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Chris Shiflett

Hi, I’m Chris, a web craftsman making things like Mapalong & Brooklyn Beta with my friends at Analog.


Web Craftsmanship & Commentary

Jan 2012

2011 Highlights

A new year begins, so for the ninth year in a row, I'm taking a moment to record, reflect, assess, and aim. Last year, I described 2010 as a landmark year, and it was. Analog, Mild Bunch, Brooklyn Beta, Map…

Dec 2011

PHP Advent 2011

The fifth edition of PHP Advent has come to a close. Since 2007, we have published 120 articles, many of which are just as relevant and useful today as when they were first published. This year, Sean and I …

Nov 2011

Stop SOPA and Save the Internet

I'll level with you. I've not really paid much attention to all the chatter about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT-IP Act. I'm busy, and I know anything to do with government policy as it rel…

Oct 2011

Brooklyn Beta Opening

Before I introduced the fantastic Viktoria Harrison on Thursday morning, I shared a couple of lessons I've learned over the years. It wasn't really an opening keynote or anything, but I thought I'd share them …

Steve

In his own words: Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Many thoughts and words have been shared, but…

Sep 2011

Renewing My Commitment

A few months ago, I wrote a post entitled Ideas of March, and I pledged to blog more regularly. Just a few months later, I find myself having to renew that commitment, because I've let being busy excuse me …

Aug 2011

Fake Google SSL Certificate

When I heard the news that a root CA named DigiNotar had issued a fraudulent Google SSL certificate, the first thing I wanted to do was make sure my computer was safe. This is a quick post to help you do the s…

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Chris Shiflett wrote:

This is a comment via email from Arpad Ray, who doesn't use Twitter. Yet. :-) Sadly it doesn't s…

Posted in PHP Session Debugging
John Thompson wrote:

this is very intriguing to be honest. might be what i'm looking for

Posted in Twitter OAuth
Matteo Lovatti wrote:

Hello ! newbie question sorry... Is normal that PHP still places a PHPSESSID in the browser cook…

Posted in Storing Sessions in a Database
ELQ Homewood wrote:

To be honest, this isn't the big problem. Since they passed the NDAA last week, they can do what th…

Posted in Stop SOPA and Save the Internet
Andréia Bohner wrote:

An open letter from Internet Inventors to the U.S. Congress: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/…

Posted in Stop SOPA and Save the Internet
André DeMarre wrote:

I've been using Gandi for a few months and I've been very happy with them so far. I've needed to co…

Posted in Domain Registrars
Web Page Favs wrote:

This is nothing new regarding 1&1 as they have consistently been really bad for as long as I can re…

Posted in Domain Registrars
David Authier wrote:

Thanks for the tip ! :)

Posted in Sorting Multi-Dimensional Arrays in PHP

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Recently on Twitter

  • Absolutely love watching the @mapalong map come to life with all our new users. More storytelling features are on their way; can’t wait. :-)
  • Went against the grain and made a Friday release. The new @mapalong is full of surprises and bug fixes. We’re also inviting many new people.
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