http://onekay.com/blog/archives/43 encouraging maintainable and sensible PHP, and occassionally stuff about me. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://onekay.com/blog/archives/43/comment-page-1#comment-19443 Aral Balkan - The talks that were: FITC Amsterdam & PHP UK Conference 2009 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:55:57 +0000 http://www.onekay.com/blog/?p=43#comment-19443 [...] Since this was my first keynote ever, and to a completely new audience, I was rather jittery beforehand. The session felt good while I was presenting it, however, (a few more hours of sleep would not have hurt as I did make a couple of sleep-deprived rookie mistakes) and the feedback has been -- well, what can I say? Here's a smattering that I've found thanks to Google: I was completely taken by surprise by Aral Balkan's "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" talk. I mean, put a trendy guy with a cool name who claims to be a flash developer together with a cheesy talk title and make it the first talk of the day ... I mean, meh. However, I was very happily surprised to find it was a great talk, the audience loved it and I was completely inspired! (LornaJane) We had a quick chat and then headed for the auditorium where Aral Balkan give us a very energetic talk on the future. This was a spectacular talk which was the keynote of the day called The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades. (Thijs Feryn) Aral Balkan's keynote provided food for thought and he's a very enthusiastic speaker. This was an excellent up-beat talk which raised my general happiness with the day. (Rob Allen) [G]reat keynote by Aral Balkan, on the future of web development and RIAs. Aral highlighted that both hardware and software have become commoditized and that user experience is now the key differentiator for software products. His zany slide deck and manner made for quite an entertaining talk. (Philip/KnowledgeTree) Aral did a very polished presentation and is obviously a very experienced speaker striving for perfection. It was very energetic, fun and enjoyable. (Marc Gear) [...] [...] Since this was my first keynote ever, and to a completely new audience, I was rather jittery beforehand. The session felt good while I was presenting it, however, (a few more hours of sleep would not have hurt as I did make a couple of sleep-deprived rookie mistakes) and the feedback has been — well, what can I say? Here’s a smattering that I’ve found thanks to Google: I was completely taken by surprise by Aral Balkan’s “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” talk. I mean, put a trendy guy with a cool name who claims to be a flash developer together with a cheesy talk title and make it the first talk of the day … I mean, meh. However, I was very happily surprised to find it was a great talk, the audience loved it and I was completely inspired! (LornaJane) We had a quick chat and then headed for the auditorium where Aral Balkan give us a very energetic talk on the future. This was a spectacular talk which was the keynote of the day called The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades. (Thijs Feryn) Aral Balkan’s keynote provided food for thought and he’s a very enthusiastic speaker. This was an excellent up-beat talk which raised my general happiness with the day. (Rob Allen) [G]reat keynote by Aral Balkan, on the future of web development and RIAs. Aral highlighted that both hardware and software have become commoditized and that user experience is now the key differentiator for software products. His zany slide deck and manner made for quite an entertaining talk. (Philip/KnowledgeTree) Aral did a very polished presentation and is obviously a very experienced speaker striving for perfection. It was very energetic, fun and enjoyable. (Marc Gear) [...]

]]> http://onekay.com/blog/archives/43/comment-page-1#comment-19368 LornaJane Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:59:00 +0000 http://www.onekay.com/blog/?p=43#comment-19368 I also enjoyed the conference. I think the point about power is a good one but remember a venue like this will charge for every item that gets plugged in!! As for the Ibuildings shirts, that wasn't all of our UK people, and there were some (including me) that weren't Ibuildings branded :) I also enjoyed the conference. I think the point about power is a good one but remember a venue like this will charge for every item that gets plugged in!! As for the Ibuildings shirts, that wasn’t all of our UK people, and there were some (including me) that weren’t Ibuildings branded

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