I am a web designer & developer based in Galway, Ireland. Information on my work is available from my company site: Ambient Age Web Design.

I am also completing a PhD in Information Systems. My research is on the Adoption of IT Standards for technologies to support Ambient Intelligence.

Category Archives: opensource

Firefox 3 – First Look

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After playing with the latest version of the Firefox web browser, it seems a bit more impressive than it’s earlier versions. Some things that struck me after using it for a few hours were:

I’m probably most impressed that I used Google Webmaster tools and Gmail about 4 times and the browser didn’t crash….which [...]

Firefox 3 Release & World Record Attempt

Mozilla are trying to set a new world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours, with the release of the new Firefox 3 browser. (Although on the BBC site, they Mozilla’s head of Marketing is quoted as sayting there’s actually no record for software downloads in 24 hours, so breaking it should [...]

Installing Apache alongside IIS for Zend PHP Framework

After deciding to experiment with the Zend PHP Framework for web application development, I needed to install Apache on a local machine for development. I’m a novice when it comes to Web Server configuration / installation, but after reading the installation would take 15-20 minutes, I started feeling pretty dumb after a few hours of [...]