Hello, world!
It would be very easy for me to install wordpress or use tumblr for my blog, but instead this is my playground. I'll be building this site using Zend Framework 2, MongoDB and (as you might have already noticed) the Twitter Bootstrap for CSS - much more fun!
The Core - ZF2
Zend Framework 2 is the next version of the extremely popular Zend Framework. Although it is still very much in active development, my goal is to import my old wordpress blog articles and develop a basic blogging platform using ZF2.
Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the development and find enough time to contribute back to the project.
Storage - MongoDB
Unlike traditional relational databases, MongoDB is what's called a document-oriented database.
Document based databases have been gaining a lot of popularity, and I figure it's about time I learned more about them.
Display - Less is more
It's very easy to stick to what you know in this industry, and one of the other technologies that was threatening to pass me by, are enhanced CSS frameworks.
I have started building this site using the Twitter Bootstrap, which can be used with less. My plan is to explore less much more and possibly even convert the Twitter Bootstrap to use sass.