http://www.blogoffusion.com ColdFusion Blogs en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:46:32 -0400 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:24:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mdinowit@houseoffusion.com mdinowit@houseoffusion.com http://www.blogoffusion.com/063009-examining-my-coldfusion-job-search.cfm My post on "Are there really ColdFusion jobs?" got a comment which was echoed by Sean Corfield on his blog (ColdFusion Jobs? Really?). It seems that I didn't answer my own question. In truth, I was using it as a jump off point but looking over the ... Best Practices Opinion Jobs Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:24:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/063009-examining-my-coldfusion-job-search.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/062809-are-there-really-coldfusion-jobs.cfm Are there really ColdFusion jobs out there or are they teasing us? As of today, I'm married 14 years. This means that I've been using ColdFusion for 14 years and 1 week. In those years I've done everything from create some of what is considered ... Opinion Jobs Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:44:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/062809-are-there-really-coldfusion-jobs.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/051709-wrong-coldfusion-religion.cfm This is a realization that has been thrust upon me over the years. I belong to the wrong ColdFusion religion. My religion is that ColdFusion was designed for clean, understandable applications written in a quick and easy style by people of all leve... Coding Opinion OOP Rant Frameworks Sun, 17 May 2009 16:35:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/051709-wrong-coldfusion-religion.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/051209-cfml-builder-by-railo.cfm Pure Speculation This is not reality. This is simply speculation. By looking at a few logical points, one can easily trace a path from Mark Drew and CFEclipse to a new open-source editor produced by Railo Technologies. As of now, such a product, let... ColdFusion IDE New Ideas Opinion Tue, 12 May 2009 18:33:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/051209-cfml-builder-by-railo.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/050108-the-subtle-pen-the-invisible-editor.cfm I am the subtle pen, the invisible editor. Few know me for my work but it touches many without their knowledge. I do not have the professional editorial eye of Judith or Dana and they rarely leave me anything to do. My eye is for the small modificati... Fusion Authority Quarterly Update Opinion Thu, 01 May 2008 12:34:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/050108-the-subtle-pen-the-invisible-editor.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/032508-discredited-magazine-publisher-at-war-with-adobe.cfm A discredited and SYStematically CONniving magazine publisher has fired yet another salvo at Adobe today in their usual manner. This involves taking a blog post, re-branding it as coming from their "news desk" and altering the title to fit their ve... Opinion Rant Stupid Articles Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:50:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/032508-discredited-magazine-publisher-at-war-with-adobe.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/021108-flex-authority-is-not-in-the-building.cfm We're coming out with a Flex magazine along the same lines as the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. One of the first steps in publishing a magazine is coming up with a good name. Flex Authority is a great name. Problem is, it's being squatted on and... Opinion Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:03:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/021108-flex-authority-is-not-in-the-building.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/091107-how-to-lie--a-case-study.cfm Lying is easy. Lying is fun. Lying is profitable. Lying is the way of life for those who want to hide the truth. The question is, how do you lie effectively? Let's look at an example of the best techniques in action. The company using these technique... Opinion Rant Stupid Articles Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:44:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/091107-how-to-lie--a-case-study.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/091107-please-buy-syscon-a-clue.cfm Do you know the definition of Chutzpah? It's taking a magazine, destroying its content and quality, canceling it without warning and then saying that it's someone else's fault. Sys-Con is like an alcoholic who just can't admit they have a problem. Th... Opinion Rant Stupid Articles Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:48:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/091107-please-buy-syscon-a-clue.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/091007-good-damn-good-and-time-travel.cfm I was just looking over my post about CFDJ's shafting of the ColdFusion community when I noticed the date. Their press release about it is dated "Sep. 9, 2007 05:30 PM". My blog post (which broke the news) is dated "September 8, 2007 11:52 PM". I'm ... Opinion Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/091007-good-damn-good-and-time-travel.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/090807-syscon-drops-coldfusion-for-silverlight.cfm Sys-Con is a printing company. They are not interested in community support. They are not interested in language advancement. They are interested in money. They are interested in enough money to print a magazine, give it away to thousands and still m... Fusion Authority Quarterly Update News Opinion Rant Announcements Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:52:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/090807-syscon-drops-coldfusion-for-silverlight.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/022707-forking.cfm To quote Wikipedia on forking: In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software. Free or open source s... Coding Opinion Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:20:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/022707-forking.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/022707-machii-my-final-words.cfm I've been a little gun shy about posting recently. I stopped responding to a post about the use of the This scope. I did not follow up on the arguments for/against my actions with Mach-II. I did not follow up on anything because I got some rather neg... Coding Opinion Frameworks Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:16:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/022707-machii-my-final-words.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/082506-ie-7--dont-like-it.cfm I just installed IE 7 on my home server and tried it out. Let me say bluntly that I hate it. The UI is very different and I don't seem to have any option to move bars around. No, I don't mean the 'extra' bars like the Google toolbar or links. I'm tal... User Interface Opinion Rant IE Browsers Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/082506-ie-7--dont-like-it.cfm http://www.blogoffusion.com/071806-blogging-to-be-a-guru.cfm There was a post on another blog saying that my blog was very quiet for someone with guru status. This is quite true and the problem is that I've been 'trained' by my wife/editor to have my work reviewed before I post it. This definitely gets in the ... Opinion Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:48:00 -0400 http://www.blogoffusion.com/071806-blogging-to-be-a-guru.cfm