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php|architect: Interview with Zak Greant on PHP Vikinger

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:06:33 -0500

Marcus from php|architect got a chance to talk a bit with Zak Greant (from eZ Systems) about the "unconference" he's been organizing in Normay, the PHP Vikinger.

I had the pleasure of chatting with Zak Greant of EZ Systems about his unconference, PHP Vikinger. The unconference will be happening June 24th and 25th immediately following the EZ Publish User Conference in Skien, Norway. Zak has many hopes for people staying the extra two days, and he explained why in this interview

They discuss where the name came from, why they chose the "unconference" route, and what's expected of it.

Sebastian Bergmann's Blog: PHP Vikinger (More Details)

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:44:20 -0500

Sebastian Bergmann has more information posted on his blog about the upcoming PHP Vikinger Conference to be held in Norway.

The PHP Vikinger is a community-driven PHP event that will be held in Skien, Norway from June 24th to 25th. Like the famous Foo Camp and Bar Camp, PHP Vikinger is driven by its attendees. The people who come choose and present the sessions at the event.

Attendance is by a mix of invitation and registration. 50 invitations have been sent to various PEAR and PHP contributors and 50 spots are open for people who register. Additionally, the invitees have been asked to nominate another 50 people who should be invited to the event.

The conference also seeks to be more affordable that some others out there, only costing 20 Euros to attend (as well as simple food/place to sleep). You can get complete details on the conference's main site. (Open registration will open in about a week or so, according to Zak Greant)

Zak Greant's Blog: PHP Vikinger site online

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:21:22 -0500

On Polymorph, Zak Greant's blog, today there's a brief post mentioing the official site for a new conference in Norway - PHPVikinger.org.

The conference will be happening in Skein, Norway from June 24th through 25th and will follow the "unconference" mentality - allowing the attendees to set the agend for the event. Rooms for the conference and amenities will be provided (including wireless internet), and space will be provided for attendees to stay (space at a local school) as well as simple meals.

Registration for the event will cost 20 Euros, and all of the money raised will go to various "free culture, free information, and free software groups".

For complete details and updates on the conference, check out their site...

Tobias Schlitt's Blog: PHP at FrOSCon - Call for papers!

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:48:23 -0500

According to this new post on Tobias Schlitt's blog, there's a conference happening in his part of the world, FrOSCon, who's issued a Call for Papers.

The FrOSCon (Free and Open Source Conference) is organized by the Computer Science faculty at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. It will be happening the 24th and 25th of June with two of the local usergroups setting up a PHP room for all attending PHP enthusiasts.

For more information on the conference or on their Call for Papers, check out their site.

Community News: PHP Speakers Selected for OSCON 2006

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:41:11 -0600

The O'Reilly Open Source Conference for this year is getting closer and closer, and a few of the members of the PHP community have been selected to present their proposed talks for this year's edition.

The list so far includes:

David Sklar on web application dependencies
Adam Trachtenberg giving his talk on the "Dirty secrets of PHP 5's ext/soap extension"
Chris Shiflett (along with Geoff Young) covering PHP testing, including mentions of Apache-Test, Simple-Test, PHPUnit, and phpt

For more details or to sign up for the conference, visit their site and check out the long list of topics and tracks for this year's event.

Pro-PHP Podcast: Interview with Clay Loveless of Feedster

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:05:41 -0600

The latest interview from the Pro PHP Podcast has been announced - an interview with Clay Loveless of Feedster.

Join us on March 24th, 2006 at 1PM EST as host Marcus Whitney will speak with Clay Loveless of Feedster and the Pearified project.

Clay will give us an inside look at how Feedster has utilized PHP 5 to completely renew their frontend as well as the other ways that PHP is employed at Feedster.

Feedster's search engine scans the Blogosphere constantly, providing a fresh look at the more than 22 million sources it tracks. Clay will also discuss the Pearified project, a PEAR-Compatible Extension and Application Repository using the PEAR_Server to store extremely popular PHP and JavaScript packages such as PHPMyAdmin, Savant and Prototype.

If you'd like to attend this live webcast, happening Friday, March 24th at 1PM EST, you can sign up here.