Welcome to my IT Leadership & Tech-Management blog!
Guiding Hunter College students to become social media superstars
Hunter College asked me and professionals from CNBC, NBA and PricewaterhouseCoopers to provide...
Database Month Spring-2013 concludes with our 101st NYC MySQL Group Meetup
Over 4,500-members invited to a cognac-celebration honoring the world's largest database Meetup's...
Over 300+ attendees at Database Month 2013 premiere-evening CEO/CTO Discussion among Database Superstars
Moderating a panel of the 10gen/MongoDB CTO, Couchbase CEO & NuoDB CEO was an honor and huge fun! I...
Database Month 2013 to feature creators of PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, Riak, VoltDB, NuoDB and more!
I put my heart into arranging an agenda to feature legends such as: Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP) Monty...
300-people came to Percona Live MySQL Conference NYC! The after-party filled Mickey Mantles Sports Bar!
As the Chairman and Emcee of NY's first MySQL conference, seeing a full-house crowd of attendees is...
HP Hatchery panelist alongside Gilt CTO + Blip.tv CTO
Being a panelist at the HP Hatchery Startup Ecosystem alongside CTOs from Gilt Groupe and Blip.tv...
Quoted in eWEEK: 11 IT-Expert Predictions for 2011
I was interviewed about the future of IT in 2011 and expressed my view that 3G/4G with geolocation...
Forbes.com CIO Network-IT ROI: More Than Meets The Eye
Writing for Forbes is amazing, their editors are top-notch and Steve Forbes had personally thanked...
Speaking at MIT about Social-Media Marketing
Getting personally-invited to speak at MIT was a great honor. The full-house audience at this...
MIT CIO Corner article: Building Sustainable IT ROI
When analyzing IT ROI, the ROI-sustainability factor is often overlooked. The long-term rate of ROI...
Establishing an Ultra-Agile LAMoP Environment
Being asked to speak at the first MongoNYC conference was monumental; MongoDB is the first...
Maximizing IT ROI at the ConFoo conference
Speaking at ConFoo about Maximizing IT ROI was a fantastic experience, especially the ending Q&A...
Interviewed for: 10 IT Management Predictions For 2010
It is an honor to be one of the 10 IT management experts chosen by Aprigo to share insight &...
NYC MySQL Group exceeds 1,000 members!
Growing the NYC MySQL Group to 1k+ members & into the world's largest database group organized...
Pre-Launch Checklist - May 2009 php|architect (free PDF)
Shortly after most new sites are launched, the creators discover that some necessary elements have...
Revealed at PHP Quebec Conference: Top 10 Ways to Maximize PHP ROI and How to Be a Superstar IT Manager
Started listening to Learn French MP3s to prepare for the PHP Quebec Conference where I will...
Presenting at PyWorks + PHP|Works conferences!
Presenting to two conference audiences simultaneously is so exciting! 2009 brings with it IE8,...
Organizer of the New York Enterprise 2.0 Meetup
I am delighted to be the new organizer of the NY Enterprise 2.0 Meetup consisting of 225+ people...
Invited to teach Yeshiva University Business School students about Project Management
Many of the intelligent students at the Yeshiva University Sy Syms School of Business have a clear...
Presentations @ php|tek 2008: Accessibility for Web 2.0 + IT Project Management Best Practices
The turnout this year was awesome; presenting to a packed room with people standing in the back is...
The Ten Commandments of Coding Excellence
This article was really fun to write! The 10 most important factors of producing top-quality PHP...
Presenting @ ZendCon 2007 on Project Management Methods to Maintain IT Standards
PMMMITS will focus on techniques for managing IT projects, maintaining high-quality standards and...
I am now a PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and have upgraded my ZCE to PHP 5!
Let's throw some numbers around: 4-hour, 200 question exam on 44-process groups consisting of 500+...
Looking forward to presenting at OSCON 2007 on Accessibility for Web 2.0!
The top-10 lesser-known benefits derived from making your Web 2.0 site accessible are: 1....
The Any Key plug-in for Mozilla Firefox is the most useful thing since sliced bread!
So I contributed to it. I built the Hebrew Phonetic keyboard mapping. What Any Key does when...
Unifying Server-Side and Client-Side Input Validation + coding contest!
My new article in the May 2007 php|architect magazine is loads of fun! Readers will learn how...
I passed MySQL Certified Developer and Certified DBA!
After years of using MySQL and other databases, I decided to certify my skills. I originally...
Awesome === php|tek
Summary of my notes from php|tek: Test-Driven Development: A bunch of presenters recommended...
The 3 most-effective WAMP server optimizations
My experience has taught me that no optimization tactic will hold a candle to the effectiveness of...
Making PHP control the world (via interfacing with LCD screens, sensors, motors, etc.)
Yup, it can be done. PHP can be interfaced to monitor what cycle your washing machine is in and...
