Robert Diamond

A fairly big announcement related to the ColdFusion industry came out this week. No, not about a new version, or another service pack just yet, but a "personal news announcement" straight from the top. After eight years with Allaire, and then with Macromedia, Jeremy Allaire annou... (more)

You'll notice more product reviews than usual in the next few issues of ColdFusion Developer's Journal. We've got three in this month's issue alone. This is simply the direct result of more CF-related products on the market. It's a great thing for all of us, because many of them ... (more)

In this month's issue, as we start the fifth year of ColdFusion Developer's Journal, we've paused to look back at the past. Charlie Arehart wrote the retrospective cover story for this month, and I think you'll enjoy his trip down memory lane, starting back in version 1.0 of Cold... (more)

The ColdFusion world traveled down to Disney World this October - without even having to win a major sporting event first. The occasion was Macromedia DevCon 2002 - the world's largest gathering of all things Macromedia - which took place October 27-30. It was a very successful c... (more)

Welcome to a visually new and improved ColdFusion Developer's Journal. You'll notice subtle changes in certain aspects of the design and layout of the magazine. We've also made a few behind-the-scenes changes to the roster of in-house sous-chefs, those who help cook the magazine ... (more)

As October comes around, it's time for another Macromedia DevCon, generally regarded as the largest gathering of ColdFusion developers each year, along with users of Macromedia's other technologies. The theme of this year's conference, which reflects the strategy we've watched un... (more)

One of the ever-repeating themes here at CFDJ since Macromedia and Allaire merged has been the converging of their technologies and our place in the ever-changing technology landscape as CF developers. We spoke about it first while looking into the future with a sense of hope whe... (more)

We often talk in CFDJ about using ColdFusion and other technologies. While capable as a solution on its own for a lot of things, many large projects, and advanced developers, wind up combining ColdFusion/CFML with a number of other technologies. With articles covering lots of tho... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Bob Michaud, Senior Product Manager - Java Technology for the NuMega Product Line at Compuware. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

I took a vacation a few weeks ago, traveling to Los Angeles for a couple of meetings (can never get totally away!) and some fun under the sun. I arrived at the Orange County airport about 20 minutes ahead of schedule and phoned the friend who was going to pick me up. Her husband ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews author Doug Seven of Sams Publishing. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews author Jason Bloomberg of Zapthink about his new book from Sams Publishing. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews author Stephen Walther, Sams Publishing Author. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Metaserver, Inc. on the show floor of Web Services Edge East 2002. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews AccelTree Software, on the show floor of Web Services Edge East 2002. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Walter Hurst, CTO, WakeSoft. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Sherwin Soong, Senior Product Manager, of MERANT. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Eric Hanson, VP of Engineering at ReportMill. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Paul Perrone, Sams Publishing author. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)

  SYS-CON Radio interviews Mike Kovach, Senior VP of Software Development and Technology of FullTilt Solutions. Click here to listen {interview in MP3 format} ... (more)