Pacific Northwest PHP (PNWPHP) Conference
10 - 12 Sep 2015 at Impact Hub Seattle

Well presented and a good coverage of the concepts and vocabulary.

Overall, I liked the structure. By focusing on terms it allowed people unfamiliar with the concepts to know what to search later.

One thing that could be improved are the examples that were spoken about. It was a bit hard to follow at times. Perhaps explaining inheritance by showing a graph on the slides would be a bit better than just using spoken words...

Really well presented. I like the overall message as well as how engaging and passionate the talk was.

The one constructive feedback I would provide is to slow down a little bit. The content was well organized and flowed well, but be sure to take a breath or two every now and then to let a point sink in. This may mean to reduce the scope of the talk slightly to reduce the content, but it'll lead to a more absorbable experience.

This is the third time that I've heard this talk, and every time it just keeps getting better and more on-point. Absolutely amazing!!!

Twitter was ablaze during this one, and for good reason. Cal gave a passionate talk about his own upbringing, the role models that have made a difference in his life, the ecosystem in which we all live and work, and the power that bringing positive energy to the table can bring to a group working toward common goals. It was absolutely inspirational, and a wonderful way to close the conference.

I thought this was far more than a talk about PSR-7, it was also a great presentation about the process of PHP-FIG and software standards in general. Beau provided a history of PSR-7, talked about the problem it is intended to solve, compared implementations by different frameworks and highlighted overlapping similarities, and even lightly touched upon some of the personal struggles present within the dev community when trying to get something like this implemented. All those details together helped make this a wonderful talk, and I'm glad I was able to see it.

Thanks!

I really enjoyed Adam's speaking style, he has great energy. The workshop covered many topics that can help any developer get to the next level.

I love any talk with a numbered list of things I should know, because there are clear takeaways and actionable things you can look into once the conference is over and the sponsor tables are all packed up.

Keith highlighted several tools devs can use to work with APIs, and covered some of the benefits and features of each. His presentation was spirited in tempo and filled with bad jokes about Batman, which helped hold my attention during the difficult post-lunch/second-day cloud I work through at conferences.

One thing I think that can make this presentation better, and I only have that aforementioned cloud to blame if it's already in there and I missed it, is adding some sort of comparison of each tool and rationale for why you might choose one over the other, since there did seem to be some commonalities between them (e.g., you wouldn't use all 7). Otherwise, excellent talk!

I'm thrilled about scalar type hints and return types coming to PHP 7, and Anthony provided an excellent overview about what they mean for PHP devs, and more importantly, how they fit into the development world in general. Great talk.

I'm just getting started using Docker in a side project with some friends, so Robert's presentation was extremely helpful in pointing out some of the things I need to know. Something I especially liked about this talk was his speaking style - it felt more in line with a college lecture/instructional tutorial than a conference presentation, and I thought that was a great thing. As someone who does a lot of work with WordPress, I appreciated that it was his application of choice for the demo, as it gave me some ideas about how I could use this in my own workflow. Robert was also very eager to answer questions after the talk, which I appreciated.

Thank you!

I've heard great things about this talk, and I'm glad I've finally had the chance to see it. At some point in it, Ed poses the question, "Are there any C-level execs in the audience?". I'd love to see this presentation grow beyond the development community, because as Ed clearly demonstrates, mental health affects all of us and talking about it is considered highly taboo. He's an excellent advocate for the cause, and it would be huge to get this to an ever-larger audience.

Great job!