Jamie Huskisson — Hero-in-chief at JH. Life-long business owner and former freelance Magento/PHP developer of seven years.
Three years ago I stopped blogging and I haven’t written anything outside of Twitter or Facebook since. Three years ago I had just published my first book and had announced that 2010 would be the ‘year of freelance’ after leaving my previous employer who had taught me to hate the web. I got to the point where I…
Old Spice is typically a brand most men (at least here in the UK) see as an ‘older men’ brand. Something you smell on your Dad or Granddad…
I recently received (another) equity based request for my services. We all get them from time to time, some more than others. This one was based around (reluctantly) giving away a small piece of equity in an idea in exchange for developing it all for free. Not something i’m very fond of doing unless I…
Roy Rubin, the CEO of Varien (creators of Magento) posted the following picture onto his Twitter quietly around a month ago. Making my smile go ear to ear the entire day. Take a look a look at the Magento HQ book wall: That’s right! Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide is in the top left, hanging…
Design, develop, and deploy feature-rich Magento online stores using Packt’s new Book Packt is pleased to announce Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide, a new book that helps PHP developers build applications that interface with the customer, product, and order data using Magento’s Core API. Written by Jamie Huskisson, this book is packed with examples for…
Today I’m happy beyond belief to announce the release of my first book, Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide published through local Midlands based book publisher PackT Publishing. I’ve been a heavy user of Magento ever since it was in the very early releases and have launched every e-commerce site I’ve done since it was made…
Nearly five months today I left my previous employment for the world of freelance development. There hasn’t been a single person who hasn’t commented how much happier I am and I couldn’t agree more. I’ve loved every minute of the past five months freelancing and I’m looking forward to 2010 heading into it in a…
Today I’ve changed my website to the pink coloured theme in support of the breast cancer awareness month campaign, now in its 25th year. What is breast cancer…
For the months of June/July and early August I’ve been working late hours after work and weekends on a social media campaign for one of my favourite clients…
Often enough when you’re a Magento developer you can find yourself in a position where by a client is overwhelmed with options. They don’t know where to click, what all the fields are or mean and simply don’t know where to start. Typically with Magento training I have to provide around a week of my…