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Elliot Haughin

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The Dawn of a New Haughin Era

blogging / 21st February 2010 / By Elliot

Since September things have changed a great deal for me, both in my personal life, and professionally.
This had led me to seriously think about what it is that I ‘do’, other people’s perceptions and observations of me, and more importantly, what ‘can’ I do in the future.

Before I begin this post, I must make this clear. Most people who read and subscribe to my blog are doing so because of my work with CodeIgniter and other areas of web development. I get that, and this isn’t a personal blog, it is quite tech related. But, if you fall into this group of people, please bear with me on this post, it will make sense.

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Search Engine Optimization – The ‘Essential’ Tips

blogging, misc / 4th May 2009 / By Elliot

Most of the companies I’ve worked for have had someone in charge of ‘Search Engine Optimization’. The idea is to optimize your sites for search engines to help improve rankings for specific terms. But can it be done? And more importantly, how should it be done?

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CodeIgniter Vimeo API Library Released

blogging, codeigniter, misc, php / 4th March 2009 / By Elliot

Only yesterday I was releasing the CodeIgniter Twitter API Library, and now I’ve got another hot release for you all!

Vimeo is a fantastic video service with good quality flash encoding and a great free account. And now, it’s possible to use this service within your CodeIgniter applications.

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ExpressionEngine 2.0 Accepting Developer Preview Applications

blogging, codeigniter, expressionengine / 3rd March 2009 / By Elliot

Ellislab have just announced that they are now accepting developer preview applications for ExpressionEngine 2.0. It’s been a long time coming – ExpressionEngine 2.0 was originally anticipated for the Summer 2008. But, as all good developers do, that line has changed to: “When it’s ready”. For many of us, we first saw ExpressionEngine 2.0 in [...]

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10 Reasons I Don’t Like Smashing Magazine

blogging, fun, misc / 1st March 2009 / By Elliot

Ok, so the title may be smothered in irony, but I just couldn’t help myself! Smashing Magazine seems to have thrown itself into the limelight as design and development’s ‘must-read’ web magazine. But, it’s time for a change, because it really could do better. Before you jump right to the bottom and call me a [...]

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