Putting Orlando on the map when it comes to our tech and creative scene is a number one priority for many of us. At IgniteOrlando Greg Rollet talked about how Orlando is using Social Media to do it. One part show and tell, and two parts call to action. We love Orlando. And it shows.
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OrlandoPHP is the monthly user group meet up for PHP programmers in the greater Central Florida area. February’s meeting is tonight and I have the privledge of sharing my WordPress plugin development knowledge with the group as the first of tonight’s presenters.
Its a 30 minute talk so I plan on covering the basics of plugin development, where to get help, how I organize my plugin’s assets and will round it out by showing you how to add ajax functionality to your plugin (with jQuery of course!)
The fun starts at 7pm (Thursday, February 5th) at Stardust in Winter Park. There are still some spots open, so you should probably head over to the site and RSVP.
If you can’t make it, I will post my slides here afterwards.
CoLab, Orlando’s first coworking spot, is holding an open house on August 27. They want to get feedback from the community on what they want out of the space. Punch and pie will be served. More Info
(0)I’m a little late in posting this, but a few weeks ago I got together with Ryan Price, esteemed colleague and founder of Florida Creatives. We recorded the following podcast… over a bottle of scotch.
We ramble a little, but during the conversation we discussed the beginnings of Florida Creatives, the similar idea I had in 2001, and a variety of other pursuits involving organizing groups of like minded people. If you can get past the tangents, I think you’ll learn about the local scene, and your humble hosts.
Enjoy!
So… I got an iPhone 3G. In fact, I was the 2nd person at my AT&T store to walk out with one. I was planning on getting one, and had budgeted it way in advance. I was already a relatively happy Blackberry user, and had been on that platform for about 2 years. I loved my Blackberries, but there was quite a bit of functionality that I never used because it was either ugly or unintuitive. Especially the calendar, which was so much of both that it was completely unusable. Syncing with my Mac (using PocketMac for Blackberry) was always a bit of an issue, but it got worse with Leopard. To give you an idea of what I mean, it made me create a calendar called “PocketMac” just so that it could sync any appointments I entered on my handheld back to iCal. Address Book was also a bit off, as double records were not uncommon, especially if I had filled out more information on a record on one side or the other. So with all of my machines but one running 10.5, I knew that an iPhone was going to be my next choice. At least I knew it would sync seamlessly, and the calendar app was basically mobile iCal. So when 3G was announced, I was impressed enough to be willing to upgrade early (I got my BB Curve II in December). So with a fist full of dollars, and my research done (despite thinking July 11 was Wednesday, and was all kinds of mixed up until one of my team mates, who also had the iPhone lust, corrected me) – I settled into the fact that I was going to get an iPhone and pay the $200 early upgrade, no-subsidy-for-you price of $399 for an 8gb iPhone. Continue reading ‘iPhone and Me’
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