy was right I didn’t know about the extra configuration changes.
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/SAMBA_Filesharing
Funny story. I did all this and didn’t see the Linux box on the network. Hmm that’s strange. I opened Firefox on Ubuntu to find no Internet either! With a quick glance at the back of the computer I saw the network cable was not plugged in.
I need to get another network cable for the mac. I keep switching between them.
Here is the Ubuntu Wiki page for Samba. Which has more details.
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Update: The window for this particular position is outdated, but I’m always on the lookout for PHP and other web developers from Sri Lanka.
The company I work for is looking to hire a PHP developer. Please contact me with your CV.
We are looking for PHP, MySql, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and drupal experience.
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