Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.Check out the 2 latest articles I've done in the CFDJ (you can read them online for free): one is on FusionDebug Tips and tricks, and the latest is on using the nifty (free) LogParser tool with CF.
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.For those who, like me, often refer to past articles in the CFDJ magazine's online site, I'm delighted today to notice that the search bar (top of all pages) is now working again. It's been disabled for a couple of years.
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.As I alluded to a couple of weeks ago, I'm now in the midst of a two week swing through Europe speaking at user groups and the CFDevCon conference, as well as teaching a couple of day-long classes. See the links below for more info. But here's where I'll be. If you're in the area, please come by and say hello:
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.Adobe has acquired the company Serious Magic, makers of some nifty video software (particularly Visual Communicator). While this news is making the rounds on the Non-CF feeds at MXNA and FullAsAGoog, I don't see it mentioned yet in the CF feeds. No, it's not a CF-specific product, but it may appeal to some in the CF Community who like to create video content. You can read the press release for more.
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.If you're a CFUG manager who may be taking advantage of the really nice offer from Adobe for us to use Connect to broadcast and/or record user group meetings, here's a nice tip for being able to track how many people have viewed the recording.
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.If you've been on the fence about attending the day-long class I'm doing (on FusionDebug and FusionReactor), the day after the CFDevCon in London (and Munich), here's good news and even more reason it's a great value.
First, while the original offer was that attendees would get a free license for FusionDebug for attending (basically making the day of training free), some have asked if they could have FusionReactor instead. Since they're about the same price, Intergral has agreed that you can have a license to FusionReactor instead, if you'd like. Many thanks to them! This applies to both the Munich and London classes, and you can choose which you will have on the day.
Second, regarding the London class specifically, if you've not yet registered for the DevCon itself the day before, here's better news: those who sign up now will get a free ticket to the Devcon as well. (Sorry, no refund available if you've already purchased your Devcon ticket.)
Again, the thanks for this go to Intergral for their generous offers of these bonuses.
That said, if you have any questions or concerns about these two offers, please direct them to David Tattersall. It's their offer, not mine. I'm just creating and presenting the class. They're handling all the organizational details. :-)
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.For those who are enjoying the UGTV service I've created, I want to point out that I have updated it yet again, adding a new RSS feed mechanism based on search criteria you may enter.
Simply perform a search, and a link for the feed based on that criteria will appear with the normal feed below the table of results.
Or, you can just modify the RSS feed yourself, adding:
http://www.carehart.org/ugtv/rss.cfm?search=your+keywords
(I'll point out that I also let you control how many are found, via an optional "entries" attribute, which defaults to 10.)
Enjoy.
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.If any of you are on the fence about coming to the London CF Devcon in about 3 weeks (Thurs, Nov 9), here's still more motivation: Ben Forta will be speaking, giving the keynote.
Actually, we'll be bookends: he speaks first (9am) and I speak last (5pm). Now, normally I might be bummed by that, as some may want to duck out to avoid rush hour, etc. But in this event there will be many prizes given away after that last talk, as well as a post conference party, so people should really want to stick around! :-)
Anyway, for £49.99 (£60 at the door), it's a good value with lots of speakers and other activities. Get registered soon, both to help Russ Michaels with planning, and indeed in case it might sell out now!
(And don't forget about my day-long training the next day on FusionDebug and FusionReactor.)
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.Just an update for those who are interested in my UGTV repository of recorded user group presentations.
First, it now boast nearly 30 presentations from 24 presenters, submitted by myself and 5 others. Thanks, everyone!
I've also added an RSS feed, so you can be notified of new postings. The URL is offered at the bottom of the list page.
Finally, I have also tweaked the interface further in a few ways.
First, thanks to Jeff Coughlin for sharing a few hints to help me fix my show/hide of the recording descriptions. I had it only showing, but not hiding, due to a bug that I hadn't gotten around to fixing. He offered me the appropriate Javascript, making it too easy not to update it. Thanks, Jeff!
Also, he wasn't thrilled by my next/previous links (I was using the greaterthan and lessthan brackets for prev/next, doubling them for first/last.) He pointed out his available custom tag, and again he made it too easy not to try, with a nifty "quickstart" in his docs. Again, kudos.
Note: This blog post is from 2006. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.Hey folks, if any of you will be going to the http://www.cfdevcon.com/ in London on Thurs, Nov 9 (where I and several other folks will be speaking on various CF topics), I want to point out an additional training opportunity.
The next day (Friday), I'll be giving an all-day training session on FusionDebug and FusionReactor, sponsored by the fine folks at Intergral, makers of the tools. I'll spend the day introducing the tools, sharing tips and tricks, and more. For more details, and to signup, see http://www.fusion-reactor.com/fastTrack.html.
The price is £249,00 (or about $312), but note this:
Each attendee gets a free copy of FusionDebug (full license), which lists at $299, so the training is really low-cost.
And for anyone near Germany, note that we'll be doing the same class in Munich on Nov 3, also detailed on the page above.
Please share the word with anyone you know who may be interested in these two tools. Those who know me know that I enjoy opening the fire-hose of information, so I hope you'd be sure to find it good value. :-)
We may well bring the classes to the US (and elsewhere) next, depending on how things go. So far, we have several signups and have only just started announcing it.
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