Just started in the 3rd talk today by a guy called Rowan Merewood (twitter link). I had no idea he worked at Plus.net – for those of you who don’t know me, just take a look on Google for wade womersley plus.net. Unfortunately that means I’m biased to this talk as he’s talking about a company that I know has a very sworded past with its customers and while I’m sure as a developer he’s very competent, his choice in company leaves something to be desired. He’s a good guy so far, talking with some level of comedic intent while making valid points.
The previous talk was by a lady from phpwomen and was titled Passing the Joel Test in the PHP World. Apparently, Microsoft is “infamous” for getting 12/12 – although considering Joel worked at Microsoft, this was hardly suprising. For anyone at Stickyeyes reading this, we’re about 3 to 5…which is actually OK because at the end she said “I don’t think the Joel test really applies to PHP” – a point I agree. There are a few relevant tests there but overall, it’s not the most appropriate.
More to come later in the day.