November 2011 Archives - Damian Gostomski | Freelance Web Development

Estimates or “How to dig your own grave”

This is part of the series covering the PHP Nw 2011 conference. View the rest of the posts on this event here. This was one of the best talks that I’d attended, despite not being about PHP, but about the problems with estimates and how to avoid them. Rowan wasn’t even shaken by the multitude of technical issues which delayed it, but I’m sure he’d factored in the risk of that happening. The talk was split into two main parts, starting off with the possible mistakes, and then how to spot problems and resolve them. It’s certainly making a difference…

Google Reader modifications using GreaseMonkey

Google Reader has recently received the visual update which has been available for most Google Services over the last few months. On the whole, I like the style and think it’s much cleaner than the old one. Despite this, it’s not perfect in my opinion, with my biggest complaint being how it styles the collapsed list of items. As this is the main way I consume content via Google Reader (and then click through to read the full article on the original website), it’s reduced how quickly I can scan a large list of content. I tweeted about this frustration…