While at one of my recent startups I developed a framework for startup growth metrics (focused primarily on user metrics). It is a simple, but useful, framework for startups to leverage (framework subject to change). REGISTRATION - for many web properties this is pretty standardized. UPDATE:  I’m setting up a new project on analytics.  If you are interested in collaborating ping me on twitter @gammill. 

But it was not until the last couple years that I updated my skills and capabilities in web development. They have a custom implementation of CPanel, so it is really easy to add a domain, install and upgrade dozens of popular free and open source web apps like Wordpress or Drupal with just a couple of clicks with Fantastico. It includes the LAMP stack ( Linux OS , Apache web server , MySQL database , and PHP ) which any worthwhile web hosting is going to provide, I first started messing around with HTML in DreamWeaver and Claris Home Page around 1999 to put up my own music website.

RADICORE : Rapid Application Development Toolkit for Building Administrative Web Applications symfony : open-source PHP5 web framework Agavi PHP MVC Framework phpPeanuts : Application Framework and Component Model CakePHP PHP For Applications (P4A) The Horde Project

For little while now I have been dabbling in the open source content management framework Drupal . Drupal promises ( in time) to allow practically anyone to be able to set up and mange complex social web sites with more features than a swiss army knife. Before you run off and start using Drupal be aware that although it is definitely suitable for many small to medium web sites, configuring and using it is significantly more difficult than WordPress and it does not yet Today a friend of mine Darius asked me for my thoughts on my recent participation in the DrupalCampLA BarCamp.

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What other kinds of systems will we likely need? I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up .

We keep seeing that people are drawn to elegant products and web sites, but HOW do you design elegance if you weren’t born with Steve Jobs’s design eye? asked Matthew May to come to Mixergy and teach you the elements of elegance and give you a framework that will help you create with more elegance. I The FULL program

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 -- Gartner Web Innovation Summit. Focused on the next generation of web technologies, including Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing, the Gartner Web Innovation Summit will cover future trends and innovations, best practices, actionable advice, vendor and product selections, tutorials, and tactical decision frameworks. See [link] (mor

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -- Gartner Web Innovation Summit. Focused on the next generation of web technologies, including Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing, the Gartner Web Innovation Summit will cover future trends and innovations, best practices, actionable advice, vendor and product selections, tutorials, and tactical decision frameworks. See [link] (mor

Have you ever gone to hire a web developer and realized that you don’t even know what the programming languages mean, let alone how to pick the right one? In the interview I recorded with Obie Fernandez, he explains the main web development languages and how to pick the right one. Obie is a pioneering Rails developer, the author of The Rails Way , and founder and CEO of Hashrocket , which is a leader in Here’s an edited excerpt from our conversation. Andrew: What’s “Ruby”?

Thursday, September 17, 2009 -- Open Web Application Security Project OC Local Chapter Meeting. The Rise of Threat Analysis and the Fall of Compliance, Policies, and Standards in mitigating Web Application Security Risks On August 5th of 2009, Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Albert Gonzales with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States: 130 million credit cards numbers by hacking into the systems of Heartland Payment Systems, the New Jersey-based card processing company, as well as Hannaford Brothers, 7-Eleven and two unnamed national retailers.