Recently I have been meeting with and teaching new developers and designers. And I find myself being asked the same question over and over again. “should I work for a company OR work for myself”. Since I have worked freelance and for a marketing company, I can say I have...
Lately I have been asked the same question. “Will a robot replace my job?” The answer has to range from “sort of” to “definitely” or “not for some time”. I know there are a lot of people who are worried about their jobs in the future. With the increasing dependance...
Privacy. It Matters Recently, Trump has repealed President Obama’s privacy laws that protect peoples data. Now why is this important? This protection was put into place to prevent internet service providers or ISP’s from selling what you do online to the highest bidder. How does this affect someone? It effects everything...
Recently I have discovered an app that has been making some headway in this politically charged world. Currently Countable is picking up speed due to the fact it makes government and tracking what your reps and the entire congress are doing and voting on simple to keep tabs on. Yes it...
What a year it was for the web and technology but where will it go in 2017? 2016 saw the advent of connectivity, responsive and simple. I believe 2017 will usher in some even more big changes into the tech and web. Here are my thoughts on where it is all...
The Earth’s orbit around the sun is 940 million kilometers. I have done this 30 times. What has happened in this rotation cycle? Well a lot of growing up and watching things change vastly this year. “I’m sorry Tony…but he’s my friend…”- Steve Rogers 2016 will probably go down as...
Step 1: Read When you are a developer, we all must learn something new. I have been recently spending time with learning ReactJS. It is supposed to be a new way to build and develop UI based websites a lot faster. Instead of writing a ton of JavaScript code files,...
There is a important thing in being a developer, and that is meet ups. Meet ups are a great way to network and to see that there are many different kinds of developers out there. I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that all developers live in their parents...
Something old becomes something new. A mentor is someone who you can look up to and gain first hand knowledge of whatever it is you are going into. If you are fresh out of college and just got your first entry level position then a mentorship might be needed in...
Innovation. Innovation is what Apple use to drive, from the start of a full touch screen phone, adding a front facing camera and accelerators to even adding fingerprint unlock, and then creating the iPad that paved the way for the tablet world. Now with the iPhone 7 releasing in the...
So recently Microsoft released its massive update for Windows 10 and it’s called Anniversary Update. Or if you are like me who use to do IT work back in the day…it’s a service pack. This is all part of Microsoft’s plan to turn Windows into a seamless operating system...
Every developer grows and builds a very specialized set of skills, and as we grow we learn to harness these skills. I have been thinking on it more and more lately, and I believe I have exhausted myself on building custom WordPress websites. What does this mean? It means that...
With the failure of Microsoft’s mobile platform otherwise known as Windows Phone or Windows Mobile or whatever they change it to in hopes of helping it push the brand for some reason has become more than 5 percent of the overall market barely above Blackberry. My belief into the reason...
A while back I was meeting with someone who wanted my help building a new complete website. We talked, we discussed, and when they asked how many hours, I gave them the hours which was 20-40. And I gave them the price and they were like ‘whoa whoa whoa’. They...
Sooner or later you will run into a plugin update that will break everything. Maybe it’s not compatible with the new version of WordPress. Or maybe the plugin is breaking something with another plugin you use. all WordPress developers will run into this. And it’s very important that you realize...
Well surprise surprise, I wasn’t exactly sure what I was getting myself into. But I am now a WordPress Engine Affiliate. What does that mean? It means I have placed an ad block in the bottom right on my posts page for anyone. What does this mean for you? Well...
Probably one of the biggest things I keep hearing from people from the meet ups I am attending is “I keep getting told I don’t have enough experience.” Now I have to admit that experience can be gained in the workplace, but the great thing about coding is that you...
See what I did there? Yeah? Yeah? Anyway, sorry for the absence but I have been very much involved in learning Swift. Now why is this important? It is what Apple is moving towards and this is definitely something I want to learn. I want to jump on board the...
With CES right around the corner I thought I would take the time to show off some predictions of where I think the tech world is going. Now I ain’t going to predict a specific product for a brand but more of the overall idea of where we are going...
With 2016 right around the corner. I decided I should write a blog post with what you can expect in the new year. With the help of a few of my friends, there will be more guests and way more interviews in the coming future. I have had several developers...
Just coming in under the wire I suppose, every year I write a blog about what happened, some of it good and some of it bad but mostly good. This year however was a year of many trials and fall after fall after fall. This year was definitely a year...
So anyone who has seen any television ever will agree that the first episode will say a lot about a show, from Lost to Game of Thrones. TV shows have to make a impression in order for anyone to continue watching them. A while back SyFy released a series called...
I don’t just know developers but also designers. So lets talk design, because every good website needs a good designer behind it. This is where my friend Tamar Nicole comes into play. She is big into working with non profits and philanthropy organizations. Which if you don’t know is a good thing....
So yes I still haven’t dropped the iPhone I have. Or I haven’t’ thrown it across a wall because everyone knows how I am about apple products or just apple in general. Well lets discuss my one month anniversary with this iPhone. I think one of the crazy things that...
Hell is freezing over, dogs and cats living together . Mass Hysteria! I am just kidding, but I did cause some shock and awe this week when I had to switch from my Lumia 1020 to a iPhone 5S. Why did I have to do this? There are a few...
So recently Microsoft showed off its new Lumia line, the 950 and the 950 XL. Currently I have a Lumia 1020, and I have a lot of questions when it comes to competition with the god power of my current phones camera. Well… the 1020 use to be the...
Looking over the iPad pro. I had very high hopes that the new iPad experience was going to be something more than its tablet counterpart…but alas I was wrong oh so wrong. I think one of the biggest things I was expecting out of the ipad pro was definitely a...
Every so often, as a developer or as anyone in general we come to a point where we must disconnect. We must stop doing with always being connected. I see many times people burning themselves out, pushing themselves beyond the brink. I have seen developers literally burn themselves down into...
I always hear about older people saying “these kids nowadays.” Well now that I look on it, I do realize that when it comes to tech. I really wish I had a few of the things I use now that have basically saved my ass on more than one occasion....
Lately I have seen a trend among my age group of friends. The trend centers around love and relationships. I see break ups, make ups, heart breaks you name it, I see it all the time. I have had people lately asking me “Orlando, I am done with dating” or...
Many times I get asked this question from people. Many people who I know assume that I will build them a website. FOR FREE. Gone are the days of even asking for a business quote. Many people will assume that just cause you are friends and go a long way...
As we get older, we learn time and time again that we are not invincible, we have to be very careful about what we do and what we eat. A few weeks ago when I was working out, which was on the bike, I had a sudden pain in my...
So this past friday. Microsoft finally released the technical preview for their new phone operating Windows 10 which will be part of the entire windows 10 ecosystem. Now so far, I will put this bluntly. THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ALPHA BUILD. There are bugs and glitches a plenty in...
If you have been wondering where I have been over the past weeks. Well I have been involved heavily with South by Southwest or SXSW. Probably one of my favorite moments was going to a HTML 5 meet up and meeting the many different kinds of coders out there. And...
If you are a coder there is no doubt you have run across a few job places that ask for something you don’t know about. You probably write it down on your resume just so you hope you can get a job interview…heres a tip…DON’T DO IT! The minute you...
I often get asked what is Linkedin? And how is it important to me? Well if you are in a technology industry, I find Linkedin as a very very valuable tool that can help getting jobs and even getting your professional career and talents known. It use to be that...
But now the rains weep o’er his hall…with no one there to hear…. #austin #weather #lumia1020 A photo posted by Orlando Villarreal (@commandzer01) on Apr 4, 2014 at 11:34am PDT wenty eight years ago I was born, and here I am celebrating another year completed, another rotation around our...
Once in a while, I have to learn something new…well what am I talking about…I have to learn something new all the time but the big reason I decided to take 2 semesters of video editing is because little does anyone know is that it is becoming a bigger deal...
Lately, I have noticed a trend in companies; I often hear about it from my friends, people on twitter, job boards, social boards, you name it. Companies often use the term “Entry-Level” for some of their job postings but they are anything but entry level. Many job postings (for basically...
Just incase you have been missing me for the last week, just FYI to everyone that didn’t know, the beta test for Destiny came out a day earlier like on Tuesday instead of Wednesday, and so far it has sucked away my life. I am surprised at how much I...
Eventually every developer runs into the good old fashion website breaking. A sql table goes missing, a php file gets deleted. Or in my personal favorite moment, you leave a open brackets, parenthesis, quote, etc etc and it causes the entire page to not load right. Never be afraid of...
