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Sijio Version 1.0.1 Release

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:21:49 +0100

Sijio Community Software version 1.0.1 had been released. The main feature of the new version is a handy installation script. Now you can easily install the software by yourself. It is really very easy. The other useful features are captcha in registration form and displaying of blogs and topics of subcategories during a category browsing. The new version also contains a lot of visual improvements and a few bug fixes. You can find a list with all features on the change log page. There you can also download the patch.

Sijio is a PHP

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:42:36 +0100

Sijio is a PHP based fast, high performance, easy to use and fully customizable social networking platform with open source code. It is equipped with all necessary professional tools and features to run a full fledged community site. No one has anything similar. Using this platform you can work wonders. It will change the whole web industry. It will change the whole world... Hurry to get it.

My Code Spark

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:03:35 +0100

WebSpark Design is excited to announce the release of a free Joomla! tool. My Code Spark was written as a way to speed up development time during extension creation by offering a quick-launch, rapid development method for creating the basics of an extension from a single XML file. My Code Spark creates the basic framework of an extension providing you with an installable component ready to be customized. The system will create all files, sql queries, installables, and information needed for a complete robust properly coded extension. My Code Spark generates code in the correct, approved, Model-View-Controller method for both the front and admin sides. Give it a try today to see how you like it!

Softmarket Analysis - Freelancing and Freelancer Jobs between 2001 and 2008

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:33:02 +0100

Based on the numbers available on the still public jobs we could create a realistic picture of the sofware creation market. We can safely presume that this numbers - at a smaller scale - reflect the trends in the market. Also we can safely estimate the number of successful Freelancers (at least in percentage). The numbers are very interesting - at least because of the clear trends that are shown and also because it clearly raises a flag for both buyer and freelancer. Most freelancers do not even get to their first job. They create accounts, bid on jobs, but never land one successful job. Rent-a-coder has in Marc 2009 approx 35.000 coders that won at least one job won, and has the whopping number of 244667 registered coders!!! wow.. so at less then 15% (!!!) get to win a job! Also We can clearly see that most successuful Freelancers land under 10 jobs per year and more then 80% of this successfull freelancers make less then 1000$ per year. Only as little as 0.5 - 1% of the winning Freelancers make more then 5000$ per year! I know we do not have the private jobs and all the bonuses one freelancer makes in this table. but even if we suppose them at double of the visible income this is not an income that can be sufficient for most of them. And do have in mind that 85 % of freelancers DO NOT EVEN GET a winning bid. Also We can clearly see that most successuful Freelancers land under 10 jobs per year and more then 80% of this successfull freelancers make less then 1000$ per year. Only as little as 0.5 - 1% of the winning Freelancers make more then 5000$ per year! I know we do not have the private jobs and all the bonuses one freelancer makes in this table. but even if we suppose them at double of the visible income this is not an income that can be sufficient for most of them. And do have in mind that 85 % of freelancers DO NOT EVEN GET a winning bid.