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Work

I am a software architect at Ning. I also speak at various conferences and write about technology and programming.

Writing

In addition to what's listed here, I keep weblogs here on sklar.com and on the O'Reilly Network.

Books

Learning PHP 5, O'Reilly (2004)

Essential PHP Tools, Apress (2004)

PHP Cookbook, O'Reilly (2002)

Articles

Writing "Learning PHP 5" ONLamp.com (2004)

PHP Form Handling ONLamp.com (2004)

PHP Debugging Basics ONLamp.com (2004)

Setting Up Your PHP Server Environment Using Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Macromedia.com (2003)
Custom Error Pages with PHP and Apache OnLamp.com (2003)
PHP and the OWASP Top Ten Security Vulnerabilities (2003)
Trip Mapping with PHP ONLamp.com (2002)
Introduction to PHP, Builder.Com (1999)
Using CVS for Collaborative Website Development (1998)
Some Thoughts on The Transparent Society (1998)

Speaking and Teaching

March 2006: The Ning Playground: A Springboard for New Social Software (with Yoz Grahame) at O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (San Diego, CA)
August 2005: It's Time to Share: Calendar Data Interchange (with Michael Radwin) at O'Reilly Open Source Convention (Portland, OR)
August 2005: Learning PHP at O'Reilly Open Source Convention (Portland, OR)
October 2004: PHP 5 Bootcamp at Big Nerd Ranch (Atlanta, GA)
July 2004: Cleaning Up SOAP at O'Reilly Open Source Convention
July 2004: PHP Forms: HTML_QuickForm at O'Reilly Open Source Convention
July 2004: Learning PHP at O'Reilly Open Source Convention
May 2004: PHP Forms with HTML_QuickForm at NYPHP
Spring 2004: Introduction to PHP Programming at The New School University
October 2003: Web Programming with PHP at Metropolitan VM Users Association
July 2003: Music of the Opcodes at O'Reilly Open Source Convention
May 2003: PHP Web Application Security Vulnerabilities and myphp: Embedding PHP in MySQL at International PHP Conference
April 2003: Taming Large Scale PHP Projects with Adam Trachtenberg at PHP Con East 2003
March 2003: Web Programming with PHP at Open Standards/Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU
February 2003: PHP Web Application Security Vulnerabilities, at NYPHP
Spring 2003: Introduction to PHP Programming at The New School University
June 1998: Presentation on open-source and other non-expensive web development tools, given at the NAA's Connections 98 conference.