12.Jun.2009 at 12:32 by Harro van der Klauw
Great talk, I really should contribute more :)
Contribute!
Matthew Weier O'Phinney (12.Jun.2009 at 02:00)
Talk at Dutch PHP Conference 2009 (English - US)
Working in isolation is easy. Most developers have long lists of tasks that never get shorter, and it's trivially easy to put on blinders as you slog through the list.
Good developers realize that the only way to get through the list is to start using the work of others: PEAR, Zend Framework, ezComponents, phpClasses.org. Once you do, though, the responsible thing to do is contribute back. This can take the form of documentation, patches, feature implementation, and more.
In this session, we'll look at the various ways you can contribute to open source projects, and some common tools you can use to do so.
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12.Jun.2009 at 14:51 by Eli White
Not only a great 'call to arms' to people who aren't currently contributing, but done in a very friendly and open fashion. Noone could listen to this talk and not want to go out and start helping, and feel very comfortable doing so.
12.Jun.2009 at 15:22 by Stefan Koopmanschap
Excellent talk on the community and how to contribute. It was a great promotion for contributing and gave people insight into how easy it can be to contribute.
13.Jun.2009 at 11:46 by Ian Barber
Good talk, with some suggestions even for people who have contributed to o/s projects before.
14.Jun.2009 at 11:03 by Russell Flynn
I generally liked the talk, but it was a bit to "userland" and not enough "developerland" for me. Great for people who are using PHP and have not stepped into the community at all (using chat rooms, forums etc.), but not so much for people who are really looking for that little push into contributing code, patches, documentation, bug reports - that's more what I was looking for in this presentation.
When we all stood up at the beginning to show who had already contributed in some ways, it could have been good to ask the guys standing up in the early rounds how they got to that point, what made them submit that first patch and how did they go about it, etc.
14.Jun.2009 at 13:36 by Gerard van Helden
I agree with rooster ^^. Moreover, I expected a specific Zend Framework contributing talk. Nevertheless some good pointers and I like Matthew's presentation style as it is to the point and easy to listen to.
14.Jun.2009 at 21:00 by Derick Rethans
As one of the PHP developers many of the topics also are found in "our" project.
15.Jun.2009 at 16:22 by Lorna Mitchell
Loving the call to action for all things community - with special emphasis on code projects. Great session :)
15.Jun.2009 at 18:30 by Rick Walker
Guilty as charged, must do more!! Slightly confused by some of the suggested mediums though, for example I don't consider twitter to be an effective contribution mechanism .... but, a good talk none the less. Thanks Matthew!
12.Jun.2009 at 12:27 by Michelangelo van Dam
Again a great inside to community involvement into open-source/community projects ! Tnx for the kudos.