I'm proud to announce that I am now a Systems Architect for Broadchoice, Inc. I'm a direct report to Sean Corfield, and the (impressive) list of technical coworkers includes names like Raymond Camden and Nicolas Lierman. At CFUnited 2008, Sean and Ray took a group of us out to lunch - little did I know that the three hours there would pale in comparison to the duration of the full interview, which consisted of attending the Broadchoice Global Developer Meetup '08. Ending my independent consul...

This last week marks the sixth month anniversary of my time at Epicenter Consulting. For those of you who don't know, I left my position as CTO at Nylon Technology back in January to partner with Clark Valberg and create Epicenter Consulting . It was not an easy decision to make; I had been at Nylon for close to 5 years and had seen it grow from a 3 developer shop that he ... Read More »...

This is the first of two blog entries about a major change in my professional life. Originally, I was going to make one entry, but I felt Firemoss deserved its own. In November 2006, I left Booz Allen Hamilton with the intent of launching an independent consultancy. It's been successful, I've never regretted the decision, and Firemoss has been one of the most enjoyable ventures of my life. I have, however, decided to move on (more on that later). Firemoss, LLC will continue to exist as a leg...

We'll be debuting a new session format at MAX North America this year, the MegaLab. I'll be presenting one, a getting-started crash-course session on LiveCycle Data Services and BlazeDS entitled "Getting Started with LiveCycle Data Services" on Monday, November 17, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. I've posted details on the official MAX blog. This one is expected to sell out pretty quickly, so if you want to take part, sign up now!...

If you are wanting to get a nice back link from Twitter, Dave Naylor recently exposed a way to get a do follow link from Twitter - If you're reading this, you might just want to open up another browser tab and do it while you're here ... I don't think this opportunity is going to be around for too long. Here's the deal. The "More Info URL" area in the account settings page for twitter offers a link for whatever web site you have ... But, the link is a NoFollow link which doesn't give you any P...

If you are wanting to get a nice back link from Twitter, Dave Naylor recently exposed a way to get a do follow link from Twitter - If you're reading this, you might just want to open up another browser tab and do it while you're here ... I don't think this opportunity is going to be around for too long. Here's the deal. The "More Info URL" area in the account settings page for twitter offers a link for whatever web site you have ... But, the link is a NoFollow link which doesn't give you any P...

The latest OOPhoto application can be experienced here . The OOPhoto code for this post can be seen here . So this morning, I took OOPhoto, my latest attempt at learning object oriented programming (OOP) in ColdFusion, and converted it from a CFM-based f ... Read More »...

I'm blessed at my current workplace. I wouldn't classify anyone I work with as even close to being diffcult. But this has not always been the case. In a conversation with a friend and fellow CF'er (name withheld), he mentioned how his team has members who are VERY difficult to deal with. I remembered a lot of my training on team dynamics, and thought to put together a lot of what I've learned over the years and what's available on the web regarding this subject in hopes that it may help people....

Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens, Citrix CTO Simon Crosby, Egenera CTO Pete Manca, Allen Stewart, Group Manager, Windows Virtualization at Microsoft, and Brian Duckering, Sr. Director of Products and Alliances at Symantec were the top industry executives who joined Jeremy Geelan in the 4th Floor Reuters Studio overlooking Times Square for a special SYS-CON.TV 'Virtualization Power Panel' recorded on June 22, 2008, the day before the opening of SYS-CON's 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Ex...

I posted this before but just so everyone's aware, I didn't intentionally blacklist anyone from contacting me via Google Talk. :-) The issue is that when I quit using Gmail I erased all my contacts once I had exported them, and apparently that remove......

Lynda.com has release a new course by David Gassner entitled AIR for Flex Developers. This course looks at how Flex Builder 3 and the Flex 3 framework can be used to build cross-system desktop applications with Adobe AIR, and covers every point of integration with the host operating system, including working with the local file system, creating and maintaining local databases, and managing native windows and menus....

I've been debating posting this for the past few days. But, as it does not really disclose anything more than has been publicly discussed as of late (on this blog and elsewhere), and as it actually makes useful suggestions pertaining to securing ColdFusion (specifically from SQL injection attacks), here goes ... Last week 0x000000 # The Hacker Webzine posted an entry entitled Attacking ColdFusion. The post primarily describes SQL injection attacks, and explains the danger inherent in not using ...

Since I got the obligatory pricing rant out of the way (well, ok, it was more complicated than that), I figured it was time to focus on the features we have already heard about regarding ColdFusion 9 (codenamed Centaur). Most of what we know so far was revealed during this year's CFUnited Adobe Keynote, though a couple items were made public during the extremely brief cf.Objective() Adobe Keynote. Let me start by saying that I think everything we have learned leads me to believe that the ColdFus...

A friend of mine has created a fun event to promote reading.  It is a read-a-thon! Independent bookstores across the country are invited to have a 24-hour reading marathon this October.  It started last year at a local bookstore and has taken off this year to include many other bookstores across the country.  In fact they are now getting some media attention, which is pretty darn cool. [More] ...

A few weeks back I blogged on the idea of our company going to a four day work week.  After some discussions and deliberations we have decided to make the move. Starting August 1st we will be focused on a Monday - Thursday schedule with someone monitoring the support email on Fridays. [More] ...

I did a quick search for good examples of the Show Annotations feature in Eclipse but didn't find any so I figured I would post some.  I also checked Eclipse's documentation and found none.  The closest I came was a post by Jim Crumb. Star......

Many times the iPod Touch feels like the secret, illegitimate brother of the iPhone - not the least of which is that we have now been forced to pay a rather high price for two software updates over a short period. For obvious reasons, the iPhone and its new 3G version have garnered most of the attention of the press and, apparently, Apple. The thing is, although the iPhone and iPod Touch look and behave almost identically, they have some significant differences that mean that everything good for...

This is a quick reminder/FYI for you Flex folks.  Nick Kwiatkowski is putting on a great Flex Camp in Michigan next week.  The price can't be beat ($40 for 2 days).  If you are anywhere in the area you should make it your goal to attend.  If your not in the area you should try to get a cheap flight since the conference is so inexpensive. The conference is limited to only 150 people so be sure to get a ticket ASAP before they sell out. ...

ColdFusion strings are Java Strings internally, which means they are an Object of class “java.lang.String” . In this post, I will try and use some of these Java String functions that can be applied directly to a ColdFusion string variable. I understand that most of these have been discussed in bits and pieces all over [...]...

This is a quick reminder/FYI for you Flex folks.  Nick Kwiatkowski is putting on a great Flex Camp in Michigan next week.  The price can't be beat ($40 for 2 days).  If you are anywhere in the area you should make it your goal to attend.  If your not in the area you should try to get a cheap flight since the conference is so inexpensive. The conference is limited to only 150 people so be sure to get a ticket ASAP before they sell out. [More] ...

Chennai ColdFusion User Group Next Meeting is on July 25, 2008 and will discuss about CF Software Architecture for Web 2.0. In this session Simon Free will discuss how best to architect your CF code so that it can be easily extended to be used with the default CF8 AJAX features, as well as Flex and Lifecycle. Simon will take a simple application and see what steps you must take to extend it to work in these technologies. This will be an online meeting and you can find more information about me...

In my last post, I was ranting about a frustrating situation with CFC's on shared hosting over at HostMySite. Several months ago, I installed a rather cool CFC that only had a life span of three days - it worked fine - then all of a sudden - it stopped working. A few weeks ago the same scenario took place - I installed a component on another one of my CF sites, SEO Master List - It ran fine for three weeks and the all of a sudden - it stopped working. After many hours of confusion with the gu...

Last night my wife and I got a sitter for 5 hours so that we could head to north portland and see the Harry and the Potters show at the Wonder Ballroom. If you didn’t know it, my wife is a HUGE Harry Potter fan and going to the Harry and the Potters concert [...]...

I just received the following message in my inbox with the subject of "Message Removed": A message has been removed from this mailbox by an entity other than this program, probably by a virus scanner. This message is a replacement for the missing message. Now maybe I've been getting these all along and this is just the first time one of them made it through my filters - but come on... what kind of a replacement is this? In the words of Captain Jack Sparrow, "Well that's just maddeningly...

I realize this is kinda pointless, but I logged into my GoDaddy account today for something and took a look at my domain names whilst I was in there. Of the 9 domains I own, I'm only actively using 4 of them. The others were either snagged up for a bright idea that I had at one point, dead sites or domains that I fully intend to use at some point. How many do you own that you're doing nothing with, and why?...

Five new projects and three updates this week plus no less than nine Transfer related posts...eesh. Sorry this post is a little late but I was sick once again. I wish I could say that it was due to a weekend of heavy partying but alas I haven't partied that hard in many, many years. This week was a busy week, with some very interesting new projects. In particular, Razuna is another in a growing number of POSS projects in ColdFusion and sounds interesting. New Releases and Updates New Project: ...

So I am sure many of my blog readers are wondering: Just what would happen if I left my Prius running all night?  Would it kill my battery?  Would my cart just auto shut off at some point?  Would it explode?  Would it make annoying noises and embarrass me in front of my neighbors? [More] ...

I completely missed any news of this vulnerability in OpenSSH. But I was scanning along today and saw a reference to this description of the issue. It appears that a vulnerability was entered into the OpenSSH code inside the debian distribution. Now I don’t directly use any debian based linux distros, but that [...]...

The use of <CFQUERYPARAM> as a means to enhance the security of ColdFusion applciations (and also deliver a side benefit of improved performance) has long been advocated. But, judging by the number of sites that have been compromised by a recent spate of SQL injection attacks (that may in fact be targeting .cfm pages specifically), many have yet to apply this simple and effective enhancement. I've discussed this subject repeatedly over the years. But, it's critical enough that I want to h...

One of my earlier posts about forcing SVN comments talks about doing a pre-commit hook on SVN before every commit is made. The problem with that is, it needs to be done on the SVN server and not always you’ve got access to that. But as a developer you can force yourself to always comment [...]...

experience developing business applications using ColdFusion 7 with FuseBox 4 or greater to develop ColdFusion Applications. - Must have practical experience... (From Raytheon)...

At least 5 years hands-on experience developing Cold Fusion applications Experience using web technologies (e.g., HTTP, HTML, XHTML, Javascript, CSS, Flash, etc.) Experience executing defined software development lifecycle methodologies...

Daily production support in enterprise data center environment. Performance tuning, software patch upgrades etc.......

Hotkoko is a proprietary virtual team and file management suite that is seeking a Lead Developer to reposition the technology to mirror workflow within a new organization.  This Lead Developer will be responsible for managing the day to day tasks of the [more]...

Job descriptionWeb developer with strong AJAX skills. The website is primarily being developed in Javascript and XML, set up on a Coldfusion server and utilizes the open source ExtJs Javascript library. The developer's task would involve......

Financial client is in IMMEDIATE need of strong Lead Cold Fusion Developers for a large scale migration project. These Leads and Sr. Developers will help lead/manage the onshore/of......

ColdFusion 8, Cold Fusion 8 ColdFusion 8 Expert in San Diego, CA Position: Cold Fusion 8 Expert Location... products like ColdFusion MX in developing and... (From Dice)...

Louis marketing firm is looking for a ColdFusion Developer ... 1-2 years experience for more with ColdFusion. Experience with database driven web applications. Experience enhancing end user interfaces that are attractive and......

coldfusion,javascript,html,css Immediate need !!! ColdFusion Developer with Java script , Java, CSS for... 4 Years of experience with ColdFusion required Strong... (From Dice)...

Cold Fusion Skillset... Cold fusion 10G oracle database MVC Framework Knowledge in following areas are plus.. AJAX Flash XML CSS Looking out for... (From Dice)...

ColdFusion Developer Company: Ronin Group Location... based web applications Advanced experience with ColdFusion 8 or MX utilizing object-oriented, component... $60,000 - $95,000 a year (From Monster)...

SEE DETAILS OR APPLY FOR THIS JOB NOWOur client, a Center City advertising firm is seeking .NET developer to join their team.Must have technical ski......

of experience in IT Needed 3-4 Years of experience with ColdFusion required Strong experience with CSS,JAVA,JavaScript, HTML required excellent communications skils are must rate $45-52/hr duration: 6-12 months Two Positons at Diff......

I'm posting this for my friend.  Please contact her directly using the information included at the bottom of the email: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ellen Runno <erunno@codgi.com> Subject: Systems Analyst Position Systems Analyst [more]...

Responsiblities: As a member of the technical development team primarily responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, testing, deploying and maintaining Web-based software modules. Also responsible for the development and updating of ass......

Ross Technologies is looking for a multifaceted Information assurance professional experienced with processes, forms and policies. Must have good written and oral presentation skills and be a team player. Must have at least 3 years experience ......

5 years experience for more with Cold Fusion; CRIS is a plus. Experience with database driven web applications. Oracle 10G experience required. Experience with HTML, XML, web 2.0, section 508 and other standard de......

Excellent long term contract opportunity for a ColdFusion developer with some Java and Oracle stored procedures experience.Will be working with team of developers with expertise in Java and Oracle DBAs, so looking for ColdFusion professional who c......

Workstream is a leader in Talent Management software solutions, with more than 400 customers across North America.  We are a publicly traded company with an excellent suite of products for Human Resources Talent Management.   We provide our employees with [more]...

Requirement Notes: Project Description: This position will work within the training R&D and Metrics team and will provide technical support in the adoption, transition, implementation and maintenance of training technologies.

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Coldfusion Developer Communication Skills must be very good. At least five years ColdFusion 7/8 Experience Oracle 9i/10g and PL/SQL Programming Experience... (From Dice)...

need !!! ColdFusion Developer with Java script , Java, CSS for Bay Area, CA 5-7 Years of experience in IT Needed 3-4 Years of experience with ColdFusion... (From Dice)...

ColdFusion MX, SQL Server, AJAX, HTML, CSS... requirements. Required Skills: Coldfusion WEB developer MX 6.1 or higher Coldfusion CFC, Flash Remoting... (From Dice)...

COLDFUSION, SQL SERVER, Javascript, Dreamweaver We... W3C compliant sites Working knowledge of MS-SQL, ColdFusion and JavaScript is required Experience with... $50,000 - $60,000 a year (From Dice)...

military organization. * Use leading-edge SW tools for development, including: ColdFusion, Javascript, XML, HTML, CSS, and SQL. * Use OOA and OOD principals... (From NCI, Inc)...

We are looking for a programmer analyst to join an existing team in making enhancements to a couple of key client applications using either Coldfusion or Powerbuilder (position does not require skills in both). Must have 5 years in writing complex querie......

One of Atlanta's premier cellular companies in the Alpharetta area is looking for a Cold Fusion Web Developer for a 2+ month contract opportunity!! In this role, you will be working with cutting edge technologies! This consultant must be a team player a......

SEE DETAILS OR APPLY FOR THIS JOB NOWA Lincoln software company is seeking a skilled mid to senior level C#, ASP.NET developer.Our client i......

We are an up-and-coming social networking startup looking for some brilliant minds..    If you have strong analytical and problem solving skills, are self-driven, and able to work independently as a ColdFusion programmer, then we need you! Must [more]...

Title: ColdFusion Web Developer (onsite) Skills: Relational databases and a web application language, Primary, ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, PHP, Job description: To support our continued growth we are looking for a Web [more]...

Title: ColdFusion Web Developer Skills: Relational databases and a web application language, Primary, ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, PHP, Job description: To support our continued growth we are looking for a Web Application [more]...

Carlos, post your requirements here for ColdFusion folks.   Hope this helps. Carmen [more]...

Hey all, I'm finding myself in the job market again after the cancellation of my last government contract. I have 10 years of experience in ColdFusion development, from versions 3.1 through 8.0MX.; included in that is experience with MSSQL [more]...

We have an immediate need for a Web Applications Developer.  It will be a 3 month project working on several client projects.  Position will be primarily based in the Alexandria, VA office, but that may change to DC Department of Transportation at the [more]...

We have an immediate need for a Web Applications Developer.  It will be a 3 month project working on several client projects.  Position will be primarily based in the Alexandria, VA office, but that may change to DC Department of Transportation at the [more]...

The BearingPoint Army Team is currently searching for Web Application Developer. Location/s: Radford, VARelocation: noPerformance Profile:* Work closely with team members and client to document and map out dynamic web based......

develop W3C compliant sites Working knowledge of MS-SQL, ColdFusion and JavaScript is required Experience with ... to date on completion status Must demonstrate sharp attention to detail COLDFUSION, SQL SERVER, Javascript,......

of experience in IT Needed 3-4 Years of experience with ColdFusion required Strong experience with CSS,JAVA,JavaScript, HTML required excellent communications skils are must rate $45-52/hr duration: 6-12 months Two Positons at Diff......

including our ASP.NET, ASP Classic & (possibly) ColdFusion websites with MS SQL Server back-ends. REQUIRED ... E-mail: anil@adventglobal.com Direct: (847) 754-4277 eFax: (832) 565-1418 www.adventglobal.com ASP.Net, Coldfusion......

client is immediately looking for Sr. Coldfusion Developer Local candidates only, Face to face interview a ... Thanks, Shana Dave CHENOA Information Services 7325496800 ext 222 ddave@chenoainc.com ColdFusion, Java Script, AJAX,......