10.Oct.2009 at 10:33 by Stefan Koopmanschap
An excellent keynote full of important lessons. Brought in a very nice and funny way. A great way to start the conference!
The Uncertainty Principle
Kevlin Henney (10.Oct.2009)
Keynote at PHP North West 2009 (English - UK)
Not sure about something? And that something affects the detailed design, an architectural decision or choice of functionality? Does that feel like a problem or a part of the solution?
There is a strong tendency for humans to feel unsure about uncertainty, in two minds over ambiguity and a little wobbly with instability. Whether over technology choice, implementation options, requirements or schedule, uncertainty is normally seen as something you must either suppress or avoid. Of this many people appear, well,
certain. That you should embrace it and use it to influence schedule, identify risk and inform design is not immediately obvious. A lack of certainty offers the opportunity to highlight risk and reframe questions, making uncertainty part of the solution rather than necessarily a problem.
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10.Oct.2009 at 10:44 by William vicary
Great start to the conference, useful and important practises fantastically covered! Great speech
10.Oct.2009 at 10:56 by Derick Rethans
Good talk, too bad it was (too) early for a Saturday morning :-)
10.Oct.2009 at 11:43 by Lorna Mitchell
Fabulous energetic keynote from Kevlin, he had an early morning geek audience laughing, impressive in itself and I know I learned a lot
10.Oct.2009 at 15:42 by Johanna Cherry
Really great talk. Very interesting and engaging subject, although was a bit heavy for me that early in the morning :)
10.Oct.2009 at 21:18 by Craig Kewley
Brilliant presentation given! I learned a lot in a relatively stall amount of time and began to question my current techniques.
10.Oct.2009 at 22:28 by Matthew Kellett
Superb presentation and definitely raised some points I may have to introduce to the office for further discussion.
11.Oct.2009 at 17:57 by Rob Mills
considering there was barely a mention of php this was still a great keynote. Great to listen to some general software development principles and see that they still applied to web dev.
11.Oct.2009 at 19:03 by Russell Flynn
This is what keynotes are all about, well delivered, spot-on content with a nice blend of thrown in anectodes and not-overused humour. An uplifting start to the day.
11.Oct.2009 at 20:04 by Paul Lemon
Interesting and intelligent presentation - thought provoking too.
12.Oct.2009 at 07:42 by Antonios Pavlakis
An impressive talk for both project managers and coders alike.
Set the theme for the day. Nice one.
12.Oct.2009 at 10:42 by Jason D Hobbs
I have to confess and say that I came to PHPNW09 as a novice developer when compared to the other people that attended; I've only had my head in PHP for just over 2 months! I'm primarily a web and print designer, so around 40% of the stuff at the conference went over my head.
But this lecture was by far the most useful. Techy enough to satisfy the hardcore people there, but generic enough to allow the lessons to be integrated into other disciplines (including my own). Good lecture overall
13.Oct.2009 at 13:25 by Michael Nolan
Nice start to the conference and a well presented talk but I didn't feel totally inspired.
The talk mentioned how too many people say their knowledge of PHP is 7 or 8 out of 10 because people don't know what they don't know. Likewise it's always possible to improve as a speaker :)
13.Oct.2009 at 19:04 by Alex Luneburg
Great talk to kick off the conference with some very thought provoking concepts. It can only be a good thing when a non-technical talk makes me realise I ought to revisit some of my code!
14.Oct.2009 at 13:31 by Peter Spain
What a fantastic start to the day! The keynote was delivered superbly by Kevlin and he did a very good job of keeping the audience engaged.
Despite lacking in PHP, his ideas, experience and advice are relevant to all areas of development, not just in PHP.
14.Oct.2009 at 23:16 by Robert Mortimer
A real thought provoker. Not hard core technical but it shone a spotlight on the way we solve problems and manage risk.
10.Oct.2009 at 10:31 by Bastian Feder
Kevlin spoke about a lot of true stuff in an amusing and entertaining way. I learned a lot for my future development efforts.