The 2009 Utah Open Source Conference is coming up next week. I’ll be doing a presentation on using nginx and php-fpm to power your WordPress site.

Quick reminder about Ignite Salt Lake 3 coming up next week, August 20th at 6 pm. (Kudos to Matt Reinbold for reminding me about it)
I was reviewing the speaker & agenda list for this third installment and noted a few things:
1 – I’d never heard of Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock before. I [...]

Jake Spurlock is hosting a Utah WordPress Meetup at his place this Wednesday. Come hang out and talk WordPress. RSVP at Upcoming.

Utah, like so many other states, is trying to adapt their state budget to the current economic conditions. In general this translates into budget shortfalls, often resulting in spending cuts and tax increases. I recently received a flyer from Senator Wayne Niederhauser that included a survey about political priorities. Question two was:

This past [...]

Matthew Reinbold and I went down to the BYU campus in Provo, Utah for their eBusiness Day. Living in Utah now for about 18 months with no plans to move (hate moving, can’t stand the thought of doing that again) I certainly have an interest in seeing the tech community do well here. [...]