Too few people understand the benefit of using a caching reverse proxy server to improve web page delivery speeds, and instead go straight to a CDN solution, which can be costly and complex to administer.
Continue reading Improving page speed: CDN vs Squid/Varnish/nginx/mod_proxy
The excellent non-nonsense Quick Tab extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/quicktab?hl=en-GB) makes Google Chrome much more usable, especially if you tend to have (like I do) many tabs open:
Why this isn’t standard in Chrome is baffling, but good work from Tom Lerendu (http://tomlerendu.com/chrome/)
I have recently been delivering training for content authors at a large local authority in the North of England (a new Content Management System is being rolled out), and I thought I would jot down my notes on what trainers should bear in mind when delivering software training:
I’ve just returned from UK Scale Camp 2010 (@scalecampuk), organised by The Guardian (and the indefatigable Michael Brunton-Spall, ). Here are some notes:
I liked the “unconference” format (no formal programme; attendees vote for their favourite sessions in advance), and ended up in four of the many sessions:
Very pleased to receive this email today:
From: Michael Brunton-Spall
Sent: 19 November 2010 16:07
To: Matthew Skelton
Subject: You are invited to ScaleCamp 2010 – 10th December at the Guardian offices, London
Hey,
We are so pleased to be able to invite you to Scale Camp 2010 on the 10th December at the Guardian Offices here in London.
I’m looking forward to some great conversations and debate, particularly around DevOps and how that can contribute to scaling a software platform.
Matthew Skelton 