Following in the tradition of my 2003 Highlights, I'm recording my personal highlights of this past year. This is mostly for my own curiosity.

• My second book, the Zend PHP Certification Study Guide, was published
• Began writing Security Corner, my column for php|architect
• Began writing Guru Speak, my column for PHP Magazine
• Slashdotted for the second time
• Slashdotted for the third time
• Founded the PHP Security Consortium
• Created the PHP Security Workbook
• Created a PHP testing framework with Geoff Young
• Spoke at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention for the second time
• Spoke at ApacheCon for the second time
• Spoke at php|works, my first all-PHP conference
• Spoke at New York PHP for the first time
• Attended Foo Camp for the first time
• Attended YAPC for the first time
• Served on the Conference Selection Committee for the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
• Became a member of the Zend Advisory Board
• Helped create the Zend Certification Exam
• Became an instructor for Zend Online Training
• Blogged for a whole year

This list is a bit longer than last year's, and it certainly seemed like a busier year. Here's wishing everyone a happy 2005.