John Congdon Clarifies Encryption via Security By Obscurity

At his presentation “Encryption: It’s For More Than Just Passwords”, a member asked about rolling their own security by running MD5 multiple times to obscure how things are done.  At the time, a clear explanation wasn’t available.  John took time to try and clarify more on his blog, Encryption: Trust The Experts, Don’t Roll Your Own.

Downtown San Diego PHP Job: La Touraine, Inc.

SKILLS REQUIRED: PHP, Object-Oriented Programming, MySQL, PHP Framework, MVC, Design Patterns, Scalability, LAMP, Back-End Development JOB DESCRIPTION La Touraine, Inc. is an established web based business that primarily acquires and markets online adult media through highly visible and recognizable adult brands. We have an exciting opportunity at our organization for a senior PHP developer to join our team, and help… Read more →

Meetup #11: Best Practices For The Sole Developer

April 17, 2013: I, John Congdon, will be giving this presentation to the php|tek community in May.  So I took the opportunity to get my presentation ready early, and practice in front of the group. I am so happy I did this.  My vision for the presentation was so far from the expectation of the audience that is was extremely… Read more →

Meetup #10: Write Some

March 14, 2013: The group started on an Open Source project called Group Topics.  We took this meeting to discuss the project and to start working on it.  It turned out to be another setup meeting, as we helped some members understand and use GitHub and Virtual Machines (via Vagrant). Overall, it was another great learning experience.  The majority of… Read more →

San Diego PHP Job: CreativeMob is Hiring

Who we are? CreativeMob is a full-service digital marketing and technology firm. Why us?  Working here means doing what you love. We hire passionate individuals who are looking to solve challenging problems, and want to make a real impact in their career. Come join a group of passionate professionals who want to make a difference in their community and in… Read more →

Job Opening: Sr. PHP/LAMP Engineer – Sorrento Valley, San Diego

Senior Software Engineer (LAMP) Sorrento Valley Area, San Diego, CA, United States The Company: Adconion Direct (www.adconiondirect.com) is a multi-channel digital distribution platform spanning Display, Mobile, Email and Social Media, for agencies and advertisers looking for quality and scalable results, backed by a global media company with significant worldwide reach. We are one of the largest internet advertising networks and… Read more →