PHP|Architect being acquired by Musketeers.me

To me this is HUGE news in the PHP World.

If you are in the PHP community and don’t know PHP|A, then you have been missing out.  I learned about them when I decided I HAD to grow and improve my skillset.  I was a sole developer that was stuck.  I wanted to be better, but to do so, you have to work with better people than you are.  So I set out a goal of learning things, and luckily enough I kind of knew what I was looking to learn.  Part of my whole speech about needing to know what you don’t know.

PHP|A offers a magazine (used to be in print, maybe again soon?), books, trainings, and conferences.  The conferences are what first drew me in.  I attended TEK-X, back in May of 2010 and thus start of the new me.  Within 2 years, I completely transformed myself for the better, and made some huge life changing decisions.

I met all of the members of Musketeers.me while on my new quest.  I met @EliW first at Tek-X, and while he won’t remember it, I certainly do.  I got to hang out with a large group of people in his room playing Rock Band until late in the night.  I was very shy that year, and stayed to myself.  I met the rest of the team (@omerida, @SandyS1, and @kevinbruce) this year at Tek12.  I talked with them way more than I thought I would have, and it was a great experience.

The Musketeers were the team behind MojoLive.com, until funding ran out and the backers pulled the plug.  At least this is how I interpreted the story.  They decided they liked working together and formed a new company called Musketeers.met.

This is a great story for potential PHP startups.  I am looking forward to what comes of all of the changes at PHP|A.  Will the conferences continue?  If so, will they be as good as they were, or better?  Congratulations GUYS!!!