Brooklyn, New York
A creative web developer from Brooklyn.
Areas of Expertise:
- Web 2.0
- social web apps
- PHP
- web app security
- design
- consulting
- speaking
- programming
- writing
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Chris's blog posts are hosted at:
http://shiflett.org/blog
http://shiflett.org/blog
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November 06 2009
Thanks to the recent recurrence of a vulnerability I wrote about a few years ago and a gentle prod from Simon, I decided it would be good to write about the dangers of cross-domain Ajax with Flash again. If you read about this story on TechCrunch, n... read moreNovember 02 2009
I've had a GitHub account for months, but I've yet to use it. After I mentionined on Twitter that I might start using it, the response was very positive. People really love Git and GitHub both. Unsurprisingly, my Mac didn't already have git. (It's n... read moreOctober 26 2009
I've been a web developer for a decade and a half. I've learned a lot along the way, and I'm comfortable with a lot of web-related technologies. But, I'm not very good at HTML and CSS, and I've decided it's time to do something about that. I'm learn... read moreOctober 19 2009
By all accounts, CodeWorks — a touring conference produced by the same people who publish php|architect Magazine — was a big success. Although I was exhausted from all the travel by the time we made it to NY, I'm rea... read moreSeptember 28 2009
I'm on my way to CodeWorks, a touring conference currently underway that visits a total of seven cities across the US. I'm joining up with the conference in Atlanta to speak at the following stops: Atlanta Miami Washington New Y... read moreSeptember 28 2009
I'm on my way to CodeWorks, a touring conference currently underway that visits a total of seven cities across the US. I'm joining up with the conference in Atlanta to speak at the following stops: Atlanta Miami Washington New Y... read moreAugust 25 2009
I was in Austin for SXSW earlier this year to discuss Fontdeck with some of the Clearlefties and to socialize with friends. Because I was staying in a hotel room with Jon and Elliot (http://sxswtypography.com/">SXSW typography panelists), I was also ho... read moreAugust 06 2009
While cleaning out my desk, I found an old copy of a PHP Quick Reference I helped make a few years ago. On the front page are a few performance and security tips that I thought I'd share. (Performance tips are from George Schlossnagle.) Top 5 Perfor... read moreJuly 17 2009
At the end of August, I'm leaving OmniTI. The summary is easy. The explanation is not. A leader's departure is fertile soil for speculation, but hopefully my brief explanation will be enough to satisfy your curiosity. If you want more details, you'r... read moreApril 11 2009
Related: Save the Internet with rev="canonical" Since my post yesterday, I have noticed a lot of chatter all over the place about #revcanonical. (Not because of my post, but just because this idea has a lot of momentum.) Ben Ramsey wrote a rebuttal ... read moreSave the Internet with rev="canonical"
April 10 2009
There's a new proposal ("URL shortening that doesn't hurt the Internet") floating around for using rev="canonical" to help put a stop to the URL-shortening madness. It sounds like a pretty good idea, and based on some discussions on IRC this morning, I... read moreApril 09 2009
You might be wondering what happened to my design. As with years past (2007, 2008), I'm participating in CSS Naked Day to show my support for web standards, and to show off the design of shiflett.org: The idea behind this event is to promote web stand... read moreMarch 24 2009
We're trying to do something special at OmniTI. We've got great web talent, from operations to design (and plenty of everything in between). For my part, I bridge the gaps as much as I can, so I try to keep my finger on the pulse of many different web ... read moreMigrating from FeedBurner to Google
February 20 2009
When I logged into FeedBurner today, I was presented with the following message: Your FeedBurner account "shiflett" and all of your feeds should move to Google. I've actually been seeing this message for a few weeks, but today I didn't have the o... read moreFebruary 12 2009
I've been posting to Twitter more than my own blog lately, but I noticed a Twitter exploit today that I thought was worth sharing in more than 140 characters. You can try the exploit for yourself at the following URL: http://umoor.eu/blog/yes-we-can... read moreAlso find Chris on:
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