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October 26, 2006

CFX_Markdown Ports Markdown To ColdFusion

Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML. Seb Duggan has ported the code and created a Java CFX tag named CFX_Markdown .

October 26, 2006

LiveCycle Productivity Kit On RIAForge

The LiveCycle Productivity Kit is a Java package contains several classes that implement LiveCycle APIs as helper classes (and as Java classes, they can be called by ColdFusion, too). These classes cover LiveCycle Security, Reader Extensions, Workflow as well as Policy Server. There are also other...

October 26, 2006

Goodbye Nokia E62

I've been using the Nokia E62 for over a week, and have really tried to like it. Actually, I do like it, but I've decided to return it. As mentioned previously, the screen is like nothing I have seen on a phone before, the phone audio quality is superb (and loud, I was able to use it on the loud...

October 25, 2006

MAX 2006 Wrap-Up

I just got back to Michigan. I left Las Vegas earlier today, after my final session (the 4th time I presented a hands-on introduction to ColdFusion Powered Flex). The sneaks general session this morning went very well, with attendance better than I expected for an 8:30 morning-after-the-party...

October 24, 2006

MAX Day 1 Roundup

It's been a long day here at MAX. This is the first chance I have gotten to get to my computer, and it looks like all of the bloggers here have beaten me to the punch. But, here are some thoughts on MAX thus far: The opening keynote was superb, definitely one of our more exciting keynotes, and...

October 22, 2006

Join The Adobe Fireworks 9 Beta

I just bumped into the Fireworks Product Manager. Yes, the Fireworks that we design-challenged-coders love so much has a Product Manager, and she told me that Fireworks 9 is in beta, and that you can sign up for the beta now . Oh, and to all of you chicken little doomsayers, phhhbbttthhh!

October 22, 2006

MAX Keynote, Don't Be Late! Really!

I am in Hall D of The Venetian going over tomorrow's opening keynote content. Opening rehearsals are going on behind me, and this opening will blow you away. Remember the laser light show in 2000? This tops it! The opening is being kept top-secret, I absolutely can't share any details. Sorry. ;-)...

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