Hi, I'm Adam Griffiths, a Computer Science Student and Freelance Web Applications and CodeIgniter developer based in Shrewsbury, UK. I might only be 18 but I've written a book, maintained a popular blog and am currently organising CodeIgniter Con 2010, to be held in Bristol, UK on August 14 & 15.
This year's CodeIgniter Conference was a mixture of pure awesomeness, crazy clubbing and mad dashes. Some may describe it as a sham, not much went to what was a very limited plan. Saying that though we've haven't had many bad tweets regarding the weekends activities. After the conference day quite a few of us met in The Crown, and later moved onto a few bars and nightclubs. We all had fun and the tweetstream has been very positive.
Being a solo web developer has it's upsides: you can build what you like etc. But sometimes you just need to be in a team. Sometimes your skills can't cover all of your ideas, or you have too many ideas for the time you have. There are only 24 hours in a day, remember.
After finishing college my priorities have switched from getting the best grade possible whilst finding time to write a book to finding a job and earning money.
I've worked fairly hard - along with Phil - to get CodeIgniter Con from an idea to reality. All we need now is to sell tickets. ;)
Now college is over and I know my grade (the benefit of doing a BTEC) I can look forward to uni!