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Dear Reader,
(YES! It’s been a long time since I blogged, why is another story for another time)
elePHPant World Tour is now live! This was an idea Ivo and I came up with one day while chatting. Here’s the basic premise. It seems obvious that elePHPants love to travel. Equally obvious is the fact that a lot of PHP developers love to take pictures. So, let’s combine the two. If you spot an elePHPant while traveling, like near a landmark, or making it’s way through the airport, snap a picture. Upload it to flickr and tag it with ewt08. Thanks in no small part to a bit of Web 2.0 magic and Wordpress, we’ll steal the picture from flickr and post it on the blog.
In January, the ever versatile and talented crew from phpwomen.org will look at all the pictures posted and pick the best one. (Best being a highly subjective term) The winner will get a prize package that, while is not complete yet, is described on the about us page.
So get in on the fun. Make sure you always have your camera with you because as you travel, you never know where you will spot them. (It also helps if you carry a spare elePHPant n case you are at a picturesque site and there’s not one just roaming about)
Hey, if you work for a company trying to reach PHP developers, and want to give a little link love and good will from the community, drop me a line. We’d love to have you as a sponsor and all it will cost you is a prize for the prize pool.
Until next time,
(l)(k)(bunny)(elePHPant)
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p.s. Do us a favor love, tweet this post to help spread the word? Cheers!
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Tags: Cal Evans, content, elephpant, Ivo Jansch, PHP, php developers
September 8th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Know of any place you can currently purchase an elePHPant?
September 8th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Hi Will!
Right now I don’t know of anybody who has any for sale. I just talked to Damien (Godfather of the elePHPants) and he assured me that the 2008 mating season went well and that we can expect a new batch of baby elePHPants early next year.
I will, of course, make a big deal about it when they arrive.
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