Books to give away during my ZendCon08 talk!

In order to bribe more people to attend my talk at ZendCon08, my publisher has sent me three copies of my book to give away! I haven't quite figured out how to dole them out yet, or even have any idea how many people will attend the talk and want a copy, but I'll figure something out.

I think for the talk, I'll use a modified S5 theme I have in-progress using Safari's new CSS transforms and animation support for transitions. I'll post some examples of that as I make it ready for the talk, since I can't really post the content of my talk until I get the go-ahead from those who give it at IBM. The talk centers around looking at source code from work, and I'd rather not upset IBM's Higher Powers by exposing even part of the product without explicit permission...

Proposal accepted for ZendCon08

My proposal "Digging Through the Guts of Enterprise PHP: A Case Study," which looks at PHP usage, techniques, and features as used at my day job at IBM, got accepted for the Zend/PHP Conference and EXPO 2008!

An exploration of the features of PHP used in the Ajax-driven user interface of IBM Rational Build Forge, with a focus on inheritance, interfaces, and Iterators. This talk will demonstrate how we built its user interface on a solid foundation of PHP.

I submitted it shortly after the call for papers opened up and this year, I got in. I've never spoken at a conference before, but it'll at least make for an interesting (and hopefully even successful) experience.

Reviewers and plugging the book

Out in San Francisco for the Zend Conference, and I have two people lined up for reviewing the book. One of the reviews should make it up on Zend's Developer Zone if all goes well!

To anyone attending the conference: I have a bound manuscript with me if you want to flip through to take a look. I'll try to keep it out and noticeable so you'll have an easier time spotting me. I also have put out a few piles of flyers in the lobby giving you a 35% discount on the book (it also has the finalized table of contents on the back).