About Chris

Chris Shiflett Hi, I’m Chris. Welcome to my site.

My professional biography is below. Just for fun, here are a few things you might not know about me:

I don’t own a car.
I don’t own a TV.
I don’t own a microwave.
My iPhone is my only phone.
I once ran a marathon.

Want more? You might like my seven things post.

My wife Christina is a high school teacher. We’ve been together since 1997 and married since 2001.

We live in a lovely neighborhood in Brooklyn called Prospect Heights and have a beautiful daughter named Tegan.

Professional Biography

Hi, I’m Chris Shiflett, a web craftsman from Brooklyn, NY, and a founding member of Analog, where I work with some of the most talented people I know making things I love, like Mapalong and Brooklyn Beta.

I blog at shiflett.org, and I’m @shiflett on Twitter. In 2007, I started PHP Advent, an annual Advent calendar for the PHP community. Since 2009, I’ve been part of Studiomates, a coworking studio in Brooklyn.

I have authored and co-authored a few books — most notably Essential PHP Security and HTTP Developer’s Handbook — and I sometimes write articles for publications like Smashing Magazine, where I also serve on the editorial panel.

My love for sharing ideas has lead me to speak at some of my favorite conferences — like Webstock, OSCON, South by Southwest, and the Future of Web Apps — and attend events like Foo Camp, Kiwi Foo Camp, and the Microsoft Web Dev Summit.

When not in front of a computer, I can usually be found playing soccer in Prospect Park or riding my single-speed bicycle around Brooklyn.

Projects

Mapalong: Mapalong is an app for remembering your favorite places and telling your story.
Brooklyn Beta: Brooklyn Beta aims to be the friendliest web conference ever.
PHP Advent: PHP Advent is an annual Advent calendar for the PHP community.

Interviews

Interview with Chris Shiflett: Ben Waine interviewed me in June 2010, after my keynote at the Dutch PHP Conference in Amsterdam.
Chris Shiflett Talks About Webstock: Nigel Parker interviewed me in February 2010 about Webstock.
Reflection on Chris Shiflett: Anurag Agarwal interviewed me in April 2007 for his web site series on web app security people.
Picking Brains with Chris Shiflett: I was interviewed by Ronald van den Heetkamp in February 2007 for the now-defunct Hacker Webzine.
Interview: Chris Shiflett of Essential PHP Security: Keith Casey interviewed me in December 2005 about Essential PHP Security.

Books

Essential PHP Security: Published by O’Reilly in 2005, this is a small book on web app security with a specific emphasis on PHP.
HTTP Developer’s Handbook: This is my first book, published by Sams in 2003. It is still the only book I know that aims to teach web developers HTTP.

Please see books for more details and reviews.

Book Contributions

Programming PHP: I wrote the chapter on security for this book, published by O’Reilly in 2006.
PHP Cookbook: I wrote about a dozen recipes for this book, published by O’Reilly in 2006.
PHP in Action: I am listed as a co-author, but I only wrote the chapter on security for this book, published by Manning in 2007. It's my most recent attempt to summarize what a PHP developer should know about security.

Publications

Smashing Magazine: I have only written once for Smashing Magazine, but I hope to change that soon. I serve on the editorial panel, so I frequently offer feedback for aspiring authors.
PHP Architect: I used to write a regular column for PHP Architect called Security Corner. They were nice enough to let me retain all the rights, so I can make them available here.
PHP Magazine: I used to write a regular column called Guru Speak for the now-defunct PHP Magazine.
2600: The Hacker Quarterly: I wrote my first two articles for 2600, a quarterly magazine I used to read regularly.

The full list of published articles is also available with some useful and current discussion in the comments.