events

International PHP Conference 2014, Berlin, Germany

As many of you already know, I’ve spent most of the last week in Berlin, Germany, attending the International PHP Conference 2014. Here’s the short story: it was another great event (yes, I’ve attended this conference before). The conference seems to grow and mature. There were plenty of engaging speakers and insightful topics. If you haven’t been to one of these yet, and you are involved with web technologies in general or PHP in particular, you definitely should attend. It’s worth every dime.

Now, for the long story.

Continue reading International PHP Conference 2014, Berlin, Germany

iFX EXPO International 2014

About iFX EXPO

The largest financial B2B convention

Over 500 FX & Binary Brokers

Over 1,500 senior executive attendees

Over 70 exhibitors from around the world

Speakers from the industry’s largest firms

Socialize with the industry’s leading executives

Meet international affiliates & introducing brokers

Learn industry trends and new developments

Attend panels and lectures from leading firms

Free entrance to Fasouri Watermania Waterpark

This coming Sunday, June the 1st, Fasouri Watermania Waterpark opens its doors for free to all kids aged 2 to 11. The offer is valid only for that day, and all kids must be accompanied by adults for park entry.

For more information, call +357 25-714-235.

Cyprus to have its first Gay Pride parade

Cyprus Mail reports:

Cyprus first-ever Gay Pride parade will be held in Nicosia on May 31 and it will be part of the 15-day-long Cyprus Pride Festival, according to ACCEPT LGBTI Cyprus head Costas Gavrielides.

Just for the record, I am against the parade. Not against gay people, but against the parade. I am as much against the Straight Pride parade. I don’t think that sexual preferences are a good choice for parading.

As far as the actual rights, laws, and morals go – I do agree with some and do disagree with the other, but, once again, I think there are other ways to work them out.

Happy 10th birthday, WordPress!

Today is the WordPress Day. Thousands and thousands of people gather in hundreds of cities and towns all over the world to celebrate WordPress’s 10th birthday. In 10 years, WordPress went from just another PHP application for bloggers to a feature-rich platform that runs a huge chunk of the Web. WordPress came a long way, grew and matured. As did the community (of which I am a proud member) that developed, designed, translated, documented, optimized, argued, sponsored, tested, troubleshooted, and generally improved the system in so many different ways.

A big thank you goes to each and everyone involved in WordPress.org, Auttomatic and all those gadzillion projects. But, I also want to specially thank Matt Mullenweg, without who, I think WordPress wouldn’t be the same, if it would be at all. Thanks man, you are an inspiration to many. Keep it up and happy birthday.

P.S.: As I was writing this post, I realized that there was no meetup organized in Limassol, so, albeit with a very short notice, let’s get together and have a pint at Alio Olio after work. I’ll be there from around 5:30 until whatever. Here is a quick link to Meetup event.