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Quite a nice video describing how Linux is built.

This week I upgraded our Listings directory theme at WooThemes from the Google Maps API V2 to V3 and I thought it would be pretty cool to show you what I actually do when I code.

The upgrade process took about an hour and a half of coding, testing, and deploying. And for those wondering, I’m coding in Coda, and the video was created using Screenflow.

And for those wondering about the music, it’s one of my favorite pieces recorded by JerryC called Canon Rock.

Update: the video was featured on WPCandy.

In everyone’s life there are several key defining moments – moments that you will always carry with you and treasure as they helped shape you into who you are today.

One of my key moments was in 2006 in my final year of study. My father, who has been one of the greatest inspirations to me in life and my career, handed me a copy of the transcript of Steve Jobs “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” address at Stanford. That article really hit home for me, it inspired me. And it’s stayed with me ever since. I’ve still got it filed in my office under “important documents”

In the wake of his death people have been calling Steve Jobs i-this and i-that, an icon, but to me he was above all else…inspiring.

So enjoy the video, be inspired by it, watch it over and over, and do something great with your life – don’t waste it.

Thanks for the memories Steve.

I posted earlier about speaking at WordCamp Cape Town about using WordPress as a Development Framework, here is the video for your viewing pleasure!

I gave a talk at WordCamp Cape Town yesterday about using WordPress as a Development Framework for building web applications. Here’s my slides, I’ll update this post shortly with a bit more information – like the links to the video clip and code snippets.

Cool interview with Adii from WooThemes by Charl Norman from Bandwidth Blog.

Original video here.

A great talk by Billy Graham on technology and faith, I particularly enjoy his comments on King David and his role in developing Israel.

As promised, here are my slides from WordCamp Spain 2010!