php[tek] 2017
22 - 26 May 2017 at Sheraton Atlanta Airport

I really liked the content of this workshop but there's one large crit that I really really really hope can get fixed before the next time it's given.

Please change the format on your slides to use bullet points. *Please.*

I found myself struggling to listen and read fast enough to be able to figure out which parts were the important pieces of information coming in through ears and eyes to write them down for my notes.

I'm a really fast reader and even I wasn't able to finish reading some of the slides before you were moving on to the next point. Then I couldn't write any condensed information down before the next slide and next part of verbal information was already overwriting what I had just managed to get loaded up. And of course since I was switching between visual, audio, and kinetic so I would have notes for my second pass review, I was scrambling and worried I'd miss something.

The slides should be a good 'short hand' version to help people who aren't audio learners (and I'm not) pluck out the important pieces of your audio instruction. Your verbal instruction is really good and will fill in details not included in the bullet points.

Just reduce the paragraphs in your slides to a list of the key phrases / elements for the student to grasp and this workshop would be golden. The Ignite format for slides has a really good example of what I mean by bulletpoints that can be quickly absorbed: http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/content/fast-ignite-presentation/

That was the only issue with the workshop, but it was a really big one and is so very easy to fix that I wanted to get that feedback to you asap. I hate having to put it at a 3 when it really deserves a 5 for everything else.

Coming from the academic world, I could relate to a lot of what Emily discussed. There was plenty of useful information that I hope I can apply. And we may have all groaned inwardly at the words "group activity" but it was probably the best part. It was a great way to put some of what we learned into practice, and a good way to meet and interact with fellow attendees early in the conference.

A good talk that covered the basics well. It didn't get too much into overly technical details, but enough that I feel I can explore more on my own. Thanks for sharing the code shown, too!

I thought this was very uplifting and motivating. I liked the ideas about multi-tasking and cognitive load and doing something energizing and amidst the struggles of life and frustrations with software that happen. It was a good reminder about exercise (being a good tool to help with our attitudes and coping skills) and about taking time daily, weekly, monthly etc. to stop and check in with ourselves and what's going on and reflect and renew.

This was a good talk about some of the instrumental founders of different languages, and how technology / programming / coding have transpired from then to now, including the current community of coders and developers.

I don't do anything in the cloud yet, but for me, it was a good introduction to how Amazon's web services work and what they offer. It was pretty interesting, and a different way of thinking as opposed to traditional web hosting.

I really enjoyed this session a lot. It was different than most of the talks, not as technical. I enjoyed learning more about marketing, the philosophies and strategies behind it, and she presented techniques and tools to employ in our applications.

This was another good talk on APIs, and also how to use swagger, and good methodologies for building a better API from the start.

I enjoyed this talk and becoming more familiar with the new changes coming out with ES6, and the difference between how to do something ES5 vs ES6.

It wasn't too relevant for what I am doing. But that's ok, it was still very interesting to hear what others are doing and hear their stories of work and accomplishment!