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 ColdFusion (1995),
advancing to our first issue (1999), and stopping to look at all the major
highlights that happened in between and since.
How well do you know your CF trivia? Do you remember the fist logo? Do you
remember when ColdFusion was the Cold Fusion Application Server (our
editorial staff loved when they removed the space)? Would you like to know
how ColdFusion moved on to the Java platform? For answers to these questions
and lots of other facts, give it a read.
This issue isn't just about looking back, however, it's also about looking
forward, and to that end, we've gotten our first ... (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 answered and informed me
that she'd forgotten her cell phone so he had no way to contact her, but the
plan called for her to run by their house and then to pick me up. To make a
long story less long, she then called him from a pay phone to say she was
skipping the house and coming straight for me; he call... (more)
WBT interviews John Sculley and David Steinberg about InPhonic... and in
doing so takes us behind the scenes of a big player in the fast-emerging
"wireless management" space.
InPhonic, Inc., of Washington, DC, is the largest developer of virtual
private wireless networks in the United States today, specializing in
enabling its enterprise clients - large corporations and large member groups
- to build a wireless network to interact with all of their employees and end
users. Partners on the service side include AT&T Wireless, Verizon, and
Cingular, while on the manufacturing side ... (more)
Living on the Edge
Trade shows and conferences are fantastic opportunities for learning, as well
as networking with others in the industry. Where else can you hang out with
hundreds, even thousands, of other wireless enthusiasts? I've recently spoken
with many readers (at conferences of course!) and all agreed that conferences
are extremely valuable to their professional lives. In an increasingly
competitive business world, it's survival of the fittest, and the more you
know, the fitter you are. In surveys, we've discovered that many of our
readers regularly attend i-technology c... (more)
No, not Christmas, but our annual ColdFusion Developer's Journal Readers'
Choice Awards announcements. Categories for this year's awards are Best Book,
Best Consulting Service, Best Custom Tag, Best Database Tool, Best Design
Service, Best E-Business Software, Best Education and Training, Best Testing
Tool, Best Web Development Tool, Best Web Hosting, Best Web Performance Tool,
Best Content Management Tool, Best Web Site, Best Web Application, and last,
but not least, Most Innovative CF Application. With awards in these 15
categories, CFDJ, with the help of thousands of our reade... (more)
Robert Diamond is the founder and editor-in-chief of 
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