ConFoo 2011
7 - 12 Mar 2011
at Hilton Montreal Bonaventure
Talk comments
It's unfortunate that Sebastian spent time lecturing us on very basic principles of object-oriented programming. I think he could have skipped the basics and given us some useful ideas at a more advanced level.
Also, the slides were completely useless: almost every one was just a title with a full-screen image!
I took away a couple of good ideas that I am excited to try, but I'm disappointed that there weren't more.
I also learned about tools I hadn't known before, and I look forward to start using them. I thank you and my clients thank you!
Very useful. I tried using Xdebug before, but had trouble using it and eventually gave up. This talk has inspired me to try again, and this time I understand how it works a little better, so I have confidence I can succeed!
Fast-paced but very interesting. It would have been nice to see some live examples of the techniques he was using, rather than just source code. The talk helped me to understand some concepts that I was having trouble with on my own.
As promised, the first 3/4 of the talk was very dry, talking about WebDAV standards (and when they are not observed). It took me a long time to realize just why I might want to integrate my own WebDAV server into my app, and I'm not sure what advantages/disadvantages it has over other solutions.
If the talk is about the WebDAV PHP server that Toby helped create, it would have been better to demonstrate an example of a customized server rather than go through the particular technical problems that his group solved (and are of little interest to me because Toby solved them).
Toby needs to work on his delivery, though. He speaks in a monotone, and the lack of inflection and steady stream of words makes it difficult to listen for long periods.
A good presentation should involve the audience, not just talk at them. I felt talked at.
A very descriptive talk showing the major usages of puppet, making me very curious to try it out
Really Nice talk that make an overview of how do we develop for Windows phone. Good overview of C# and XAML in a windows phone development environment. Pretty much appreciated.
Excellent talk which introduced me to this area for the first time. I really liked how the speaker used a 'case study' to walk us through a basic TAM. I'll definitely be using this tool in the future.
Excellent introduction to Solr. Loved it.
I really didn't get anything from this presentation that I couldn't have got by reading the OWASP Top Ten document. It could have been improved by real-life examples, by giving us insight beyond what was in the document, and by Antonio improving his speaking style, which was very boring. He didn't seem interested in his own subject!