After some downtime spent taking mental reps, Chris and Ed are back with a vengeance for one of our best shows. Joining us is Chris Shiflett, PHP fellow and security expert. They talk about how we interact with non-techie members of dev teams, what they're doing with Node, the state of the Canadian soccer program, heavy vs lightweight frameworks, tribalism in programming communities, and the importance of balancing work with life. We also talk to Chris Shiflett about his role as co-founder of Brooklyn Beta, and what they aree trying to do with the conference.

You can listen to the episode either using the in-page player, by downloading the mp3 or by subscribing to their feed.

In the interview they talk about things like:

• Chris' security experience
• The PHP community's shifting focus on security
• What's the biggest security mistake PHP developers still make?
• Cross-site request forgeries
• Chris' current work with Mapalong

You can listen to this latest episode either by using the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly. You can also subscribe to their feed to get the latest.

Join Boston PHP and O'Reilly Author Chris Shiflett as we take you through a fascinating talk on the human behavior and social aspect of security. We'll explore topics such as change blindness and ambient signifiers, and we'll show some real-world examples that demonstrate the profound impact human behavior can have on security. If your a designer, developer, human interaction designer, you won't want to miss this talk.

So far there's over 150 marked as attending - if you plan on trying to make it tonight, be sure you RSVP so they know how many to expect.

Today we're delighted to bring you another video interview from last year's Dutch PHP Conference in Amsterdam. We're getting excited about this year's event (you can find the schedule here and if you want to join us then registration is open) so it seemed like a great time to bring you a reminder of one of the most memorable talks from last year. Enjoy!

The video can be watched in-page in the techPortal post or over on Vimeo.

As I write this on Christmas Eve, Chris is putting the finishing touches on PHP Advent 2010. [...] Due only to the abilities and professionalism of our most excellent authors, PHP Advent 2010 was - at least in my opinion-the best year, yet. They wrote wonderful, substantial, punchy articles that informed our readers, and generated significantly more traffic than we've seen in previous years: over 70,000 views, from more than 25,000 unique visitors, so far

He also recounts a few stories from the Advents in years past - the difficulties he and Chris went through to get things organized and ready for publication and how, in 2009 some things almost didn't happen. This year's advent has come back stronger than ever with great articles on:

• Aspect Oriented Design
• Working with Text and Media Files
• Streams
• and Managing LAMP applications

PHP Advent is our little way of showcasing some of the talented people who work with PHP in some form or fashion, and persuading them to share something they've learned during a busy month when they might otherwise keep quiet. We'll be publishing an article each day in December until Christmas.

If you're new to the PHP Advent (or advent-type article calendar things), check out last year's articles from lots of great members of the PHP community covering everything from development processes, technology tips and parenting.

Yesterday on IRC, Andrei Zmievski mentioned a new song about PHP. Sean Coates linked to a YouTube video with the song, which I then mentioned on Twitter. [...] If you haven't listened yet, take a moment to do so.

The song is by Lee Fernandez (@reelfernandes) who will be interviewed in an upcoming episode of the Pique Web podcast.

In this series we will be releasing regular sessions from ZendCon 2008 as we lead up to this year's ZendCon. This episode of The ZendCon Sessions was recorded live at ZendCon 2008 in Santa Clara, CA and features Chris Shiflett giving his talk: "Security Centered Design"

The usual ways to get and listen to this latest episode are all there - the in-page player, download the mp3 or you can subscribe to their feed and get the latest delivered right to your doorstep.

From Chris Shiflett's blog:

Is it December again already? I like good traditions, so with the help of Sean and many others, PHP Advent is back again, this time with its own domain. I would call it a web site, but that might be stretching the truth at the moment. Jon is going to help us out with a simple design in the very near future. The focus, of course, is the quality content from our gracious authors.

The December 1st post for this year is one by yours truely - You Need the PHP Community. For more great content as the month goes on, you can keep up either through their feed, on Twitter or just by heading over to the site each day.

The DC PHP Developers Group recently announced Kshemendra Paul as a featured keynote speaker at the DC PHP Conference & Expo, June 2-4, 2008, at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Paul, chief architect for the Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President, will be presenting on "Federal E-Government and Enterprise Architecture Updates."

Other keynote speakers include Chris Shiflett of OmniTI ("Security-Centered Design: Don't Just Plan for Security; Design for it") and Chris Jones from Oracle ("Accessing All My Date: Directions for PHP and Databases").

You can find out more about the conference including the schedule and how to grab your spot (hurry before the Early Bird special runs out!) on the main conference website.