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Last year was a fairly active one for me in terms of public speaking. I spoke at four events, each quite different than the next, and I really worked hard on becoming a better public speaker. (Those two activities–public speaking and working on becoming a better public speaker–don’t always go hand-in-hand, sadly.) Over the course of the year, I learned quite a bit, both about myself and about public speaking in general. In this newsletter, I thought I’d share some thoughts and resources along those lines.

As always, questions, comments, and all feedback are much appreciated. And thanks for your interest in what I have to say and do!

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What I Learned At BostonPHP

January 28, 2013

On December 12, 2012, I had the honor and fortune to speak to the Boston PHP user group. Boston PHP is an extremely active and large (over 3,000 members) user group that has members from around the country and the world (I’m now technically a member). I believe that my presentation, “How to Become a Web Developer”, went well, and I had a wonderful time on the trip. And, as with all good experiences, I learned a few things, which I thought I’d share with you (in no particular order).

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When I compose a newsletter, I look at my well of possible materials–questions, links, blog posts, etc., and try to come up with a theme, if at all possible. When looking at these this time around, the ones that seemed most worth sharing immediately all focus on, well, me. For example, there’s the presentation I gave to Boston PHP: you can view the slides and the raw video of it. Or there are some articles that I’ve published online that you might like. And there’s the status on “The Yii Book”.

So this newsletter is far more me-centric than most, but hopefully it’ll be of use to you still. Because, presumably, you subscribed to this newsletter in the first place because you were interested in what I’m doing, thinking, interested in, and so forth.

Also, if you do have something you’d like me to write about, address, or answer in future newsletters, now is a good time to send that in, as my well of topics is getting shallow. I think my next newsletter is going to be on goals, if you have any thoughts or questions along those lines (e.g., technologies to learn, ways to learn, etc.). I’ve also got an upcoming newsletter planned on public speaking.

And, as always, thanks for your interest in what I have to say and do!

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If you’ve got time to kill, or if you’d rather just not work, then check out .net Magazine‘s list of the top 20 Web conference talks of 2012. There’s a range of topcis covered and the slides or video for each is also provided. This one page is an easy and rewarding way to lose a day!

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