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Remember when you went to SXSWi last year, and you said “I love the parts where I meet cool people and eat free food and drink free booze and throw up, but I wish the presentations and panels weren’t so goddamn fluffy?” Me too. That’s why Alex Payne (aka “The Guy Who Has Actual Name Recognition”) and myself submitted the talk “Security for the Social Set.”

The idea is that we give some solid, useful information about the security problems social networking apps have to deal with, and how to deal with them. While we can’t get too focused on specific languages and frameworks, client-side defense with JavaScript will certainly be demonstrated, and I intend to show examples in PHP and probably a couple other platforms (coughRailscough). It will be hard to get into heavy detail within the alloted time, but it’s my hope that we can kickstart awareness and understanding of fundamental secure web app programming techniques.

Plus, I need a justification for dropping the coin for hotel and air fare on this boozefest, so please, vote for us.

• Security for the Social Set (SXSW 2009)

Oh, and a few other meaty talks you should consider include:

• Practical JavaScript Development
• More Secrets of JavaScript Libraries (this was packed last year)
• 200s, 304s, HTTP Compression, and You
• Hackproofing Ruby-on-Rails Web Applications
• Functional Programming Without A (Strictly) Functional Language
• Unit Testing Back to Front: Prove it Works!