I went to bed at about 1:00 am local time, slept on and off for a few hours, then got bored and got up at about 5:00 am. I'm going to need lots of caffeine today. I just finished my keynote segments in the opening session of MAX here in Taipei. Kenneth Lau, Greater China Country Manager, made...
Several of you have e-mailed me to ask for the code used in my "ColdFusion Done Right" session (I assume it is the hangman game that you want). I have posted the entire ZIP file online, you can download it from http://www.forta.com/misc/WD201H_CFDoneRight_BenForta.zip.
Last night I moderated the "Meet the ColdFusion Engineers" BOF (BOF="Birds of a Feather", for the uninitiated), a panel discussion allowing MAX attendees to pick the brains of the ColdFusion team (engineers, QA staff, business decision makers, marketing folks, and more). Attendance started off a...
Have you ever needed a reminder for your next MAX session (the time or room)? Have you ever needed quick access to your daily MAX session schedule? I know I have, I even once showed up late to a BOF I was supposed to moderate. Ouch! If you've ever been in the same boat you'll love this one. A...
How appropriate! The official New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau site at http://www.neworleanscvb.com/ is powered by ColdFusion.
convertDotNetDataSet() is an invaluable ColdFusion UDF that, as its name suggests, converts a .NET data set to something ColdFusion can easily consume. Details at http://clearsoftware.net/client/convertDotNetDataset.cfm. Thanks to Ryan Hartwich for bringing this one to my attention.
This is not new, but I had to locate it for a customer, and so I thought it worthwhile to mention here. IBM consultants Kwang S. Kang and Kulvir Singh Bhogal wrote an article which shows how ColdFusion and IBM WebSphere can share session variables. While the instructions are WebSphere centric, the...
Synfonic is another new SMS based search engine, Directory 411 allows searching of addresses and phone numbers and more, Traffic 511 provides traffic information (San Francisco Bay Area only, for now). Details at http://www.synfonic.com/. We'll be seeing more and more SMS powered applications in...
UpSNAP is a new search engine, find people or businesses, much like any other search engine. But what makes UpSNAP different is that it has a very sophisticated SMS interface. You are required to register your cell phone number on the web site before using the system, and upon registration you'll...
China Mobile and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have launched a mobile phone banking SMS service across China. China Mobile customers can send a SMS message to 777795588 to obtain bank account information detailing fund transfers, donations, and expenditures. Blurb at...