The first ever PHP conference in the North East is in the books.
We’ve been hearing great feedback about the sell-out PHP NE 2013, which took place yesterday at the Tyneside Cinema . The conference was a spin-out of the popular monthly PHP NE usergroup .
Whether you attended, missed it or just can’t remember it because of the late-night drinking, you might be interested in our Storify of the day’s talks…
[<a href="//storify.com/Betarocket/php-north-east-2013" target="_blank">View the story "PHP North East 2013" on Storify</a>]<br /> <h1>PHP North East 2013</h1> <h2>Yesterday, the Tyneside Cinema hosted the first ever PHP conference to be held in the North of England. So what went on at PHP North East 2013?</h2> <p>Storified by <a href=”http://storify.com/Betarocket”>Betarocket</a>· Wed, Mar 20 2013 03:53:46</p> <div>Ah, the morning after the night before… <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </div> <div>My hoody is covered in stains. I am never washing it. Each one represents a memory my champagne addled brain has forgotten. #phpne13Sam Lambert</div> <div>What the hell happened last night? I don’t remember @AnthonySterling kicking me in the head… it sure feels like someone did #phpne13James Mills</div> <div>I have a @phpne sponsored headache to match my hoody. Hope you all had a great time. Thanks to all our delegates and speakers for coming outAndrew Taylor</div> <div>The @phpne team certainly know how to throw a party, but my kidneys have aged at least 4 years as a result. I blame @AnthonySterling.Phil Sturgeon</div> <div>Feel terrible. Hope you’re proud of yourself #phpne13David Gardner</div> <div>Some may never remember how they spent the night after PHP North East 2013, although some blurry incriminating photographs are appearing already…</div> <div>Ah yes, I remember this… @AnthonySterling @isamlambert #phpne13 http://pic.twitter.com/pvcH2lcd2NJamie Hurst</div> <div>…But thanks to the miracle of Twitter, we do know roughly what happened during the event itself. <div><br></div> <div>PHP NE 2013 is the first conference of its kind in the North of England, set up by the good people from the monthly PHP NE usergroup. It sold out a fair while ago, thanks to a weighty and knowledgeable speaker list.</div> </div> <div>PHP North East Conference 2013 – ScheduleWe have organised a great day for all our delegates, and you can find our planned schedule and speaker details below.</div> <div>Looking forward to being reminded just how little of the awesome world of web development that I actually know of, at #phpne13 tomorrow!Andrew Gatenby</div> <div>Enroute to the first ever #phpne13. I know that it’s going to be awesome because it has been organised by some amazing people.Matt Kirwan</div> <div>Good luck @AnthonySterling and team, i hope #phpne13 goes fantastically as i know you’ve put a lot of work into it!!!Andrew Westgarth</div> <div>And so it began, as all good things do, with breakfast…</div> <div>@phpne grabbing breakfast and warming up #phpne13 http://pic.twitter.com/uDLr8KUzeCRick Trotter</div> <div>The opening words came from co-organiser Anthony Sterling…</div> <div><3 “@mattkirwan: And we are off…. @AnthonySterling launching the first #phpne13 BOOM. http://pic.twitter.com/NuE2Ry9WEk”Anthony Sterling</div> <div>First up, Rowan Merewood of Inviqa Group on building better developers</div> <div>Rowan Merewood (rowan_m) on TwitterThe latest from Rowan Merewood (@rowan_m). Continually experimenting and hopefully improving at software engineering. Engineer and Team L…</div> <div>According to @rowan_m good developers should have Emacs hand, Uma Therman’s arm and Yoda’s ears! He makes a compelling argument! #phpne13Martyn Ranyard</div> <div>"If you’re the smartest person, you’re probably not learning" #phpne Good that @clouddataS has Cloudia the cat for us to learn from.Gregory Marler</div> <div>A metric helps you achieve a goal, don’t chase the metric if you achieve the goal #phpne13html and bacon</div> <div>Very good point. #phpne13 @ Tyneside Cinema http://instagr.am/p/XCR6jZFlDl/David Gardner</div> <div>"Being passionate and authoritative is not the same as being an angry asshole." #phpne13Igor Wiedler</div> <div>Like @rowan_m’s take on developers’ attitudes to people. Suggests they shd b more like Jeffrey Lebowski
