The CloudWays blog has posted another in their series of interviews with members of the PHP community. In their latest interview they talk with James Titcumb, an organizer of the PHP South Coast conference, Zend Framework developer and well-known community speaker.

Today we are honored to have James Titcumb for this interview. He is a PHP Consultant at Roave and an Organizer of the PHP South Coast Conference. He runs PHP Hampshire PHP user group. Additionally, He is the project lead for the Browser Capabilities and Better Reflection project.

In the interview James answers questions about:

• His career as a PHP developer
• About Roave and what they do
• the "Better Reflection" project's goals
• his thoughts on the Zend Framework
• his expectations for this year's PHP South Coast conference

You can read his answers to these and other questions in the full interview.

The Voices of the ElePHPant podcast, hosted by PHP community member Cal Evans, has posted their latest interview with a member of the PHP community. In this latest show Cal talks with James Titcumb as recorded at php[tek] 2016.

Cal and James talk about his history as the first Nomad PHP lightning talk and his role as an organizer of the PHP Southcoast Conference. They also talk about why he and the other organizers put the conference on and how they involve other local user groups. They also talk about the topic James presented about not only at the php[tek] conference but previously in a lightning talk: RabbitMQ. They talk about some of the requirements for its use and some things to consider if you're thinking about adding it to your own stack.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly. If you enjoy the show be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter.

The Voices of the ElePHPant has posted their latest episode, a wrap-up of the PHP South Coast, a conference that just wrapped up in the UK earlier in July.

Host Cal Evans talks with the organizers of the conference, Rich Sage, Dave Baker and James Titcumb, about why they started the conference and what they hope to provide. Cal also asks about the bad side of things, what was the worst thing that happened as a part of planning the event. He also asks them about the speaker selection and how they handled the rejection letter. To counter, he also asks them about what the best part about planning and putting on the event was. Finally he asks each of them about their local user groups, when and where they meet and what their format looks like.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly for listening offline. Be sure to subscribe to their feed too if you enjoy the episode!

On the 7PHP.com site today Khayrette Wasseem has posted the first in a series of "Know Thy PHP Conference" series, is time focusing on PHP South Coast, a conference happening in July (2015) in Portsmouth in the UK.

The post is an interview with James Titcumb, an organizer of the event, talking some about the conference, his experience getting it up and running and some of its goals. He asks questions about:

• Some about James' background with the local user group
• When the event started
• Details about where it will be held
• Some of the other people behind the event
• How they're looking for sponsors for the event

You can read the full interview for the answers to these and other questions about the conference. You can find out more about the event (and pick up a ticket of your own) from the main conference site.

7PHP.com has posted another community interview, this time with James Titcumb, an organizer of the PHP Hampshire user group. It's part of a "How-To User Group" series sharing some experiences from current user group leaders to help those starting out.

This is the #2nd set of How To Start A PHP user group in an attempt to help PHP guys all around the world to spring out a local PHP user group if they do not have one nearby. So before you embark on this journey, you need to know what you have to expect, how to prepare yourself, the pitfalls, the to-do lists, the workload behind, the commitment behind and above all the gratification this can bring to your PHP life. [...] Last time I welcomed the PHP Hampshire User Group here on 7php – where James talked about the group, the crew, how it all started and everything else...

In this latest interview, however, James shares things like:

• Things to keep in mind before creating a group
• Some common challenges
• Tips & tricks to do it right
• what the group founders are responsible for
• How to find (good) speakers for the group

If you're new to the user group game and are looking for some good advice, check out this interview (and the others in the user group how-to series.

On 7PHP.com there's a new interview posted with the organizers of the PHP Hampshire user group about the group, organizers and challenges they face.

James Titcumb, one of five organizers of the group, answers questions about:

• What their user group is about and what their goals are
• The size of the group and the key people involved
• How they find sponsors for their event
• How it's different from other user groups
• Some of the lessons they've learned so far

You can read the full interview here and, if you're in the Portsmouth area, be sure to check out the group!