community works! pfcongres 2011

Community WorksPfcongres 2011, Utrecht (NL)

Saturday 17 September 11

Welcome


PHP community is great!


Why great?


Passion


Help others


Share knowledge


Challenge our peers


Raise the bar


Technical talks


Specific events


Elizabeth NaramoreChocolate Chip Cookies and Open-Source Communities


“Passion moves us forward in the face of

stagnation”Elizabeth Naramore


With the right ingredients


Awesome communities are born


GitHub


Who knows it?


Social Coding


GIT = version control


Easy to collaborate


GitHub made it social


A boost for open source devs


Who likes GitHub?


About two years ago


I heard a lot about GIT


But never got time to play with it


At Tek X


I askedTravis Swicegood

to teach me


He wrote “the book”Pragmatic Version Control with Git


And so he did


Community Works!


My point here


Invest in knowledge


Go to conferences


Even abroad


You learn so much


Even worth paying it out your own pocket


Pfcongres


Great speakers


With awesome talks


Started like you!


Listening/learning


Became experts


Giving presentations


Now you’re listening


Maybe you on stage next year!


Community Works!


Today


Learn


Best practices


Cool Features


New tools


Take notes


Discuss w/ colleagues


Blog


Extend PHP community!


Talk to the speakers


Start a conversation


Say thank you


Hallway tracks


"Fuel for solutions, ideas and in the end… results"

Cal Evans - Blue Parabola


And it’s true


Hallway tracks are as important as the talks during a conference


Great ideas were born just outside the

conference room


Now that you’re here


Try it out for yourself


You can make a difference!


joind.in


Feedback & rating


Speakers


Conference organizers


Improve as speaker


But there is more…


Not just for conferences


User group meetings


Speakers there


Learn to improve


But also…


Use as a reference


For conferences


And public speeches


It’s open-source!!!


Help to make it better


Fix bugs


Translate


Write documentation


Promote it


Use it


Community Works!


“Open-Sourceis a lifestyle”

Michelangelo van Dam


A state of mind


Contribute


Give back


When fixing bugs


On an open-source project


Send that fix back!


Double win!


No need to patch after each update


Solve the bug for all users of that project


Why bother?


It feels great to help!


Or provide feedback


Everyone is welcome


When looking for a new job


Contributions as reference


Lorna Jane MitchelOpen-Source your career


“Open-source is the best career move I’ve made”

Lorna Jane Mitchel


Advantages forjob market


Work independent


Work remote


Work in teams


Know version control


Driven


Want best results


What more could one wish for?


WARNING


Open-source is not a one-time thing


Earn your seat at the table


And be committed


In the long run


You’ll be rewarded


Reach “Karma”


Elizabeth Marie Smith


PHP on Windows


Send patches to PHP


Lots of them


One day at a conference


Met Wez Furlong


And gave him some more patches


Wez gave her “Karma”


Getting things done


Get in touch


With project leads


Have a back channel


Best support ever!!!


Michiel RookPhing project Lead


Came to a PHPBenelux meeting


With talks about Phing


Was surprised Phing was used that much


Feedback is important


It’s easy to bash


Hard to say“Job well done!”


the latter is really appreciated


Being active in the PHP community


Opens doors


To big companies


Direct contact inside


Valuable connections


For community life


And professional life!


The PHP community


is a family


That takes care of each other


For support


Advice


Or a new job


"I've never seen a community so friendly and helpful as the

PHP community"Lonnie Brown - Jacob Group


Lonnie is a recruiter


But different…


With a heart for his candidates


Tech communities


Are magnets for recruiters


They always have jobs


Which we can forward


To members that are looking for a new job


Benefit


We know who’s hiring


Who’s looking


Non-technical


A way to help out


Offer a venue for user group meetings


Sponsor drinks or food during a meeting


Host a special eventBug hunt days - PHP Test Fest - Hackathons


Sponsor open-source projects

Financial, Infrastructure or Resources


Combell & joind.in


Combell = Hosting


joind.in = open-source


Hosting for publicity


Community Works!


The door is open


It’s up to you


Walk thru it


Remember


Community Works!


Thank you


http://joind.in/3652




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