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Linux-Fu for PHP Developers

Geekup Leeds, February 2009
I got a talk of the same title accepted to php|tek 2009 and used this session to figure out if I can talk and type at the same time, since I was warned by everyone that this was a Bad Idea and I figured if I can do it in lighting talk format, I can do it anywhere! It turns out I can do both and that it really isn’t very interesting to watch. Later versions of this talk had no typing, just pre-prepared output shots. No slides, because they were just a title and then I overlaid the terminal window.

Blog: Speaking at GeekUpLeeds

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Professional Development for Girl Geeks

Leeds Girl Geek Dinner, August 2008
This was the first Girl Geek Dinner event we held in Leeds and I gave a short talk basically encouraging the women to put themselves forward. I memorably also stood on the gaffa tape holding down all the various leads and ended up stuck to the floor for most of the talk! The slides are a bit thin because much of the talk didn’t really need them, read the blog post though.

Blog: Professional Development for Girl Geeks

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PHP Deployment With Subversion

DPC 2008, June 2008
This was my first conference speaking gig, and I’ve got mixed feelings about it. I was pushedencouraged by my CTO and colleague Ivo Jansch, and at the time I was rather overwhelmed by the whole experience. But it introduced me to speaking and now it seems like an excellent way to begin. I did get the main stage though, very scary and I will never forget how nervous I was!

There is also a video of the demo I did with the Nabaztag – see http://www.flickr.com/photos/lornajane/2592602734/

Blog: DPC Talk Review

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PHP Deployment With Subversion

PHP London, June 2008
This was the rehearsal for delivering exactly the same talk a week later at DPC in Amsterdam. I was horribly nervous and have memories of a very hot night and wishing people would stop asking me questions! No slides for this one as I published them after the DPC talk.

Blog: Visit to PHP London