I post ColdFusion (and occasionally Flex) related job listings on this blog, never more than once a week (and usually on Fridays) and sometimes less frequently. For as long as I have been doing this I have had people contacting me (or sometimes leaving comments) asking why I do so, stating that...
Three this week, including one outside of the U.S. for a change: Competition Pool Inc. (Blainville, Quebec) is looking for an intermediate ColdFusion developer for a full time position. The applicant must have at least 3 years experience with ColdFusion, have intermediate knowledge of Java and web...
I'm on my way out of Denver, heading home. Last night's presentation was great, 85 attendees, and so many questions that the event ran almost 3 hours! Next week is TX, AZ, and MI. If you are in the area, please drop by. The full list of Scorpio Usergroup tour venues is online.
Adobe has announced plans to open source Flex under the Mozilla Public License. This includes the source to the ActionScript components from the Flex SDK (which have been available in source code form with the SDK since Flex 2 was released) as well as the Java source code for the ActionScript and...
Terrence Ryan apparently is pleased with the Microsoft Exchange integration functionality in Scorpio that we've been demonstrating at usergroup meetings this week. As some of you will recall, I asked for feedback on Exchange integration over a year ago. Those comments helped drive this feature, so...
Like Seattle the night before, last night's presentation in San Francisco was very well received. I just arrived in Denver, the next stop on the Scorpio Usergroup tour. If you are in the area, please drop by this evening!
ColdFusion users have long wanted a way to define settings per application, rather than server-wide. In truth, this is doable right now, just install multiple instances of ColdFusion an each instance gets its own CF Admin and own settings. But, if that is not an option, then Scorpio will help, as I...
Adobe and Carahsoft are hosting a 1/2 day seminar in D.C. entitled "The Future Of ColdFusion". The event is May 17th (the morning after the D.C. CFUG presentation), and I'll be presenting along with Tim Buntel and Adam Lehman. Unlike the CFUG presentations, this one is a little more oriented...
Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 has been posted to Labs. This kit allows you to create interactive and animated content in Flash CS3, and then use that content in your Flex apps. This way the designers on your team get to use Flash, the coders get to use Flex, and everyone gets to contribute to...
Last night's presentation in Seattle went very well, and the enthusiastic crowd reinforced what we already knew - that CF8 (Scorpio) is exactly what customers want. I am now in Adobe's San Francisco offices, venue for the next stop on the Scorpio Usergroup tour. If you are in the area, please drop...