Community Works! Pfcongres 2011

Community Works
Pfcongres 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 Naramore
Chocolate 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 asked
Travis 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!


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


“Open-Source
is 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 Mitchel
Open-Source your career


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


Advantages for
job 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 Rook
Phing 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 event
Bug 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


The door is open


It’s up to you


Walk thru it


Remember


Thank you


http://joind.in/3652


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