James' Programming Blog

Web development, CMSes, eCommerce and more

"James Hickman is the most talented software engineer and overall innovative problem solver we have ever worked with. He goes beyond conventional software engineering to invent new custom solutions that helped us build our own Green Building Integrative Management platform in record time, and with...

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Wordpress has, admittedly, massive market momentum. The existing base of themes and plugins is very large. I have extensive experience developing Wordpress themes and plug-ins, often having to overcome the fundamental flaws of the Wordpress platform.

Wordpress is a powerful but fundamentally flawe...

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Spreadsheets where the first “Killer App” in the late 70’s and early 80’s, for good reason. Early spreadsheet software did little more then tabulate columns of numbers, but over the decades many more advanced data processing features have been added.

Spreadsheet software has become the defacto sta...

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Reporting application for exploring demographic, environmental and financial metrics about coffee growers around the world. Project primary is the Watson Creative agency, providing design and specifications.

Application was implemented in object orientated PHP as a Wordpress plugin. The source d...

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Interactive tenant directory, featured articles and additional useful information available on a multiple screen built in touch display array. Project by SRM Marketing and Architecture, completed and deployed in late 2016. Graphic design, mock-ups and front-end polish by the talented Adam Volkman,...

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