PHP North West 2016
30 Sep - 2 Oct 2016 at Manchester Conference Centre

Good talk, hard to cover such a diverse topic in a short space of time so Matt gave it a fair crack. Thanks!

Great company and a chance to talk to experts in their field.

This talk was all about Gary. And you know what? That was more than allright. Because he can tell his story well. With passion and humour.
When I first saw Gary speak I was put off by the point he was making because it was more focussed on making money than delivering value, but his message today was _very_ inspirational (while not ignoring the making of the money)... It makes me question if I was hearing the wrong thing back then. Or maybe Gary has changed. Whatever the case may be: this is a 5 star keynote all the way and beyond.

One of the best keynotes I've seen, honestly. Not just because I'm mentioned in it, but a tale that I think many folk, and certainly me, could relate to. Brilliant, great laughs, great message, and encouraging.

Sitting at the front I could just about read the slides, but I can understand that without that the rating might be very negatively affected. It's a 4 because of that.
There was a lot to talk about so this talk was very fast-paced, but I felt it as worth it. James got the entire picture across for what certainly must be considered a non-trivial (and yet completely legal) websockets+torrent setup. Also: James is hilarious, and I'll watch whatever he comes up with next without question. Well done!

First of all: I'm very vey sorry for coming in late.

I only saw part of the presentation because of this, but what I saw was entertaining, informative and well balanced. Just enough information to know what problems you can solve without information overload. Solid 5.

Aisha's first talk at a conference might as well have been her Nth, she looked really comfortable delivering it.

There is always something to learn from other people's journeys, but with this talk you just feel it comes straight
from the heart. Amazing stuff, and a must see. I always try to come up with some tip I feel would make a talk/speaker better, but in this case - knowing that Aisha isn't sure she wants to continue speaking - all I can say is: please keep doing more of what you did, it was magic!

Dan blew me away, due to his obvious trustworthiness (a.k.a. the full beard). He explains interface segregation
really well, with a good example of how things can go horribly wrong. Good humor also which makes this a nice allround
talk that's easy to listen to.

I already use Graylog and I'm very much in love with it, so I did not expect to learn much. But I feel that
there was a lot left unsaid that is exactly what makes Graylog a good solid product. I would certainly add
the alerting setup to the talk itself, especially since it seemed to fall a little short in time.
The demo did not add much to anyone's knowledge of the product I think, just high risk for little benefit.

The topic is good and the content was good, refreshing to see a large focus on customer value as a driver
for improving the technical pipeline.
But the delivery was a little dry. Taking a static position behind the desk contributed a lot to that I
think, I would suggest moving around a little as a tip to James. I'm sure this talk will be a lot better
with just a few minor tweaks!