Ben Ramsey

Appearances

I’ve had the honor of being interviewed and invited to participate in panels and podcasts over the years. Here’s a collection of notable ones:

  1. PHP Roundtable Episode 87: Open Sourcing Mental Health 

    I joined hosts Eric Van Johnson, Sara Golemon, and Joe Ferguson, along with the Open Sourcing Mental Illness team, to discuss the history of OSMI and mental health awareness in the tech industry.

  2. PHP Roundtable Episode 86: The Education of Development 

    Returning as an intermittent host, I joined Eric Van Johnson, Sara Golemon, Joe Ferguson, and show guests to discuss the state of software development education.

  3. PHP Roundtable Episode 85: The State of PHP User Groups 

    The Roundtable met with PHP user group organizers to discuss the toll of COVID-19 on PHP user groups.

  4. PHP Roundtable Episode 84: Back at the Table 

    Eric Van Johnson, Sara Golemon, Joe Ferguson, and I sat around the table to discuss the current state of PHP amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  5. Voices of the Elephpant: Interview with Ben Ramsey 

    Khayrattee Wasseem invited me to chat, catch-up, and discuss some of the early days of the PHP community.

  6. PHP Roundtable Episode 65: TestFest 2017 

    Rafael Dohms, Zoë Slattery, Cal Evans, and I discussed the 2017 edition of the PHP TestFest and how to get involved.

  7. PHP Roundtable Episode 63: A php[tek] 2017 Special 

    I crashed the php[tek] 2017 community night podcast mash-up between PHP Roundtable, PHPUgly, and PHP Town Hall to discuss OSMI, UUIDs, Git, and funky socks.

  8. PHP Roundtable Episode 47: All About HTTP/2 

    Sammy Powers invited me to return to the PHP Roundtable to discuss HTTP/2 with Davey Shafik and Junade Ali.

  9. It’s the Booze Talking: User Groups 

    Columbus, OH PHP user group leader Bill Condo worked with Cal Evans to organize a round-table discussion on running user groups. I had the privilege of participating as a guest.

  10. Voices of the ElePHPant: Interview with Ben Ramsey 

    I sat down with Cal Evans at SunshinePHP in February 2015 to talk about some of the projects I’ve been working on.

  11. It’s the Booze Talking: The PHP Ecosystem 

    I joined Cal Evans and a multitude of other developers and vendors at Lone Star PHP in April 2015 to discuss PHP developers and their relationships with vendors.

  12. PHP Roundtable Episode 7: Git & Git-Flow: Open Source Part 1 

    I joined Sammy Powers’s PHP Roundtable with Beau Simensen, Kris Wallsmith, and Emma Jane Hogbin Westby to talk about Git, Git-Flow, and developing open source software.

  13. /dev/hell Episode 52: True North PHP 2014 

    I sat down with hosts Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler at True North PHP 2014 to discuss organizing and speaking at conferences.

  14. virtPHP with Jacques Woodcock and Ben Ramsey 

    Michael Budd, Fraser Hart, and Edd Mann invited Jacques Woodcock and me to join them on the 21 May 2014 episode of their “Three Devs and a Maybe” podcast to discuss virtPHP.

  15. It’s the Booze Talking #5: Core Developers 

    Cal Evans invited me to join him and a handful of PHP core developers at ZendCon 2013 to discuss core PHP development.

  16. Where the Techies Go, Others Follow 

    Jamie McGee interviewed me for the 26 April 2013 issue of the Nashville Business Journal about why I chose to move from Atlanta to Nashville.

  17. One Developer’s Recipe For Growing Tech Talent: User Groups, Hack Events 

    I discussed user groups and hackathons with Jamie McGee of the Nashville Business Journal for an article published on their website on 8 April 2013.

  18. It’s the Booze Talking #4: The PHP Community 

    When Derick Rethans visited Nashville as part of a speaking tour in September 2012, a few friends got together at Cal Evans’s home to discuss the PHP community.

  19. The ROI of Community Involvement 

    At ZendCon 2010, I was invited to participate in a keynote session panel, discussing the ROI of being involved in the PHP community.

  20. Pique Web: Episode 2: Content Types 

    Sean Coates and Paul Reinheimer invited me to discuss content types on their 2 August 2010 episode of the Pique Web podcast.

  21. Community Roundtable 

    At php|tek 2010, Keith Casey moderated a community roundtable panel at the php|tek unconference. I was privileged to be one of the panelists, and there are a handful of user groups in existence today who formed as a result of this panel.

  22. php|architect Podcast #2010-02: Stalker Edition 

    In February 2010, I joined Marco Tabini, Arbi Arzoumani, Keith Casey, Cal Evans, and Beth Tucker Long to discuss Facebook’s recent announcement of HipHop for PHP.

  23. HTML 5: What You Need to Know 

    Marco Tabini interviewed me about HTML5 for a 2 July 2009 article on the php|architect blog.

  24. The Appalachia Ramblecast 

    At the second PHP Appalachia in 2008, Paul Reinheimer fired up his audio recorder to record the infamous PHP Appalachia Ramblecast.

  25. PHP User Group Panel Discussion at ZendCon UnCon 

    At ZendCon 2008, Keith Casey and I led a user group discussion panel at the ZendCon Unconference.

  26. php|tek 2008 Ramblecast 

    Another excellent ramblecast recorded by Paul Reinheimer at php|tek 2008.

  27. php|works 2007 Ramblecast 

    The first ramblecast I took part in was at php|works 2007 in Atlanta, GA.

  28. Meet the Vloggers 

    I moderated a panel on vlogging (video podcasting) at PodCamp Atlanta in March 2007.

  29. ProPHP Roundtable 

    I was invited to take part in the first ProPHP Roundtable podcast, moderated by Chris Cornutt in July 2005. Also participating in the podcast were Chris Shiflett and Aaron Wormus.