PFCongres 2011
17 Sep 2011 at Accomodatie Domstad, Utrecht

Great lo listen to him.

The other speakers were great, but Thijs is ‘hors category’. If giving presentations were a mmorpg, he would be a lvl 90 paladin. Or orc. I don’t know, I don’t play mmorps, but he absolutely rocked. If you ever get the chance to see him speak, take that chance. The talk was very polished: the slides were high quality, Thijs was very knowledgeable and engaging and he interacted with the audience extremely well.

Mike came across as very relaxed and confident, convinced of the qualities of his baby. I loved the presentation and wasn’t bored, even though I have been using DocBlox for months already. The code examples in the slides were unreadable, but Mike handled that fine.

His satin American English delivered a hugely interesting story. Kudo’s for making a difficult subject understandable in less than half an hour ánd making a point with it in PHP. I still think quality assurance is even more important for PHP, but this topic definitely deserves more attention. The talk itself was quite relaxed and Jurriën expertly answered the few questions that came his way.

Derick is an amazing speaker. He is very funny, relaxed and insightful wish a dash of healthy nerd. I learned a lot and had a great time. He may have given me the best tip anyone has ever given me: just look at what others before you did and try to copy what you need.

Richard has a great composure. Maybe he goes a bit too much with the euh’s and ehm’s, but he didn’t lose track of his story. It was a great presentation overall. I think the overview of the topic was quite complete, but what the story lacked was an overview of external, non-technical stimuli that can influence the future of web apps. Richard is a very engaging speaker and the talk was very entertaining.

Lineke had a good and clear story. If she intended in the excellent discussion to ensue, then props to her. If she didn’t, then even more props to her for talking about her personal experience and what others can learn from it. If PHP needs one thing it’s QM! I was told she was nervous, but I barely noticed and it absolutely didn’t bother me. There was nothing to be nervous about, because she did great.

Easily the best speaker and the single best talk of the congress. Beautiful slides, good pace, relevant questions, quick to interact with the audience, and clearly a solid knowledge on the subject and connected areas of expertise. The talk did excactly what I hoped it would: debunk the marketeers' Cloud and bring it back to the developers and entrepreneur. Oh, and kudos for the T-shirt (I got 99 problems but my host ain't one) ^^

Interesting talk, sadly could not read the slides in the back of the room.

Interesting talk, it kinda convinced me not to start writing any extensions myself, but that's not the speaker to blame ;). I'm glad other people do and I have a much better understanding what you can or cannot do with extensions.