The folks at php|architect have announced something new happening at this year's php|works/PyWorks conference - a Pecha Kucha event (with prizes!)

Pecha Kucha will be the center of the php|works/PyWorks evening cocktail event. Compete against others to win an XBox 360! [...] With this fun and fast-paced presentation style that limits the talk to 20 slides, 20 seconds each, this year's evening event and cocktail hour will prove to be educational and a great time! The best part is that you could go home with a brand new XBox 360!

Slots for your chance in one of these presentations are limited, so if you're attending the conference about would like to give a talk, send an email over to Elizabeth Naramore at elizabeth [at] phparch.com with your topic.

Back with his own look at the php/db|works conference is Cal Evans wrapping up Day Two:

Day Two at php|works started off with a bang. Rasums presented his "Getting Rich with PHP" as the opening keynote. If you've never seen this presentation, the OSCON version is described here with links to a video of it as well as the slides. It's an interesting presentation. I missed the first section of it at OSCON where he slaps around both IE and FLASH pointing out some serious security holes. Again, it's a great presentation and worth the time to listen to.

Cal talks about...well...the talks and about the interviews he started (like with Chris Hartjes, Ilia Alshanetsky, Chris Shiflett, and Sebastian Bergmann).

Back with his own look at the php/db|works conference is Cal Evans wrapping up Day Two:

Day Two at php|works started off with a bang. Rasums presented his "Getting Rich with PHP" as the opening keynote. If you've never seen this presentation, the OSCON version is described here with links to a video of it as well as the slides. It's an interesting presentation. I missed the first section of it at OSCON where he slaps around both IE and FLASH pointing out some serious security holes. Again, it's a great presentation and worth the time to listen to.

Cal talks about...well...the talks and about the interviews he started (like with Chris Hartjes, Ilia Alshanetsky, Chris Shiflett, and Sebastian Bergmann).