Phil Leggetter - Real-Time Web Software and Technology Evangelist
The real-time web started off by just being “cool”; a quirky and fun space to be in with lots of “cool” technology. People weren’t sure whether it was just a fad, stimulated by hype. The value it delivers in the form of customer engagement, interaction, collaboration and the opportunities it can provide by being real-time [...]
A couple of hours ago I was on a on the ‘The Right Place At The Right Time: How The Real-Time Web Influences The “local” World’ panel at the Local Social Summit. The panel was organised and chaired by Sebastien Provencher and also included RyanMacJones, Dave Ambrose [...]
I’ve just finished reading chapter 2 of Zoom! The faster way to make your business idea happen and to use one of Ian Sanders favourite words it really “resonated” with me and my experiences with Kwwika.
Chapter 2 is entitled “The trouble with too much planning. [...]
I’m not answering this question directly in the post. I’d like people to ask questions and raise concerns in the comments and I’ll then do my best to answer the questions and alleviate any concerns.
I believe that WebSockets are ready for commercial use and I’ll justify this stance in answering any questions.
Look forward [...]
With the arrival of WebSockets we finally have a standardised technology for true realtime bi-directional communication between a server and a web browser (or any other client). When we were creating our What are WebSockets? page we decided to write u…
Over the past 10 or so years I’ve written a lot of JavaScript. From very early on, at Caplin Systems, I had to write things in a way which ensured that code was clear, usable, discoverable, reusable, extensible and can easily built upon. One of the concepts that was used was to put [...]
I value honesty, fairness and thoughtfulness above many other things. And I believe that the way I conduct myself reflects these values. I don’t do this through any real thought process. It’s driven by a physical feeling. It’s difficult to explain, but I feel it in my chest. When I feel I’ve been treated unfairly [...]
In our last ASP.NET post, The easiest way to add real-time functionality to an ASP.NET e-commerce application, I demonstrated how to add realtime stock level updates and notifications to an ASP.NET e-commerce application. In this post I’m going to show how to add a “Who’s shopping?” widget to the same application. The purpose [...]
While adding realtime functionality to ASP.NET applications has often seemed difficult due to the connection limitations of the IIS platform, it can actually be achieved fairly easily by offloading this component to third party services like Pusher. In…
I joined Pusher around over a month ago now and it’s been a non-stop whirlwind of activity. On my first day I was in Poland at Falsy Values for a JavaScript conference and at the same time I was putting together an article for .net magazine. The article is [...]
About Phil Leggetter
My name is Phil Leggetter and I'm a Developer Evangelist at Pusher, a Real-Time Web Software and Technology Evangelist and Consultant, software engineer, team leader, line manager, micropreneur, product developer, Twitter user and a keen user of social media. For more information see the About Phil Leggetter page.
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