I've got a bunch of stuff that I haven't found/made time to blog about, so just dropping some quick notes here:
- I've been invited to speak at PHP Quebec 2009. I've been to this conference a few times (but not for a couple years, now), and I'm really looking forward to getting back into the conference circuit (as a speaker, not an organizer... think of all the free time I'll have! (-; Anyway, I'll be giving a talk entitled "Stupid Browser Tricks" in which I'll talk (at a high level) about Firebug, and Selenium IDE, and possibly a few other things like granular browser security, komodo macros/extensions (like a browser!) and maybe greasemonkey.
- This year, I was once again invited back to the Microsoft Web Developers Summit (couldn't think of a better URL). This is a yearly event where Microsoft selects members of the PHP community to Redmond to have a discussion on PHP and Microsoft's offerings. This year was definitely the best one yet, as it was better organized, and it felt much less like they were trying to sell us things. Their candor was especially appreciated this year, as I think many of the attendees felt like Microsoft was asking us for our opinions instead of trying to give them to us. I wrote about this last year, and I think what I wrote still rings true, today. Thanks to the organizers... we got some great information, made our opinions clear, and had a LOT of fun (great people!).
- I tweeted about this, but never posted it on my blog. My colleague Luke Welling is a funny guy.
My nifty pastebin script: http://is.gd/9obe Pipe a file to it; outputs URL of pastebin. Even puts URL on pasteboard if you're on a Mac.- Over the holiday weekend (I got days off, but in Canadia, we celebrate Thanksgiving in October), I found some time to work on a bunch of pet projects, including fale.ca, which is nothing special, but kind of fun. See?
- Today, I was extended an invitation to join the Habari Cabal, which I quickly accepted. So, if you use Habari and your blog breaks in the future, it's probably my fault.
- ... and last, but not least, Chris and I—with the help of many other people—managed to almost get the 2008 PHP Advent calendar launched in time. Word on the street is that Jon Tan is going to show the design some love, and we have a feed. The 2007 edition was a success, but was a lot of work, so I offered to pitch in this year. Thanks to everyone who's already submitted... and the rest of you slackers: get to it! (-; S
