Slides

Running an Open Source Project

PHPUK Unconference 2012
A very short slot in the PHPUK unconference track about my experiences running a successful open source project and how to deal with that, particularly as I’m currently a sole project lead. I got a bigger audience than I expected and (once again) remembered that I hate giving talks unrehearsed!

It was great to discuss some of these issues with others and I intend to write things up as a blog post some day.

Edit: I have now written the blog post on this topic

Article

Better Estimates with Planning Poker

PHPMaster.com, January 2011
A post on PHPMaster.com (unrelated to the book but also belonging to SitePoint) about my favourite estimation technique: Planning Poker. The idea is that you ask a group of developers to take estimates on small tasks, and compare their answers. If they are in agreement, it’s likely to be a good estimate – but if not, further specification is needed.

Article: http://phpmaster.com/planning-poker/

Slides

Things I Wish New Graduates Knew

Guest Lecture, November 2011
I get asked sometimes to speak to students studying relevant courses at university. These are the slides I used for a talk at Leeds Met, who are very local to me and whom I interact with quite a bit. There weren’t many students there but those that were I hope took something from it.

http://www.slideshare.net/lornajane/things-i-wish-web-graduates-knew