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I Hear You

I hear the plea.

I just finished talking with Doherty, Lisa, and Jones about how to have a real discussion with the community about the issues made public by Kenny. I say made public because the majority of them I am already well aware of. We’ve been working hard to correct a lot of them already.

Historically its no secret that we’ve been bad at communicating with the Community during times of growth and the stress that goes with it. That’s precisely why I hired Leslie Doherty. So,...

EECI2010 Top Ten, #3! Meet The Ryans, the Dynamic Duo Behind EE Insider and Devot-ee

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Back in #7 I described Ryan Irelan as a “Community Avatar.” Sir Irelan is the driving force behind EE Insider. He wrote the first book on ExpressionEngine 2.0, he produces screen casts, and hosts EE Help Chat, a real-time community supported help session. Oh, he’s also going to be bringing EECI2010 live as much as possible through a special page on EE Insider.

Ryan Masuga decided that there should be a single site that...

EECI2010 Top Ten, #4! Win an iPad & Get Limited Edition Swag

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The EECI2010 PartEE Night happens June 1st after the first day of the conference. In addition to food, drinks, and all around merriment, Robert (Whoooz Media) will be giving away two Apple iPads. All you have to do to enter is be a EECI2010 Ticket holder. There are also unconfirmed rumors that other sponsors may be giving prizes away that evening as well. I suppose we’ll all find out about that second part together.

EECI2010 Top Ten, #5! Meet your favorite Add-on Developers

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Have you ever wondered how Playa handles its magic behind-the-scenes?  Have you ever wished that the Tag module could parse your entries and look for common keywords?

Or perhaps you haven’t wondered, perhaps you’ve modified a popular add-on and now you would like to discuss with the developer if your idea was a good approach, and if they would include your code in their add-on?

Maybe you have a brilliant idea for your...

EECI2010 Top Ten, #6! Solve Problems Quickly: An EE Guru Packed Event

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There is a good chance that at this very moment you are tackling a number of web development issues. There is also a good chance that at least a few of these are complex with no clear solution. That’s just a normal day in the life of a web professional.

No matter how comprehensive your web toolkit is clients will find a way to deliver a new challenge. You know that your skills plus EE and/or CI is up to the task and it...

EECI2010 Top Ten, #7! Return on Investment

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Do you make some or all of your living deploying ExpressionEngine and/or CodeIgniter? Do you want an opportunity that has an unbelievably high return on investment for your time and money? Then please carefully consider this list of EECI2010 speakers:

• Rick Ellis: Wrote pMachine, ExpressionEngine, and CodeIgniter. EECI is a rare opportunity to meet one of the people who shaped blogging and web publishing from the...

EECI2010 Top Ten, #8! EllisLab Partnership Opportunities

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We’ve given ourselves the mandate that 2010 is the Year of the Community. We’ve been quietly building relationships and investing in Community led resources to help ensure that they remain alive and viable for a long time.

For example, EllisLab and EngineHosting have been working with Ryan Masuga at Devot:ee to make Devot:ee the official go-to place for 3rd party add-on info. EngineHosting has donated hosting services...