September 22nd, 2008 | 
Author: ZendCon 2008 is over, and we are back at work.
As far as I am concerned, this year’s conference was a success. We went to some really great talks, and some that were not as great. I think one of the area’s where Zend improved was in the Un-Con (shout out to Keith Casey, who put the Un-Con together). One of the best talks I heard came from there (Terry Chay’s curse-laden rant on Rails and frameworks).
The food was OK, nothing spectacular. Good job with the beverage selection though. The staff moved like clockwork, so if you were a little late getting to a meal, they were shut down and gone. And don’t dare try to order a drink after the posted “closing” time…
Overall, we learned a lot, met some cool people, learned a lot more, and even got to give a presentation. I think the next step for us is to somehow become more involved in the PHP community as a whole. There are a lot of limits on us as to what projects we can contribute to, but personally I will probably signup to be a ZF contributor (not through work, just on my own). There are a lot of ways to help, we just need to find our niche.
Anyway, conference rocked. See you next year ZendCon!
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Thanks for this update. I particularly liked the food and drink part.
Thanks for the shout out. I’ll try to get the talk posted for others to… ummm… enjoy?