At 4:35PM yesterday, Ben Allfree was killed when he suffered a blow to the head from an oversized Nondisclosure Agreement. According to witnesses, an unidentified entrepreneur struck Ben with an NDA after claiming that he had a “killer” business idea.
“Before Ben could react,” said Rick Schaffer who witnessed the event, “the guy pulled out [...]
Ben killed by NDA
April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: funny, management, news
Ben announces mvcPress, the first MVC framework for WordPress
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ve been doing so much work in WordPress lately that I invented a better way to modify a WordPress site with custom programming. It integrates seamlessly with WordPress, requires no modifications to core code, and is fully testable. Go find out more about it at the home page
Ben wins GoPotato contract!
March 10th, 2008 · No Comments
GoPotato.tv is an online publisher of comedy programs. They chose Ben to revamp their site using Ruby on Rails.
Tags: agile, funny, news, rails, ruby, social, video
InfiniteBits seeking venture capital
February 25th, 2008 · No Comments
InfiniteBits, the FTP solution for Amazon S3, is now seeking venture capital investors.
Ben founds Facebook Developer’s Garage of Santa Barbara
January 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Facebook recently invited Ben to found the Facebook Developer’s Garage, Santa Barbara chapter. The group focuses on current Facebook trends and techniques and seeks to build a local community for supporting the technology.
Tags: agile, facebook, news, php, rails, ruby, social
Ben wins EcoPerks contract
January 20th, 2008 · No Comments
EcoPerks raises ecological awareness. Ben is working with them to revamp the web site and add a ton of new features in a hurry!
Tags: agile, frameworks, mvc, news, php, social
Ben to write Prentice Hall book
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Yes, the rumors are true. Prentice Hall and I have been talking about several book options. I can’t get into the juicy details, but it is probably okay to share that we have evaluated current marketing trends such as those shown on the sidebar of this site. The safe money would say the topic lands [...]
Ben wins Paperspine contract
January 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Ben has won a contract to develop Paperspine.com, the book renter’s web portal. Paperspine is based on ASP.NET.
Ben wins another Amazon AWS contract
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Ben will be helping an undisclosed client transfer 1 billion files into Amazon’s S3 storage cloud. Further details are not public at this time.
Ben wins Imikimi.com contract
November 14th, 2007 · No Comments
Imikimi.com helps users make photos completely in their browsers.