ETech 2006 Review
I spent much of last week down in San Diego for ETech, O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology Conference. I’ve been to a number of O’Reilly shows, but this was my first time at ETech. I really enjoyed the...
View ArticleMIX 06
Today’s Day 2 at Microsoft’s MIX 06 conference. I’ve had a great time so far. Here’s my recap: Yesterday, was the big Bill G keynote and 1-1 chat with Tim O’Reilly. During Bill’s opening remarks, he...
View ArticleOSCON 2006 Proposal Accepted
This year’s OSCON isn’t until July, but I’m ready to book my tickets because my proposal on “Dirty secrets of PHP 5’s ext/soap extension” was accepted today. I’ve spent many months using ext/soap with...
View ArticleHeading to Germany for eBay Live! Germany and Entwicklertag
I’m heading to Dusseldorf, Germany for eBay Developer Day (Entwicklertag) and eBay Live! Germany. If it’s anything like eBay Live! US, it should be a blast. My talk is on “Software innovations from the...
View ArticleWorld Bowl XIV
I just discovered the Frankfurt Fire will clash with the Amsterdam Admirals this Saturday in the World Bowl XIV in Dusseldorf. I may need to sneak out of the eBay Live! Germany party to catch the...
View ArticleDirty Secrets of OSCON 2006
Under the heading of better two weeks late than never, here are my slides for my OSCON talk Dirty Secrets of PHP 5’s ext/soap Extension. As usual, I had a great time at the show. It was fun to see all...
View ArticleFall 2006 PHP Speaking Calendar
I have a number of PHP related speaking gigs coming up: DC PHP ApacheCon Zend/PHP Conference I think I submitted a slightly different abstract for each conference, but the main core of all the...
View ArticlePHP SOAP vs. SDO
In my role as eBay Platform Evangelist, I spend a lot of time exploring different XML technologies. SOAP is obviously the big one. I use the PHP 5 ext/soap extension, which is great, but there’s...
View ArticleIf it’s Saturday, I must be in DC
My travel schedule this fall has been absolutely nuts. In September, I was in Kansas City and Seattle; so far in October, I’ve been to Austin and Washington, DC, with a conference in San Francisco,...
View ArticleImitation == Flattery
As most of you know, I work in the cut-throat world of web services. Us evangelists are always jockeying for the best developers, and we’ll take any advantage we can. No holds are (Jeff) barred. If you...
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