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As Sid points out, I’ve been away from here far too long. Hopefully this marks a (semi-permanent) return to blogging! First up we launched social networking on Eventfinder (the Symfony site I’ve been working on full time since Nerds Inc) last week and it’s really taken off - traffic stats are up 20% and still growing. That was definitely the right feature to work on

The New Zealand PHP Users Group has also been growing rapidly, we’ve now got over 400 members! I moved the mailing list to Google Groups 9 months ago and I’m sure that’s helped with growth and making the list (and archives) more visible on the web. Prior to moving it had taken over 3 years to reach 238 members - I’m sure the acceleration in numbers can be attributed at least partly to growth in PHP usage too, but it’s certainly more accessible now on Google Groups.

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