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Best Practices

I found these links, and both are very useful
ColdFusion Best Practices
ActionScript Best Practices
I also enclosed a print version of the CF one.

ajaxCFC License change

ajaxCFC used to be licensed under a restricted open source variation, but I realized that I was allowing everyone to use it anyways. I decided to avoid complications and license it under Apache 2.0

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Bloody iPod: beware of firmware update

A new firmware just came out for the most ipods; I own a 60 gigs one, and I have it almost full... I should rephrase, HAD it almost full. I don't keep all my files in my itunes, so my master copy is actually in my ipod ... some should say dumb, but I chose it that way ... Anyways, I installed the new firmware and it overwrote the setting on auto-sync without prompting me, so next thing I know is that I plug the iPod into my PC, it opens itunes, and wipes my ipod ... how convenient! DAMN YOU APPLE!

I am really glad I bough the CopyPod software and ran it before I ran the update... I have a full copy of my library, which I will start restoring now ... but beware of this issue: I'm not sure how to set it to manual sync before you plug it in, but try, somehow, anyhow, find a way, or you'll loose your library.

Damn, I'm mad ... bloody firmware ...

Ajax Seminars multiplying like viruses

SYS-CON Events (www.events.sys-con.com) announced today the speaker line-up for the upcoming "Real-World AJAX" (www.ajaxseminar.com) one-day seminars, added new venues; April 24, 2006 San Jose, CA; June 5-6, 2006, New York City; and October 2-3, 2006, Santa Clara, CA. SYS-CON will announce four more dates in March for Toronto, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas.

The March 13, New York, and April 24, San Jose events are exclusively sponsored by the world's leading AJAX technology providers: Adobe, telerik, Backbase, Tibco/Perficient, and Microsoft. The sponsorship opportunities for the upcoming seminars will be made available on March 13, 2006 during the New York City event.

CFUnited is one step closer

CFUnited here I come! Just made my reservation at the lovely Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center; well, assuming ;) I’ve never been there.
I’ll be staying 5 nights to make it to Tuesday’s pre-conf classes... If you plan to be there early, drop me a line so we can meet at the bar.

ActionScript [server|client]+side cheat sheet

Really useful one-page cheat-sheet for Flash Scripters.  Server and Client side version available. JIC, I made copies in my server, should they one day take them down. [s|c]. Server-side is mostly useful when working with Flash [Communication|Media] Server.

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Web 2.0 site check

I just found this silly judgmental Web 2.0 Validator that rate your site in Web2.0'ness, hehe.... Pluses are using Ruby, Prototype, and including Google Adsense, mentions to del.icio.us and tecnorati ... it's completely pointless, but amusing however ...

Ruby or RoR are not synonymous of Web 2.0, neither are most of the items they point out; getting points for mentioning being on Public Beta and including a Creative Common License, hehe ... some really has too much time on his hands.

Happy birth-day AJAX (a day late ;) )

It's been one year since Jesse James Garret wrote the first article on Ajax, which gave a name to the existing technology and helped it to boom and reach magnitudes and a buzz never imagined by anyone before. It's still taking off, with new magazines, seminars, and articles everywhere.

Sorry, those links were bias :) but it's out there... check out Technorati, iceRocket, and del.icio.us.

Itinerary / Seminars

I will be speaking at the following conferences / seminars this year. I’ll post more information on specific events as we get closer to it. The list may _probably_ grow towards the end of the year.


Feb 23: South Florida ColdFusion Group

Mar 13: First Real World AJAX Seminar (New York)

Mar 22: Southeast Ohio Macromedia User Group Spring Conference

Apr 24: First Real World AJAX Seminar (San Jose)

May 10: The AJAX Experience (San Francisco)

Jun 26: CFUnited

Xpath for ActionScript - now documented

A few months ago I explained how to use the undocumented XPath API for Flash. Macromedia finally released documentation with Flash 8, which can be found here, or enclosed with this post.

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