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02-Jul-09
First Bangalore ColdFusion Usergroup

  The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Bangalore ColdFusion Usergroup will take place July 09, 2009, at the Adobe Bangalore office. ColdFusion engineering team members will present ColdFusion Centaur and Bolt. Details posted online.


26-Jun-09
ColdFusion Positions In Iraq, KS, and MA

  Three ColdFusion positions this week, including one in Iraq:
  • Vykin Corporation (company based in Florida, but position is in Iraq) is looking for a ColdFusion and Flex developer with secret security clearances for the US Department of Defense in Iraq. Requirements include ColdFusion and/or Flex certification. Details posted online.
  • Unnamed client (KS) is looking for a ColdFusion developer for a contract to permanent position. ColdFusion 8 experience required, as is experience with Flash. Contact Melissa Kelly-Foxhoven at recruiter PAiGE Technologies, LLC.
  • NxStage Medical, Inc. (Lawrence, MA) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, and SQL, and a solid understanding of procedural and object-oriented code. Familiarity with framework-driven development environments, and Flash development, a plus. Contact Duane Dumont.


Toronto Wraps My Usergroup Presentations

  Last night I presented ColdFusion, Flex, and more to a joint meeting of the local Flex and ColdFusion groups. The group took a little while to warm up, but then really got going. The session ran over 2 hours and was highly interactive.

Big winners were spreadsheet integration, ORM, Bolt extensions, and the data connectivity in Flash Builder 4. We also got into a lively and heated tangent conversation about the AS3 server proof-of-concept shown during the MAX sneaks last year (the crowd was lobbying heavily to turn this into a product).

Last night wrapped my scheduled usergroups presentations, for now.


25-Jun-09
Presenting At Usergroup In Toronto Tonight

  I am on my way to Toronto for tonight's usergroup presentation on ColdFusion and Flex. Details posted online.


23-Jun-09
Check Out tBlurb.com

  Fellow Adobe Platform Evangelist (and recent ColdFusion devotee) Greg Wilson has created tBlurb.com, an app that lets you enter code and get a short URL to it for sharing (you can choose your own or let it pick it for you). The app features a rich text editor, and supports ActionScript, C++, C#, ColdFusion, CSS, Delphi, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.NET and XML/HTML. And Greg built it all in ColdFusion!

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Upcoming Appearances
 

CFUnited 2009 - Lansdowne, VA
12-Aug-09
-15-Aug-09
  CFUnited is the premier independent ColdFusion related conference, although in recent years it has grown to include coverage of Flex and AIR and more. I plan on attending again this year, and hope to present an opening keynote.

MAX US 2009 - Los Angeles, CA
04-Oct-09
-07-Oct-09
  MAX is heading back to Southern California. More details to follow.

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