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The problem with PHP

The meme of PHP's deeper language problems and possible extinction has bubbled to the surface again from various recent discussions, but my views on this are very different to what they used to be.…

E-Government Bar Camp Wrap

It's been a long long time since I've participated in hours and hours of such lively and (mostly) positive discussion. I have to echo Mike's view that Wellington is one of the only places where…

Local government for a connected world

I was supposedly going to be in Auckland this weekend, but things changed. After a fascinating discussion with Callum Strong on the relativity of rates on Thursday, I spontaneously decided…