Hallway Track

Michael sits down with Mitchell to discuss speaking at Laracon Australia!

Michael Dyrynda is a Laravel developer, conference organiser, and serial podcaster, and he lives in Adelaide.

The conversation delves into creating captivating conference talks through insights from Laracon AU, emphasising finding engaging topics, effective pitching, and tips for new speakers.

It also highlights the benefits of public speaking engagements, different talk types, and tailoring content to enhance audience engagement.

Additionally, it provides advice on preparing and delivering public speeches, covering various aspects like scripting, practice, managing nerves, live coding, and fostering a supportive conference environment.

• (00:00) - Michael Dyrynda
• (01:17) - The 50 other things
• (02:30) - Why should you submit a talk?
• (05:44) - The internet drops out
• (08:43) - The three types of talks at Laracon
• (10:24) - Don't sleep on a soft talk
• (12:36) - What makes a good conference talk?
• (16:02) - Finding your topic
• (19:41) - Dealing with rejection
• (22:52) - Give value to the audience
• (24:39) - Stand out from the crowd with a voice recording
• (28:44) - Mobile apps for Laravel developers
• (30:34) - Should everyone submit a voice recording?
• (34:00) - Your talk has been selected - now what?
• (39:48) - Handling nerves as a speaker
• (41:38) - Mitch spoke at a Laravel Sydney meetup
• (44:48) - Presentational styles and live coding

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The Laravel Podcast episode where Taylor talks about topics (33:00 onwards)

Michael's links:
twitter.com/michaeldyrynda
linkedin.com/in/michaeldyrynda
laracon.au
podcast.laravel-news.com
northmeetssouth.audio
ripples.fm

Mitchell's links:
twitter.com/mitchdav
linkedin.com/in/mitchdav
atlas.dev
recruitkit.com.au
hallwaytrack.fm

Marty and Rus sit down with Mitchell to discuss cats, cuddles, community, and ChatGPT.

Marty Friedel is the development director at Mity Digital.
Ruslan Steiger is a freelance developer in Switzerland, and also runs the Laravel Switzerland meetup.
Mitchell Davis runs Atlas Software and RecruitKit.

The new Atlas Software website

• (00:00) - E002 - Marty Friedel and Ruslan Steiger
• (01:55) - Intro
• (04:18) - Marty's Cats
• (10:58) - Breaking down complex Laravel problems
• (19:01) - ChatGPT
• (20:46) - The Goddess
• (29:13) - The new billing model for Atlas Software
• (35:24) - The problem with the Apple Watch
• (38:11) - I feel no shame about my 6 desktop folders
• (42:05) - Group fitness and landscape photography
• (48:22) - Living in the moment
• (52:48) - Laravel Switzerland
• (01:00:39) - Prepping a talk for Laracon AU
• (01:12:57) - Outro
• (01:14:26) - Patreon

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Marty's links:
martyfriedel.com/links

Ruslan's links:
twitter.com/ruslansteiger
meetup.com/laravel-switzerland-meetup/
youtube.com/@laravel-switzerland-meetup

Mitchell's links:
twitter.com/mitchdav
linkedin.com/in/mitchdav
atlas.dev
recruitkit.com.au
hallwaytrack.fm

James and Greg sit down with Mitchell to discuss podcasting, being a first time speaker at Laracon, and have the Marmite conversation.

James Brooks is a software engineer and Laravel core team member.
Greg Skerman is the head of engineering at iseekplant.
Mitchell Davis runs Atlas Software and RecruitKit.

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (01:19) - Podcasting
• (10:30) - A day in the life
• (18:28) - Side projects
• (32:15) - Laravel Vapor and serverless
• (40:35) - Laracon and speaking
• (44:03) - Finding confidence as a first time speaker
• (52:13) - Organising conferences and meetups
• (54:30) - How good is Michael Dyrynda
• (58:02) - The Marmite conversation
• (01:01:24) - Outro
• (01:02:26) - The funny guy

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James' links:
James eating Marmite supercut
twitter.com/jbrooksuk
linkedin.com/in/jbrooksuk
james.brooks.page
polestar-finder.brooks.page
checkmango.com
cachethq.io
artisan.page

Greg's links:
twitter.com/GregSkerman
linkedin.com/in/greg-skerman

Mitchell's links:
twitter.com/mitchdav
linkedin.com/in/mitchdav
atlas.dev
recruitkit.com.au
hallwaytrack.fm

Nigel sits down with Mitchell to discuss using Laravel in the enterprise software world.

Nigel James is an enterprise software developer, and the owner of Square Cloud.
Mitchell Davis runs Atlas Software and RecruitKit.

The Atlas Software blog

• (00:00) - I've got some explaining to do
• (02:54) - A day in the life of Nigel James
• (05:07) - Getting started in software
• (13:59) - Getting into PHP
• (19:58) - Tracking your chocolate boxes
• (22:32) - Let's talk about enterprise software
• (27:19) - Using Laravel in the enterprise
• (34:45) - How to find enterprise clients as a software developer
• (37:33) - Mitch learns about contracts
• (39:56) - Girth reduction techniques
• (41:55) - Camera lenses are an N+1 problem
• (45:30) - Laravel 11 is dope

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Nigel's links:
https://pinkary.com/@njames
Mitchell's links:
twitter.com/mitchdav
linkedin.com/in/mitchdav
atlas.dev
recruitkit.com.au
hallwaytrack.fm

An introduction to the Hallway Track podcast - the who, what, why, and the when. But what about the where?

The Hallway Track podcast will bring Laravel community members together, with a conversation between someone you know, like a conference speaker or package author, and someone you don't, that is just getting started with their journey of building in public.

If you'd like to be a guest on the show, head to hallwaytrack.fm to get in touch.