About Me / Ed Finkler
Work
I’ve been with CERIAS at Purdue University for the past 8 years. Primarily I’m responsible for the web presences, but I also do some print design work, research, and training and auditing work for our partners.
I keep a full resume available if you’re interested.
Areas of Expertise and Interest
I like to dabble in a lot of things, but I spend most of my time in the following areas:
- JavaScript application development
- Web Runtime Platforms (WRTs) like Appcelerator Titanium, Adobe AIR, and PhoneGap
- PHP web application development
- Web application security
Projects
I’ve created a few notable applications and libraries. These include:
Spaz, an open-source microblogging client for Twitter, Identi.ca and StatusNet that runs on all major desktop OSes and Palm webOS. It’s written entirely in JavaScript and HTML/CSS. Spaz won the 2007 Adobe AIR Developer Derby award for Best HTML Community Application.
SpazCore, a component library for web runtime application development in JavaScript.
Inspekt, an input filtering and validation library for PHP.
PHPSecInfo, a PHP environment security auditing tool.
Speaking
I speak at a few conferences every year, usually about web applications security, application development with JavaScript, and PHP-powered web development. Conferences I’m spoken at include:
- SXSW Interactive
- O’Reilly Open Source Convention
- ZendCon
- php|tek
- PHP Works
- Codeworks
- DCPHP
Contacting Me
The easiest way to hit me up is on Twitter. I’m @funkatron. Bonus points if you use Spaz to message me.
You can email me too. I like email; don’t be afraid to use it.
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