{"id":11529,"date":"2009-03-02T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T14:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11529"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T14:23:49","slug":"attending-php-uk-conference-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/02\/attending-php-uk-conference-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Attending PHP UK Conference 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/mamchenkov\/sets\/72157614631390006\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11530\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/02\/attending-php-uk-conference-2009\/security_centered_design\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/security_centered_design.jpg?fit=371%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"371,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Security centered design\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/security_centered_design.jpg?fit=371%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11530 aligncenter\" title=\"Security centered design\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/security_centered_design.jpg?resize=371%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Security centered design\" width=\"371\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/security_centered_design.jpg?w=371&amp;ssl=1 371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/security_centered_design.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The conference day.\u00a0 We woke up early to get in queue at registration which opened at 08:30.\u00a0 When we got to the Olympia Conference Center, which was about 5 minutes walk from our hotel, it was full of people.\u00a0\u00a0 More than a hundred people already, and we were early.\u00a0 Got our badges and notepads, grabbed a coffee, and started wondering around.\u00a0 There were a few sponsor stands, so we had something to do.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I thought there would be more stands, and from companies which are closer related to web development.\u00a0 We got to O&#8217;Reilly to buy some books at 35% discount (I was the first customer of the day, beta-testing the receipt issuing procedure, hehe).\u00a0 Looked at iBuildings stand briefly.\u00a0 Looked at Sun MySQL something to do with reporting tool something.\u00a0 It was crowded over there and I had a cup of coffee in my hands, so didn&#8217;t get too close.\u00a0 Saw a few people playing with Wii and some more with MS Xbox 360.\u00a0 Seemed like fun.<\/p>\n<p>The conference itself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpconference.co.uk\/talks\">featured a few talks<\/a>, and it was a double track, so each attndee had to chose from one of the two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpconference.co.uk\/schedule\">concurrent speeches<\/a> which to attend.\u00a0 Here are the ones that I went to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keynote talk: The future\u2019s so bright, I gotta wear shades<\/strong> by Aral Balkan. It was a bit too lengthy for the points it made, but inspiration non-the-less.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharding Architectures<\/strong> by David Soria Parra.\u00a0 Very interesting discussion on scaling database across several servers. Sharding technique described can be applied to much more than just that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Of Lambda Functions, Closures and Traits<\/strong> by Sebastian Bergmann.\u00a0 A look into some advanced features of PHP 5.3.\u00a0 These will make writing PHP code a bit more fun, and result a bit more pleasant to look at.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Living with Frameworks<\/strong> by Stuart Herbert.\u00a0 Nice, balanced look at why frameworks are important.\u00a0 It was a bit misplaced though, since it was more for people who don&#8217;t yet use frameworks, while most of the audience was from the frameworks camp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Myphp-busters: symfony framework<\/strong> by Stefan Koopmanschap.\u00a0 An overview of Symfony framework, which made me love CakePHP even more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Security-Centered Design \u2014 exploring the impact of human behavior<\/strong> by Chris Shiflett. Interesting descussion (with cool examples) of social part in security approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sharding Architectures and Lambda Functions were two of my favourite talks for technical insight.\u00a0 Security-Centered Design and Living with Frameworks were the two favourites for non-technical inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>After the last talk there were a few free beers at the venue, and after that there was another beer session at Brook Green Hotel.\u00a0 Quite a few people, quite a few pints, quite a few interesting conversations and contacts made, excellent buffett, and overall a time well spent.<\/p>\n<p>A note to conference organizers: I know you guys worked hard to make this happen, and that you are a bunch of hobbyiests who are not getting paid to do this, so, first of all, thank you.\u00a0 I really enjoyed the event.\u00a0 Here are a few things that I think could be improved, just in case\u00a0 you will have control over them the next time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WiFi coverage.\u00a0 Yes, it was there and it was sort of working, but it was also slow and unstable.\u00a0 At the beginning I thought that was just me for some reason, but then heard a few more people complain.<\/li>\n<li>Power sockets.\u00a0 I remember seeing only 3.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe I just didn&#8217;t find them, of course, but they are sort of important.<\/li>\n<li>Beer is the ultimate conversation maker.\u00a0 Have it nearby from lunch on and more magic would happen.\u00a0 (It doesn&#8217;t have to be free)<\/li>\n<li>Mechandize.\u00a0 Stickers, t-shirts, badges, etc to help remember and promote the event.<\/li>\n<li>More stands.\u00a0 I wanted to see people who do hosting, consulting, trainging, build tools, and more of the related.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I said, I had an excellent time, learned a few new things, got inspired, met interesting people, etc.\u00a0 An event was definitely a success and I&#8217;d gladly attend the future ones as well.\u00a0 Oh, and I made a few pictures, which are available in my <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/mamchenkov\/sets\/72157614631390006\/\">PHP UK Conference 2009 Flickr set<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>The conference day.\u00a0 We woke up early to get in queue at registration which opened at 08:30.\u00a0 When we got to the Olympia Conference Center, which was about 5 minutes walk from our hotel, it was full of people.\u00a0\u00a0 More than a hundred people already, and we were early.\u00a0 Got our badges and notepads, grabbed &hellip; 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