Chris Pirillo is busy planning Gnomedex 2005 which looks like it will be in Seattle Washington sometime this summer. Originally it sounded like Las Vegas was in the cards, but with Chris’ relocation to Seattle recently, I’m guessing it’ll be easier to organize if it’s in the Northwest. Had a great time last year and I hope to go again if I can.
The January 2005 meeting of the SDForum Web Services SIG featured a presentation on “PHP5 & Web Services” by Andi Gutmans (a co-founder of Zend). Following are my notes and comments from the presentation. Introductory Notes PHP5 released in July 2004. PHP highlights; what are the key reasons it’s so popular? Rapid, iterative development cycles, low learning curve Robust, high-performance & scalable; stable & secure Easily integrated into heterogeneous environments/systems Proven through widespread deployment; vibrant community TIOBE Programming Community Index (January 2005); PHP earned the title of “Programming Language of the Year 2004“. PHP5 Allows for real object orientd development…
Tonight we’re going to the first SDForum Distinguished Speaker Series of 2005 featuring Craig Newmark (founder of Craigslist). They’ve been able to get some notable speakers recently. I’m a big fan of Craigslist and will be interested to hear his side of the story. Update: Really enjoyed Craig’s presentation. Hearing him talk in person gives you a good sense of how Craigslist has evolved. My friend Phil wrote a nice summary worth reading: Craigslist and Viral Marketing. Craig posted his presentation online as well: Craigslist Challenges (PowerPoint format). Update 2005-02-04: IT Conversations has published the audio from Craig’s talk. It’s…
After much cajoling by me, my good friend Philip Bernosky has started his own weblog: Applied Marketing. In his opening post, Phil wrote: You might be asking – “why a blog on marketing”. Primarily this is an outlet for me to collect and organize my thoughts and experiences with the function of marketing in any organization – with a primary focus on business. It was born out of my frustrations while working in & with, large and small companies that, by their actions, seem to completely misrepresent or underutilize the role of marketing to their success. Being so focused on…
CNET News.com (and others) are announcing that NFL will deliver game audio through Audible.com: Under terms of the agreement, Audible.com will offer MP3-compatible audio broadcasts of the Super Bowl and conference championship games. Listeners can download the entire broadcast, or selected highlights, the morning after the game. Consumers can download the games, from NFL.com, Audible.com and other online retailers, onto their MP3 players, including Apple Computer’s iPod, Audible said. This should be interesting. I can definitely see the game summaries/highlights being useful. (Ideally I’d like them that evening rather than the following morning.) I think the post-game summary on the…