Great meet up yesterday, but we’ll get to that. It was brought to my attention that I never formally introduced myself. My name is Michael Nunez, I run an affiliate program management company as well as am a Publisher Evangelist for a web company in Celebration. I started with php a little over a year ago when I started coding bounce.cc, a tool that monetizes user generated content. Anyway, enough about what I do and on to yesterday’s meeting.

It was a smaller meeting, which was nice in a way because we had room to spread out. Conversation flowed and everyone had a chance to get involved. The first topic of the day was obviously the VERY recently announced MacBook pro, even the coffee guy wanted to talk about it (I’ll have to get his name, calling him coffee guy seems so rude). Reviews based on the video were mixed, but with a positive vibe.

Jim P shared some VMware stories and introduced us all to Google Notebook, my favorite new firefox extension. James and Pat discussed opportunities at GrowingBolder, where Pat manages the dev team, and Ryan Price made a digital appearance via IM and suggested we set up a webcam and stream via ustream.tv - I’ll look into it.

See y’all next Tuesday at Cup ‘o Code.

It’s official: The Central Florida PHP user group has begun. Today we met and discussed over overpriced iced coffee in the warm Central Florida sun. The turnout was ten times better than the initial meeting (literally) and as the meeting concluded, we felt like we had accomplished something. Here’s a quick summary of what was discussed:

The CFPHP Website

• The CFPHP website URL will be https://cfphp.org
• For the time being, WordPress will be used to manage the updates to the website.
• Possible features of the website will include: A blog, a discussion forum, a links page, a project gallery, podcasts of all meetings, and a calendar.
• Anyone is welcome to submit a design for the site–no rules, just have fun. When we receive more than one design, we’ll add a style switcher.

Topics for Upcoming Presentations

• A hands on e-commerce workshop by Mike G.
• Using WordPress as a full-on CMS by Damien McKenna

Meeting Locations/Times

• Orlando Public Library, every last Sunday of the month at 3:00 PM

Potential Sponsorships

• Full Sail Real World Education
• Peachpit Press