Philip FishbeinWFS (Working from Starbucks)If you ask anyone where I am at any time of the day, the answer tends to be Starbucks (or Bwé, if there are tables). I’m not there for the…Nov 21, 2017Nov 21, 2017
Philip FishbeinTrying to Focus: Removing my Apple Watch, my phone browser, and my notificationsThree weeks ago, I disabled Safari on my iPhone, took off my Apple Watch, and turned off almost all of my notifications.Aug 16, 2017Aug 16, 2017
Philip FishbeinBoredomAs I sat on a Hoboken-bound PATH train with my face in my phone, I looked up for a moment and watched as everyone on the train was buried…Jan 15, 2016Jan 15, 2016
Philip FishbeininBuilding VTSInterning at VTSThis past summer has been one of my best for one simple reason: VTS decided to interview me, an 18 year old, and give me an internship…Aug 13, 2015Aug 13, 2015
Philip FishbeininBuilding VTSThe Great Engineer DashboardI’ve been an intern at VTS for almost two months and about half way through my time, a Raspberry Pi and a flat screen TV arrived in the…Aug 12, 2015Aug 12, 2015
Philip FishbeinJump InFor the past 4 years or so I’ve wanted to learn Objective-C so I could make those cool iPhone apps everyone’s talking about. I looked for…Sep 7, 2014Sep 7, 2014
Philip FishbeinCreating a Beta Invite Referral SystemI recently came across a question on Quora about creating a system that would count how many referrals someone has made and moving them up…Oct 21, 20113Oct 21, 20113
Philip FishbeinSimple Guide to XML Parsing with PHPXML is a popular way to store data. In fact, it is what’s behind most RSS feeds. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to parse an XML file.Jul 29, 2011Jul 29, 2011
Philip FishbeinGetting Started With Google Places APIGoogle has a wealth of information about many things, that includes places. Fortunately, Google provides a nice API for developers to…Jul 26, 2011Jul 26, 2011
Philip FishbeinCreate a PHP Calculator (Introduction to PHP Math)PHP math is an important staple in any online application. To illustrate how to use this, we’ll create a simple calculator using HTML forms…Jun 17, 2011Jun 17, 2011
