Madison PHP Conference 2014
13 Sep 2014
at Alliant Energy Center
Talk comments
The presentation was excellent, particularly the historical bits. As a computer science major having studied lamdba calculus formally in college and used Scheme, the concepts were familiar. The mapping of those concepts to PHP was interesting. Thank you Larry!
I know you had a lot of ground to cover in a short time, but consider dwelling on the code examples a bit longer. This might give those in the audience being introduced to a functional mindset for a first time sufficient time to digest the concepts.
As a computer science major myself working in the "industry" for over a decade now, this talk really resonated with me. Over the years I lost the ability to think my way out of difficult problems and instead rely on other's solutions instead -- a result, no doubt, of being under the gun with deadline pressures, etc. This talk served not just as a nostalgic trip down memory lane but also as a reminder to take some time, perhaps every couple of weeks or so, to try and actually think like a computer scientist again.
Thank you Daniel!
Excellent talk. He mixes cold hard facts and personal experiences to communicate the importance of mental health in the tech industry in very clear and approachable terms.
Powerful man. I haven't yet dealt with this personally, but some close friends do and I really appreciate how you shared your own experiences. Extremely helpful.
Excellent keynote, reminding us what we are actually doing when developing. Well delivered with a good fun factor without being just a clown show (sic) with no content.
5 despite the terror.
Great stuff to think about. It left me with some topics I want to do more research on.
Would like to have seen a bit more on the solution. Good talk, and kept things moving at the end of the day.
Not for those with clown phobias.
A nice close to the conference. Entertaining and insightful.
Thanks for all the awesome comments! Since the slides are very minimal, I have posted a link to a YouTube video of my talk for anyone interested.