(See what I did there? When this tweets, the hashtag will be picked up!)

So in less than a month I’ll be attending php|tek¹ adn its high time I decided what talks I want to be seen at. Erm, I mean, which I want to attend…

Tutorial Day:

I’m torn bewteen MVC Development in PHP and Web Application Security Boot Camp but in the end I think MVC will win out…

PHP Code Review wins in the afternoon. And that evening I’ll be busy attending the ChiSox/Twins game.

Day 1:

Highly Scalable Web Applications

Streaming XML

MySQL Server Performance Tuning

SPL to the Rescue

Getting it Done

Security Centered Design

Day 2:

Exceptional PHP

Desktop RIAs with PHP, HTML and JS in AIR

Seven Steps to Better OOP Code

PHP Database Application Architecture for Scalability and Availability

Bend SQL to Your Will With EXPLAIN

Taking it All Offline with SQL Anywhere

Day 3:

Out with Regex, In with Tokens

Working with Microformats

It looks like I’m going to have a lot of fun and will learn a lot. I’m hoping some of my methods get justified as well by my peers.

Kudos again to my work for sending me on this trip, and to my wife for allowing it!

A lot has happened since I put this blog on hiatus a couple of years ago. I’ve changed positions at my place of work, I’ve completed a bunch of interesting projects, my wife and I have welcomed our first child into our lives and I’ve been given my freedom!

That’s right, I’m a free agent at the moment and am in the process of scouting out my next opportunity. Until that time comes, I’ll keep everyone updated as to my status here.

In addition, now that I’ve got a little free time on my hands, it’s back to the developmental grindstone. I’ve not had opportunity in the last few years to get anything out of me that wasn’t tied to my employer of record and I’m near to burst with ideas. This website will become home to all of them.

Most notably I’ve become a WordPress fiend and have a bunch of plug-ins I’m writing as we speak. I’ve joined Facebook and have more than a few ideas for applications for their platform. I’ve made a few improvements to my template class now known as tmpl and will be bringing those online shortly. And lastly, but not least(ly), I’ve an iPhone and am geared up to write a few apps for it as well.