CFDJ interviewed David Mendels, Senior Vice President of Adobe's Enterprise and Developer Solutions Business Unit, and asked some pointed questions about the future of ColdFusion and Adobe's commitment to the product. The bottom line is "Don't Panic", but for more details read the interview
I am posting this with my LAN connection unplugged and WiFi disabled. And no, I am not using a dial-up connection. This is 3G at work. Cingular has just rolled out 3G coverage in parts of the country, and so of course I replaced by GPRS card with a new HSDPA/UMTS EDGE/GPRS card (a Sierra Wireless...
My computer started acting up today. The first indication that something was wrong was when POP mail requests started throwing strange error codes (SMTP and Exchange mail worked, just POP was failing). And then FTP transfers started retry lots of random packets. The only change I made to my...
A developer asked me how he could get absolutely accurate time information for an application that he is working on. He cannot rely on local server time as he has no control over the machine, and can't verify that it is accurate (and can't change the time if not). There is no NTP (network time...
A friend of mine over at PowerOne Media just sent me an e-mail to tell me that he is looking for several ColdFusion developers (at several skill levels) at their Ann Arbor, MI location. Primary responsibilities to include working on a ColdFusion based online automotive product, and some technical...
Contrary to what many believe, there are in fact Adobe Bloggers ! Yeah!
I received a package from Palm this morning. It contained a little plastic SIM card tray to replace the one in the top of my Treo 650. As per the accompanying note: Palm has learned that some SIM cards may not fit tightly enough in the SIM tray provided with the Treo 650 product. As a result, the...
Yes, I now work for Adobe. Although, what I am doing is no different to what I was doing while working for Macromedia. I am talking to customers and developers, answering questions, working on some new articles and content, tinkering with ColdFusion/Flex integration ... for now, as far as...
There is a new Treo update out for Cingular users. This was not a painless update to install. In fact, it took several failed tries and multiple hard resets, so be sure you have a good backup before upgrading. The good news: Amongst the enhancements in version 1.17 is improved Bluetooth support,...
The following was sent to me by Greg Spencer. I've yet to try FusionReactor myself, but the information and screenshots seem very compelling: FusionReactor is a really powerful add-on for monitoring, debugging and performance tuning your ColdFusion applications and servers throughout the...