LDS Church Leader Gordon B. Hinckley Passes Away At 97

The leader and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley, passed away in his Salt Lake City, Utah home today, at the age of 97. President Hinckley will be remembered my many as a man of compassion, a peace maker, and a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.

There will be many tributes to President Hinckley over the next few days, weeks and months, but each person who followed his council, will have their own memories and feeling about this great man. The world lost a great man and leader today. President Hinckley was one of the 5 people I wanted to meet in my life. I guess I'll have to wait for the next life.

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Matt Mullenweg In Utah For WordPress Meetup

I'm sure that's not the only reason Matt Mullenweg will be in Utah, but he was kind enough to extend his stay to meet with the locals, at a great Indian food place called Taj India. If you're going to be in Salt Lake City on February 2nd, you should join us.

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Interviewing Orson Scott Card At LTUE

I have been given the unique opportunity to be part of an interview with Orson Scott Card at Life, the Universe & Everything convention on the campus of Brigham young University. I'm a huge fan or Orson and I really want to thank Jeff Norris from I-SCI-FI TV for letting me assist.

I-SCI-FI TV is a great Science Fiction podcast produced live on Thursday nights, 7PM MST, at iscifi.tv.

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January Codeaway Rocked, Literally

Thanks to Laura Moncur and Matthew Reinbold, and host location Wasatch Wingz, for putting on a killer Codeaway. There were nearly 20 people in attendance. Rock band was playing the entire time. The wings were incredible and there was plenty of shop talk.

If you didn't come you really missed out. Look for the next Codeaway announcement at codeaway.org.

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A Twitter Book Club

This is an interesting idea, connect Twitter users, assign a book to read and then post a review via the Twitters 140 characters. The group was started by Drew (http://twitter.com/digitalmaverick) and he also created a Wiki to follow the progress of the book.

If you want to get involved, friend Twitter user @bookgroup and visit the Wiki.

Januarys book is The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas. Have fun and don't forget to post your synopsis on Twitter when finished.

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