Doug Brown has posted a new review of a book by Michael Kimsal, the "PHP Job Hunter's Handbook" (from php|architect publishing).

Michael Kimsal's new book, PHP Job Hunter's Handbook. I pre-ordered this book a few months ago, and read the PDF version all the way through before I received my hard copy. [...] It wouldn't be extreme to go as far as saying that the book covers too much territory, but for it only being 106 pages, it's a fair conclusion.

Doug lists some of these topics (like how to find a full-time job, contracting, freelancing and some advice from other developers/those on the hiring side). He looks at what it does have and doesn't have as well as his recommendation on if you should buy it or not.

As a reminder, the P3 podcast (from php|architect) will be hosting a live session tonight - Sean Coates' last time on the show via a live video feed on a Yahoo!Live page.

Please join us on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 for a special live edition of php|architect's P3 Podcast. It will be special not only because we will be be broadcasting video via Yahoo!Live, but it will also be Sean's last P3 podcast.

The show will be starting around 9PM Eastern (America/Montreal) and, for those that can't make it, the audio only will be recorded and put back in to the podcast's feed.

A new announcement has been posted to the P3 podcast website - a special live broadcast of the show will be happening in July 29th:

Please join us on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 for a special live edition of php|architect's P3 Podcast. It will be special not only because we will be be broadcasting video via Yahoo!Live, but it will also be Sean's last P3 podcast.

If you want to join in, show up at Paul's Yahoo!Live feed at around 9PM Eastern (America/Montreal) to be a part of the show.

Sean will be no longer hosting the podcast and will be leaving php|architect and will be joining the ranks of OmniTI as a part of their PHP + Security group.

On the Ibuildings blog there's a quick new post from Joni Overbosch looking at Ivo Jansch's recently released new book, php|architect's Guide to Enterprise PHP Development.

Last year he confided in me, said he wanted to write a book. And he actually did, within the year, 275 pages describing the complete development life cycle. For each phase in the development cycle, Ivo describes the common pitfalls, ways to get around them and tools others use to keep things running smoothly.

You can find out more about the book on its website including a link to order a copy of your very own ($36 CAD for print and PDF, $32 CAD for just the PDF).

The php|architect guys have released their latest P3 podcast, the newscast for June 19th, 2008:

P3 Newscast: We forgot to name it. Paul & Sean are back with a new newscast, on the heels of last week's Ramblecast.

Topics mentioned this time include the Pre-announcement of this year's php|works conference, the Firefox 3 release, several books that have recently been released and a few random rambling items tossed in.

To grab this latest show you can either subscribe to their feed and get it automatically delivered or you can just download the mp3 directly for a one-shot fix.

Ivo Jansch has posted about the official release of his book hot from php|architect's presses, the Guide to Enterprise PHP Development.

It's true that it's one of the few books that's not about PHP code, but about the entire development life cycle. I owe a lot of thanks to Elizabeth Naramore and Marco Tabini of php|architect, for getting this book out. If you order the book, also check out its companion website. I will collect feedback on that site, and will regularly post errata or other updates.

Get more information (and grab yourself a copy) from the php|architect website - the print/PDF will cost about $30 CAD and the PDF only runs about $27 CAD.

Stefan Priebsch has posted about the official release of his book, one of the latest from php|architect press - "php|architect's Guide to PHP 5 Migration".

Thanks to the hard work of Elizabeth, Marco, and all the others at php|architect, my new book, php|architect's Guide to PHP 5 Migration has been released.

The book aims to be the only one you'll need when it comes to guiding you and your applications from the PHP4 dark ages up to the world of PHP5. You can order your copy directly from php|architect - the Print/PDF combo for about $33 CAD and the PDF only for around $30 CAD.

The P3 podcast (on the C7 site from php|architect) has released their latest episode - the Ramblecast from this year's php|tek conference:

Here's the promised ramblecast that was recorded at php|tek 2008. Paul headed it up and Sean only showed his um.. voice for the last 30s. Lots of guests. Too many to list, in fact. Thanks to everyone who participated.

You can either just grab the episode directly (mp3) or you can get this and many more great shows by throwing their feed into your favorite aggregator and letting it go.

I recently caught up with Michael Kimsal, author of the newly-released PHP Job Hunter's Handbook from php|architect that can be ordered now in both PDF and print versions. I wanted to get inside his head and find out all about the reasons behind the book, his experience in writing it and any tips he had to share, so I had him answer a few questions. Read on for the interview...

Congratulations to Michael Kimsal on his book, "the "PHP Job Hunter's Handbook", being published:

I started my "PHP Job Hunter's Handbook" many moons ago, and had interest from PHP Architect last summer/fall about publishing it. After some false starts in finishing it, we wrapped it up several weeks ago, and happily it's 'out there'. Whew!

The book provides helpful hints on finding that dream PHP job (whether it be contract or full-time) with tips on freelancing, "technologies you should know", interviewing tips and some advice from the employers and other PHP developers.

Here's the official announcement from MTA publishing as well as a reminder from Ivo Jansch that the book is currently available for pre-order.