Well 2022 is fun. Anyone not sleeping 🙋?! I’m going to cover here what I think is happening around the eCommerce platform space, just bear in mind its from my limited viewpoint, and within the scope of the bias I clearly have 😃. Why do I write this? Well I…

In many ways Ben feels to me like one of the last remaining links I have to Magento. When we all started this journey back in 2007/8 and beyond we had no idea where it would lead us, or the friends we would create. I’ve told the story before on…

News is news and then its gone. That’s how life is, you think things are important, they aren’t really, you turn a page, its gone. I wanted to just create a ripple though for us to pause and consider the great achievement of Kevin Eichelberger from Blue Acorn who this…

This isn’t about how to spot one. Its about how to BECOME one. No, seriously this is just a quickly written story about what I think helps you get to a better position as a software engineer, based on my own experiences. And let me just say I don’t believe…

Too many Imagine’s to even remember. Here are my last minute tips. Its all about the shoes, be comfortable Be aware everyone wants to be friendly and network Find quiet time for you Don’t let shyness hold you back, fight it off and open yourself to new people you might…

Never in the history of Magento has there been a more pivotal moment than this. And I should know — I could write a book if I could remember it all. Short History — KB Style What have been the pivotal moments, let me think: The volcano and developer paradise being cancelled/rescheduled (problems were smaller…

Well its the end of an era. I’ve known Mark Lavelle back from when he first walked into the PreImagine event at the Hard Rock cafe (I feel like it was 2014) and I said hallo then as I recall proceeded to ask him not to destroy the ecosystem. …

So this is my last year as the ‘guardian’ of PreImagine. I’ve been involved with this community Magento event now since the very first one back in 2012, and before with the first major Magento community event at X.Commerce in 2011. I won’t go into that story, if you want…

This weekend I spent my time at Mage Unconference in Cologne Germany. This is my first time back at a Firegento event since 2013, I have been trying to get over to Germany for 5 years now because I had in my memory how beautiful these events were, in terms…