HOWTO: Creating nice ASCII logos for your command line application

June 1st, 2008

I found a simple but powerful tool for linux which allows you to create ASCII art logos for your command line applications.

Its name is figlet, and can be downloaded from your package tool (apt-get, yum, …), at least in almost all the Linux distributions.

To create a new logo you need to invoke (from your shell):

# figlet <TEXT>
# figlet abiquo

You can also specify the alignment of the text, and the font you want to use:

#figlet -c -f script abiquo

-c : Centered
-f : Font

Sample results:

Screenshot figlet

More time for my “real life” please…

May 26th, 2008

Delete my account on twitter is one of my set of measures I’ve taken in order to gain more time for my “real life”.

“I don’t have time for twitter. I need to optimize my time. This is my last update. It was a pleasure, good bye!”

Overview to the agile metodologies, by Diego Parrilla

May 22nd, 2008

On last Thursday, we received at the offices of abiquo -formerly Think in Grid- the visit of Diego Parilla (Diego’s face), a person who (among other things) gives training on agile methodologies, focusing on Scrum.

Certainly, this kind of methodologies are gaining more and more supporters nowadays due to its simplicity (or hidden complexity) and interaction with the clients and inside the team.

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PHP Barcelona Workshop is coming!

May 20th, 2008

Barcelona PHP Workshop

I’m happy to know that at the Citilab (where is located my workplace) will be a workshop of the PHP technology, thanks to the people of PHP Barcelona User Group.

Moreover, my friend Victor Guardiola will be giving a lesson on Vim (my favorite editor/ide) applied to the PHP development. (the complete programme can be watched here)

An excellent opportunity to learn PHP (if you’re a newbie), improve your knowledge (if you’re an experienced user) just make new contacts, or having fun. (beers aren’t included)

See you on the event!