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The Nomad blog is where we share news of our projects, thoughts on web development and a weekly round up of things on the Internet that have caught our eye - Tales from the Internet
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Latest posts
Don't believe everything you read...
I've seen this image crop up on social media a few times over the last couple of weeks. It's great table, showing some data very clearly, and is easily understood. One problem though is that it is an absolute pack of lies.
The other social network...
Don't worry, this is not a rant about new twitter - which I actually quite like.
Interconnectedness in 2012
I noticed with interest earlier this month the news that Berg (Design consultancy) have announced the impending availability of their Little Printer – a small newpaper printer for use in the home. It's going to be based on their Berg Cloud – a system for controlling (smart) products from the Internet.
What's broken in our industry? Part Two
In the first part of this article, I discussed some of the problems with our industry - specifically concerning how projects are run. I'm not going to re-iterate all that here, so if you haven't read that already then I suggest you check it out first.
What's broken in our industry? Part One
When I was working for an agency, there were a phrase and a word I hated. The phrase was "can you just", the word was "yes".
5 technologies I like working with
A short, sharp and highly subjective post. I was going to write about a few systems I’ve had the misfortune of working with recently. However I didn’t want to do one of those negative, bitchy posts that are oh so common on the Internet. So I thought I’d change tack and write a little about the systems/languages/techniques I like working with. These are in no particular order, and are not limited to one particular area.
On working remotely...
The members of Nomad cooperative all work remotely, whether working on internal projects or client work, we are rarely in the same room whilst the actual work gets done. Whilst this is a non traditional method of working, it fits very well with us. Most people seem to assume that with remote working, communication suffers. Most of the time we've found the opposite to be true.
On Cablegate
Countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of internet users risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century. - Hillary Clinton on China attacking Google.
Having trouble with Silverstripe ModelAdmin?
I've recently completed a project for a client using SilverStripe - an open source PHP5 CMS. I've been a fan of it ever since I first stumbled upon it. It's relatively easy to use, has a good strong OO grounding and is very flexible with a powerful template language.
