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Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:57 UTC
Over the weekend, Atlanta PHP launched its brand new Web site and forum. We hope that this new site and forum will allow us to serve our local developer community much more effectively.
Also, something that I’ve not pointed out in any of the language posted on the Atlanta PHP Web site is that the new forum allows members to get in touch with each other, something the Drupal installation we had did not allow. Members can send private messages or even e-mail to each other using the forum software.
I also noticed a lot of people looking for a PHP user group in the area through Meetup.com. I quickly reassessed my attitude towards Meetup.com—over a year ago we left Meetup.com because of the mandatory imposed group fees—and set up a new Meetup group for Atlanta PHP. This is just another channel for us to find local developers or, rather, for local developers to find us.
Finally, the old site is still available as an archive for our old content. I’ve set up some rewrites to funnel old links to the archive site so that old content doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. If you’re looking for something and can’t find it, ask me or check http://archive.atlphp.org.
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Sun, 5 Mar 2006 3:39 UTC
On Thursday, March 2, Atlanta PHP gathered for its usual monthly meeting. However, this time, I decided to try to capture an audio recording of our meeting. The audio from the podcast attempt of our meeting actually turned out much better than I anticipated, given the equipment used to create the recording: my PowerBook’s internal microphone. Yet, the Q&A session we had following Kevin Roberts’s presentation had to be cut for two reasons: a) time and b) it was too hard to hear most of the discussion.
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 21:14 UTC
Tomorrow marks Atlanta PHP’s fourth consecutive, regular meeting at New Horizons in Tucker, GA. Originally, Matt Kern was slated to present a talk on Ajax, but he is now gearing up to move to Oregon, so he is not able to prepare his presentation. Thus, I have taken up the reigns again, and I will be presenting a talk that I’m preparing for some of the fall conferences (in the event that my proposals are selected).
The talk I’m presenting was actually inspired by several questions asked during my presentation at the last Atlanta PHP meeting, in which I briefly covered cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgeries (CSRF) but went on to describe server configuration instead of a more in-depth discussion on XSS and CSRF. This talk goes into more detail where the other left off and approaches these attacks from the application (code) level.
XSS and CSRF: Programmers Prepare, Users Beware
Cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgeries (CSRF) are often confused as being one and the same, but this misconception can lead to disastrous results. In this talk, you will encounter each of these attacks through examples and learn to distinguish between them. You will also examine secure coding practices and techniques for prevention.
So, if you’re in the Atlanta area tomorrow, come on out and join Atlanta PHP at 7:00 PM EDT at New Horizons in Tucker.
Looking forward, our August and September meetings are already shaping up and the topics are very promising. We’ll discuss what’s in the forecast at our meeting tomorrow.
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Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:55 UTC
I just stumbled across this today when doing a search on “Atlanta PHP.” Apparently, there’s a Meetup group in Atlanta for PHP, and they had a meeting tonight.
Anyone know who heads this up? I find it odd that, in the all these months of dealing with people in the “worldwide” PHP community, no one from this other Atlanta-based group has once contacted me. This proves just how disjointed the PHP community is and why there is a need for things like PHPCommunity.org and “PHP Mongers.”
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Thu, 7 Oct 2004 9:57 UTC
Today, Atlanta PHP softly announces their “soft launch.” That is, this is a launch without all the bells and whistles and media attention generated from the distribution of press releases. There will be a time for that. For now, we wish to direct the attention of prospective members and interested parties to our mailing lists, which are now live, active, and ready for subscriptions.
From the Atlanta PHP Web site, the lists currently offered are:
- talk—Talk about anything PHP or LAMP related. General Discussion.
- org—Talk about the vision, direction and development of the community.
- announce—Events, dates and meetings you can’t afford to miss! If you want to be a member of Atlanta PHP you must, at least, subscribe to announce.
Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:15 UTC
The Atlanta PHP front has been very slow and pretty much non-existant since March. In fact, the last time I spoke with Matt Kern about it was probably four or five months ago. I’ve not seen him in #atlphp on Freenode IRC in a while. Things had been so slow that I thought I might put up something temporary at atlantaphp.org, a domain I own that forwards to Matt’s atlphp.org.
However, I jumped into the #atlphp channel the other day to notice that Matt had logged on recently and changed the channel topic to “It’s time to get things rolling again….” I find myself excitedly wondering what this means. I hope to know more about it in the near future, and I’ll report it here when I find out.
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Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:22 UTC
Today, I had the pleasure of meeting both Matt and Jeff face-to-face to talk about the formation of Atlanta PHP. We have a lot to accomplish before we finalize anything dealing with organizational structure, but we agreed that the Web site, a mission statement, and a mailing list are of utmost importance for starting. So, look for these features soon at atlphp.org.
Again, you may join us at #atlphp on Freenode IRC. I’ve also set up an Atlanta PHP community on Orkut. If you’re not a member, send me an e-mail and I’ll invite you.
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Tue, 2 Mar 2004 23:55 UTC
For those interested in Atlanta PHP, Matt has set up an IRC channel (#atlphp) on Freenode. We are working on getting some information up at the site (atlphp.org) and a mailing list once DNS issues are resolved. Until then, join us at #atlphp!
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Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:25 UTC
Since the news of PHPCommunity.org reached me and I was connected to the New York PHP Web site through Chris Shiflett’s site, I have been toying with the idea of starting a PHP group in Atlanta (Georgia). It strikes me as odd that there isn’t already one.
I’ve done some Google searching and haven’t found any such group. I would think that the Technology Association of Georgia would have some sort of SIG for PHP, but their direction and goals seem to have changed recently from a networking group that helps technology developers to a networking group that serves to inform businesses on technology. Still, they do not offer any information on open-source technologies. The closest they come is a Web Services working group.
So, today, while looking at nyphp.org, I decided to check on atlphp.org and see whether it is registered. In fact, it is. I did a WHOIS on it and saw that it was registered on February 27, a mere three days ago. I called the contact listed on the registration and left a message. At this point, I still wasn’t sure whether the site was meant as a PHP user group for Atlanta or something entirely unrelated (as domain names can often be—my friend registered XXXSexyLebians.com as a pointer to JoeyKratz.com—we thought it was so funny; I wonder how many people that ticks off!).
A few hours later, Matt Kern, the registrant for atlphp.org, called me back. Calming my fears, he told me that he and a few others registered the domain name as a precursor to forming the local user group for Atlanta. So, I volunteered to help in their efforts. Now I don’t have to go out and register something like atlantaphp.org, and I already know that there is an interest in this area. After speaking with Matt, I talked to Chris, who offered to put us in touch with Hans Zaunere, the founder and president of NYPHP. Hans, he said, could help offer advice on starting the group and inform us on problems and issues they faced in New York.
So, following on the heels of the excitement that the PHPCommunity.org announcement brought me is the soon-to-be-announced creation of a PHP user group in Atlanta. It is my hope that those in Atlanta will become involved in PHPCommunity.org, thus further uniting PHP developers around the world. And I intend to see to it that just that happens.
I hope Matt doesn’t get mad at me for announcing this on here. Announcements made in the PHP community seem to spread far and wide rather quickly and draw much attention (take the announcement of PHPCommunity.org on PHP.net, for example). 
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