Interview with Laura Thomson
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Tuesday, August 1, 2006
One of the great perks of my job is that I get to sit down with people and talk about PHP. I’ll talk to just about anyone about how they are using PHP, what problems they have solved using PHP, or just about anything PHP related. However, most of you don’t care how my aunt implemented a PHP based photo gallery for the family so I’ll stick to publishing the interviews I think you will find interesting. Here is one of those interesting interviews.
OSCON WRapup: The Party's Over
by Cal Evans (editor) |
3 comments | Monday, July 31, 2006
The booths have been shipped back to their warehouses for another year; the vendors are all combing through their business cards looking for hot leads; (what, you didn’t think this was all about the sessions did you?) and the speakers have all arrived home safely. The party’s officially over, let’s take a quick glance over the shoulder before heading to the next one.
Rasmus Lerdorf at OSCON: Getting Rich with PHP 5
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Sunday, July 30, 2006
Rasmus Lerdorf gave a talk on “Getting Rich with PHP 5”. He showed techniques to dramatically improve the throughput of a web application. Click [ more ] and I’ll give you the details.
OSCON Day 3 : The Party is in Full Swing
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Thursday, July 27, 2006
Here we are with our day 3 wrapup of OSCON. You won’t want ot miss this one. Details of the commings and goings, the sessions and the parties, maybe even a picture or too. The weather has really cooled off but inside the convention center, things are heating up. Come on inside where it’s cool and I’ll give you the details.
George Schlossnagle Presents talk On High Performance PHP
by Cal Evans (editor) |
3 comments | Tuesday, July 25, 2006
George Schlossnagle of OmniTI gave an interesting talk at OSCON titled “High Performance PHP”. If you didn’t make it to OSCON, here’s a 30 second version of his 3.5 hour talk. (Ok, I may have left out a point or two)
OSCON Wrapup Day 1 : And So It begins
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Monday, July 24, 2006
Day 1 of O’Reilly’s OSCON is in the can. Read on for my thoughts, links to pictures, all the good stuff that goes into a wrapup.
Live From OSCON!
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Monday, July 24, 2006
Greetings from Portland! This week Portland is the host of a sweltering heat-wave and an Open Source fest both at the same time. I will be here all week and posting the ups and downs of O’Reilly’s OSCON. (There’s really no up to the heat-wave) Watch this space for something interesting!
A Quick Look at OSCON 2006
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Monday, June 12, 2006
Each year developers are called upon to make an agonizing choice. Each year there are more and more conferences offered on a wide range of interesting topics. Developers have to reach deep into their souls and find the one conference they feel so strongly will further their career that they are willing to beg to attend. Worse yet, they are willing to submit to the proctology exam called an expense report just for the privilege. The choices this year for PHP developer aren’t any easier. Let’s take a look at one of them to see what it has to offer.
