PHP Developer survey shows dominance of mobile, social media and cloud

By tim, on January 12th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Zend, a company which specialises in PHP frameworks and tools, has released the results of a developer survey from November 2011.

The survey attracted 3,335 respondents drawn, it says, from “enterprise, SMB and independent developers worldwide.” I have a quibble with this, since I believe the survey should state that these were PHP developers.

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January 12th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: cloud computing, development, microsoft, php, professional, software development, zend | One comment

BBC iPlayer goes a little social – but what can it learn from YouTube?

By tim, on September 6th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

BBC’s iPlayer, which offers but live TV and radio and an on demand catch-up service, has gone live with a new version that adds personalisation as well as links to Facebook and Twitter for limited interaction with your social media contacts.

Presenting a personalised iPlayer web page is more demanding, as every visitor sees a

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September 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: bbc, php | Leave a comment

Buzz buzz – Google profile nonsense

By tim, on February 10th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Google has launched a new social media service called Buzz (as if you did not know) and I’m on it – here’s my profile.

You had better follow that link too; because whenever I visit the profile when signed into Google I see this not-too-subtle banner:

“Your profile is not yet eligible to

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February 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: google, internet, search, twitter | Leave a comment