The php|architect podcast has launched the latest episode of their podcast series, another one recorded on the road at the CodeWorks touring conference - "Skyrockets in Flight".

Coming to you from the beautiful, sunny, hot and apparently very noisy American Airlines Training Centre in Dallas, TX, this week's episode features Marco Tabini, Elizabeth Naramore, Josh Holmes from Microsoft, Cal Evans and somebody's GSM tk...tk...tk... cell phone. Topics in Skyrocket in Flight include such nail biters as overturned cement trucks, missed flights, Microsoft's new WebsiteSpark program, our upcoming PHP on Windows contest and a little bit of rooting for Team Awesome.

You can grab this latest episode in the three usual ways - listen in-page, download the mp3 or subscribe to the podcast feed.

Now that the CodeWorks conference is on some of its final stops, speakers and attendees are posting about their experiences. Here's the list so far:

• A running journal from Cal Evans, a speaker on the tour
• A series from Ben Ramsey, speaker - days 1&2, days 3&4, days 5&6, 7&8, 9&10, 11&12
• Jason Sweat's summary of his time spent on the tour
• A summary from a Dallas regional speaker, Vance Lucas
• Chuck Burgess' summary of the Atlanta stop
• Ed Finkler's talks and a look back
• The CodeWorks recap from the Blue Parabola blog
• Gena's review of CodeWorks NYC

There'll be more to come as the conference finishes out its run so stay tuned here for more from the community as they're posted.

Keith Casey has posted about user group involvement in this year's CodeWorks conference and their selection of a local speaker to round out their local event.

Of course, the "names you'd probably recognize" aren't the only people doing cool and amazing things in the PHP Community. [...] But here's the thing...We don't claim to know every local community perfectly. We don't know who in your groups is doing what cool and amazing things. We don't presume to know who the hidden gems are in your group, but you do.

He also points out the discounts that user groups can get for their members - 20% off just for being part of the group and another 20% off if you get your tickets during the Early Bird period. You can find out more about the conference and some of the stops its making along the way on the CodeWorks website (or you can just sign up right away).

php|architect has officially announced some of the speakers that will be joining the CodeWorks 2009 tour this fall. Here's the list so far:

• Derick Rethans will be speaking on date/time, XDebug and development processes
• Sebastian Bergmann will be speaking on unit testing, quality assurance and best practices
• Ed Finkler will be speaking on creating RIA desktop applications (PHP and Javascript) and introducing CodeIgniter
• Cal Evans will be speaking on design patterns and skills/problems PHP programmers could face
• Lukas Smith will be talking about database-driven websites
• John Coggeshall is talking on two topics - android development in PHP and the Flex/PHP combination.
• Arne Blankerts will be a part of the code review tutorial and PHP security
• Scott MacVicar will be speaking about alternative databases, pecl and getting involved with PHP.
• Ben Ramsey will talk on AtomPub and HTTP
• Nate Abele will be speaking on PHP in general, frameworks and best practices
• Matthew Weier O'Phinney will speak on the Zend Framework

Keep an eye on this post for more of the nationwide speakers as they're announced!

The MTA group has officially released the main website for this year's CodeWorks traveling PHP "roadshow".

Welcome! CodeWorks 2009 is a series of two-day conferences for PHP developers and IT managers organized and run by the publishers of php|architect Magazine. CodeWorks will travel to seven locations across the United States between September 22nd and October 5th included. Each two-day event includes a day of in-depth tutorials and a day of conference talks arranged across three different tracks, all presented by the best experts in the business.

Each of the stops along the conference route (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Washington, New York) will be limited to 300 attendees in each location and pricing will start at $99 for the Early Bird tickets. You can find out more information about signing up on this page of the CodeWorks site.

As a part of the closing ceremonies and keynote for this year's php|tek conference Marco Tabini announced their plans for their Fall conference schedule - something a little different...a roadshow of sorts.

php|architect publishers Marco Tabini & Associates have announced CodeWorks 2009, a series of 2-day conferences that will tour the United States between September 22 and October 5, with stops planned in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Washington, DC and New York City.

Each of the stops will feature PHP sessions designed to bring in developers of all skill levels. Marco Tabini puts it best when he says that they...

...hope will make it possible for us to bring the quality and experience of our community-centric conferences to an even wider audience by making each event as accessible as possible to companies and individuals alike.

We'll be reporting the latest news about this traveling conference as it develops.