It’s hard to believe that there are folks out there who are adamant about *not* using ColdFusion (and most other "pay-for-use" software) because you have to pay money for the App Server. I’m perpetually amazed at folks in certain circles who never consider certain technologies because they desire to never pay for the tools they develop with, but charge for the services they offer. I truly...

I’m here at Big Nerd Ranch for what stands to be the most intense programming course I’ve yet taken. It’s a 5 day Cocoa/Objective C Programming Boot Camp – huuuaaaa! (That’s the language for building applications for Mac OSX 10.x – not the cold weather chocolate beverage.) The course is being taught by Aaron Hillegass, author of "Cocoa Programming for Mac OSX"....

You ever tried to on one of those "one size fits all" hats on your head only to find out that your head wasn’t included in the "all" they sized the thing to fit? You know the feeling you had around the circumference of your cerebrum after trying to put it on when you know you shouldn’t have tried to put it on anyway? (ughh … this is, of course, PURELY speculation.) Well,...

So this keynote really set off some things from Macromedia. You may wanna go get a cup of coffee and biscotti cause I know this post is going to take a bit. [cough][cough][clear throat] … OK, here we go. The backdrop of the Keynote was that online presentation of "Finding your match". So I must admit, it was a bit cute that the actual lady who played the secretary was sitting on stage behind...