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    "html": "<p>I was lucky enough to be in town for the inaugural <a href=\"http://www.nashvillephp.org\">Nashville PHP User Group</a> as resurrected by <a href=\"http://benramsey.com/\">Ben Ramsey</a> last week.  The presentation by <a href=\"http://www.joshholmes.com/\">Josh Holmes</a> was interesting though over-long.</p>\n<p>My favorite part of these things (as always) is meeting the other attendees.  We retired to a nearby bar after the meeting, where I cliqued up with <a href=\"http://www.dailytechnology.net/\">Brian Dailey</a>, <a href=\"http://www.thatsquality.com/\">Ryan Weaver</a>, <a href=\"http://www.jeremykendall.net/\">Jeremy Kendall</a>, and others.  Here are some of the books, blogs, and podcasts that came up in our discussion:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959\">The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering</a>, Fred Brooks</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Next-Society-Peter-Drucker/dp/0312320116\">Managing in the Next Society</a>, Peter Drucker</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Drucker-Druckers-Management-Essentials/dp/0061345016\">The Essential Drucker</a>, Peter Drucker</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-RANDOMNESS/dp/1400067936\">Fooled By Randomness</a>, Nassim Taleb</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X\">The Black Swan</a>, Nassim Taleb</li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Economics-One-Lesson-Shortest-Understand/dp/0517548232\">Economics in One Lesson</a>, Henry Hazlitt</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://ferfal.blogspot.com/\">Surviving In Argentina</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.marginalrevolution.com/\">Marginal Revolution</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://cafehayek.com/\">Cafe Hayek</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://econtalk.org/\">EconTalk</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>If anyone there remembers other stuff we talked about, leave a comment and I\u2019ll put it in the main entry.</p>\n"
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