Transition to a new website was long overdue. Like the anecdotal carpenter, my house was often neglected and never complete.
I've been busy, if you hadn't noticed. GDPR compliance is a looming threat that will affect not only EU businesses, but potentially any business that has users in the EU. Staring down the barrel of a 20 Million Euro fine is incentive enough for me to do something to protect myself and my customers, especially the ones I host. Search for GDPR in the box above to get an idea of what I've been working on.
Looking through the Joomla New Extensions feed last night, I saw a new extension named Profiler. Can you believe it? - Profiler - the name I'd given one of my apps which is still in development. Of course, I was initially worried that someone had released my extension as their own - but that doesn't appear to be the case.
This has happened to me only twice, but it concerns me nonetheless. Both times, I have decided to post as AC (Anonymous Coward) because of the controversial nature of my comments. Both times, I challenged mainstream opinion with statements by the accepted authorities. Both times, within an hour, my post vanished—blatant censorship.
... isn't necessarily good for the wallet.
That's what they say, but it still bothers me a bit.
I've been writing free extensions for Joomla for a while now. There is one criteria that must be met before I'll write a Joomla extension:
- No free extension currently exists that does the same thing
It has come to my attention that several sites I built while working for ECTISP have been taken down. Let it be known that I have not been an employee of theirs since February of 2010 and I no longer have any contact with them.
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I submitted a couple of tech-support stories to Infoworld for their "Off the Record" blog and they published them. I would've given them the stories for free, but they insisted on paying me. Cool huh?