MySQL is a great DBMS. I use it regularly because it is fast, lightweight, portable, and it just works. But it is also a really annoying product at times, demonstrating its grass roots community driven upbringing. Case in point: MySQL is not a single DBMS engine, it is actually a collection of...
We'll be celebrating ColdFusion's 10th birthday next week at a party featuring JJ and Jeremy Allaire and the original ColdFusion crew. The event will broadcast via Breeze to local user groups worldwide. We are still adding locations, but for now the list is: US: Albuquerque NM, Anchorage AK,...
I've posted a few CFUNITED pics online. Enjoy. Oh, and if you have any other pics to share, send them my way. Thanks!
WebMonkey has published an article by Robert Capili on using ColdFusion's XMPP gateway to allow CMS publishing via instant messaging. This one is well worth reading. Thanks to Ed Griffiths for bringing it to my attention.
Dean Harmon, the man responsible for reporting in CFMX7, is online and blogging at cfreport.org .
Visit the Macromedia home page to see the new Happy Birthday ColdFusion ad! :-) (You may need to refresh a few times as there are three different ads in rotation now). Ten years old, oh my, how fast they grow up. .
Amazon.com is running a special promotion and is offering all three of my ColdFusion MX 7 books at 37% off: ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Certified Developer Study Guide
CFUNITED 2005 day 1 has wrapped, and the consensus seems to be that this year's event has surpassed previous events (aside from the number of attendees, over 850) both in quality of content, as well as in general buzz and atmosphere. I did not attend any sessions today (and won't tomorrow either, I...
CFUNITED started today here in Bethesda, MD. Tim Buntel and I presented the opening keynote (which has been blogged repeatedly in the past few hours). Key points were: ColdFusion MX 7 is doing incredibly well (in fact, over 50% of the attendees are already using version 7, that's phenomenal)....
Several of you commented on the t-shirt I was wearing around the CFUNITED hotel yesterday (the one seen here). Want one for yourself? You can get it (and other designs) from www.codefusiongear.com .