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I spend way too much time on the road - and have the pictures to prove it (well, some of them). In case you have nothing else to do with your time, here is some of the recent evidence. Oh, and if you have pictures of an event that I have not posted, please send them to me. Thanks!


List of events

ColdFusion 10th Birthday Party
Newton, MA
Wednesday, July 13, 2005

We celebrated ColdFusion's 10th birthday (the birthday was actually July 10th, but that was a Sunday) with a party in the appropriately named Minnesota room in the Macromedia Newton office, and with the event broadcast via Breeze to over 20 locations worldwide. Lots of ColdFusion's founding fathers joined us, including JJ and Jeremy Allaire, Charles Teague, Sim Simeonov, Peter Muzilla, Adam Berrey, and more). After a couple of hours of schmoozing, eating, and drinking, Stephen Elop and myself made opening welcome comments, and then Tim Buntel led us all on a trip down memory lane. Everyone enjoyed reminiscing and telling anecdotes, browsing a decade's worth of t-shirts mugs and other giveaways, and we even dug up DevCon 2002's Mega Developer infomercial for the occasion. Thanks to Amy Wong for taking pictures for me while I was sitting up front.

Tim prepares his questions
Tim prepares his questions
A party has to have balloons
A party has to have balloons
Party headquarters, aka Amy Brooks' office
Party headquarters, aka Amy Brooks' office
Ed Sullivan strings lights
Ed Sullivan strings lights
Sound check
Sound check
Tom Jordahl and Sim Simeonov
Tom Jordahl and Sim Simeonov
Damon Cooper
Damon Cooper
Mike Dinowitz
Mike Dinowitz
The 10th birthday t-shirt
The 10th birthday t-shirt
Tim Buntel welcomes the crowd
Tim Buntel welcomes the crowd
Opening remarks by Steve Elop
Opening remarks by Steve Elop
Me saying
Me saying "hi"
Tim interviewing me
Tim interviewing me
JJ's turn to be interviewed
JJ's turn to be interviewed
Charles Teague is next up
Charles Teague is next up
Sim loves the mic
Sim loves the mic
Adam Berrey entertaining the crowd
Adam Berrey entertaining the crowd
Edwin Smith discussing the Javaization (cool word, huh?) of CF
Edwin Smith discussing the Javaization (cool word, huh?) of CF
Tim lights the candles
Tim lights the candles
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ...
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ...
JJ cuts the cake
JJ cuts the cake

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