The document introduces Mike G, a senior developer who has been working with PHP since the 3.x version and JavaScript since 1999. He gives a brief introduction about himself and his background as a blogger, speaker and JavaScript evangelist. He then asks the audience if they code in PHP 5 or 4 and if they love or loathe JavaScript. The next section notes that "AJAX" is not an actual technology, but rather a term coined by Jesse James Garret in 2005 to refer to asynchronous JavaScript and XML.

1. Ajax
for PHP Developers

2. Ajax Who am I?
for PHP Developers
Sr. Developer @ Magnani Caruso Dutton
PHP Developer since end of 3.x
JavaScript hacker since ‘99
Javascript developer/evangelist since October ‘07
Blogger: http://lovemikeg.com/
Speaker: http://lovemikeg.com/talks
NYPHP: July 22, 2008 mikeg@lovemikeg.com

3. Ajax Who are you?
for PHP Developers
Do you code PHP 5 or PHP 4?
Anyone in here love JavaScript?
Anyone in here loathe JavaScript?
NYPHP: July 22, 2008 mikeg@lovemikeg.com

4. Ajax Ajax Defined
for PHP Developers
“AJAX”
does not exist.
NYPHP: July 22, 2008 mikeg@lovemikeg.com