Hire Me
If you like what you see and you just can’t get enough, I’m available for contract work on smaller, short-term PHP and MySQL projects.
I currently work full-time, so I am unable to accept projects that require travel or “normal” business hours, but if you’ve got a small project or Facebook application you need help with, I’d be happy to discuss it with you.
Short-term projects with quick turnaround times are my specialty, and I will often make time for projects that I find interesting. I am, of course, happy to sign an NDA if required.
I have been a professional web developer for 14 years, a blogger for 15 years (I was a blogger before blogging had a name), and have co-authored two books on PHP/MySQL development.
Through full-time employment and independent contracts have worked on web development projects for clients including:
* San Diego Zoo
* San Diego Padres
* Sunkist
* Intel
* Puma
* Vitamin Water
* Sears
* CBS
* J.P. Morgan Chase
* Chase Bank
* Jenny Craig
* American College of Sport Medicine
* Scripps Research Institute
It should be mentioned that the opinions expressed on snipe.net are mine and mine alone, and do not reflect the opinions of any of the above companies.
In addition to web application development, I also do design work (both online and off) and video editing in FinalCut.
Learn more on my portfolio site, at www.phpchick.com.
Note: If you are in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area and require videography, lighting, theatrical design or production assistance for a film or commercial, please contact Lars Lunde at lars@lundegaard.com.
Facebook Timeline for Fan Pages: A Crash Course in Changes
Posted on March 7, 2012 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
Facebook rolled out their new Timeline for fan pages about a week or so ago, and you’ve got less than a month to transition your fan pages over before Timeline goes live for all fan pages on March 30, 2012. Timeline for fan pages is, in general, one heck of a step up. Overview of [...]
Add/Remove Fields Dynamically in jQuery Mobile, Disable Buttons Once Max/Min Reached
Posted on February 27, 2012 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
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My Favorite Lorem Ipsums
Posted on February 17, 2012 by snipe in Featured, Freebies, Web Development
I’ve been under the weather for a few days, but I’m also overdue for a post. Rather than one of my usual tirades, I’m treating you to something light with almost no nerdrage whatsoever. But don’t worry. Once I’m feeling better, I’ll be back to my old ragey self. There are times when you need [...]
Detecting Fraud in Facebook Contests
Posted on January 23, 2012 by snipe in Featured, Tips & Tricks, Web Development
Whatever your feelings on Facebook, it’s pretty clear that it’s here to stay. If your company or organization has considered running a promotional Facebook contest, this is crash course in detecting fraud because if your prize is worth anything to anyone, you will encounter fraud, without exception. I am not going to specifically address the [...]
MTAMO – My Tweets Are My Own
Posted on November 21, 2011 by snipe in Featured, Geek Life
This is just a quickie note to let you know about a new site I’ve published, called My Tweets Are My Own, or MTAMO. The site addresses the growing problem of employers monitoring and sometimes even dictating what is acceptable and unacceptable for their employees to say on the employee’s personal Twitter feed. Naturally, this [...]
Locking Down Your Linux Server with APF + BFD
Posted on October 18, 2011 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
If you allow SSH access to your server, there are some simple steps you can take to restrict access and protect yourself from brute force attacks. Two of my favorite scripts to do this are Advanced Policy Firewall coupled with Brute Force Detection, both by R-FX Networks. Note: this article is long, but that’s only [...]
Rogue Antivirus Attacks Tailored to Mac and PC
Posted on May 7, 2011 by snipe in Featured, Life Tools
Rogue antivirus is a term used to describe a trojan (called such because it is a malware file disguised as a file the user has been convinced they want to open) that uses social engineering to trick a user into thinking their computer has been infected, and offers a free antivirus download to “clean” their [...]
New Facebook Page Admin Scam
Posted on May 3, 2011 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
A new scam has come to our attention, one that’s a new take on an old trick in Facebook. Scammers are adding users as page administrators on a page that’s got a poisoned IFRAME set as the default tab. So the user gets a notification “John Smith has made you an administrator of XYZ page”. [...]
iPhone/iPad Apps for Coders and Sysadmins
Posted on April 28, 2011 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
It wasn’t that long ago that I scoffed at the idea of the iPad, or at least thought it would never have any place in my tech toolkit. I finally broke down and got one, and it’s changed the way I work, largely because of the number of fantastic apps out there. We’re finally at [...]
