The guys at ColdFusionWeekly announced today that they are throwing in the towel on the weekly podcast. I don’t really blame them since I can only imagine putting together something like that week in and week out has GOT to be time consuming. I know I will miss my [semi] weekly fix.

But just as the curtain was drawn on CFweekly it was quickly risen on Brian Meloche’s CFconversations.

I just got done listening to the first installement and I am impressed. Yes it isn’t quite as polished as CFPodcast and ColdFusionWeekly became over the years but I think it has a good start. It was in the TWIT format which I think gives to a very lively format and makes things fresh. Because you can pull in different people from week to week it will keep things from getting stale.

Nashville’s own Aaron West was one of the contributors so that was mildly exiciting :-)

So go on over and check it out and add it to your iTunes!

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Just got me one of These.

Expect some Video blogging from CFUNITED 2008!

So I figured I would add to the frenzy…

What are you looking forward to most?

Just meeting the people that I have read and admired over the years. It will also be nice to put a face with a name.

Which speaker will most likely end up on your camera?

Um, Mark Drew… but only because I think he looks like the Ace of Cakes guy (side note: Their website IS in CF so that makes me wonder if Mark has a side life as a celebrity baker!)

What do you plan to do outside conference time? (Clubbing/Bar Hopping, DC Tour, DC dinner cruise, Museum, Fine dining, Live Band shows, etc.)

I am staying with my friend David Steinberg while I am there so we will be hanging out in the off-hours

Fill in the blank: I will mainly be around the ______ booth.

I will treat all booths with equality!

Do you have a new project you are working on and will reveal it at CFUnited?

Yep… Got word that we can Open Source one of our commercial applications so that will be my big reveal.

A recruiter friend of mine (He was a friend THEN I found out he was a recruiter, but I still kept him as a friend :-) sent me this so I am throwing it out there…

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Seeking: Flex Developer with a strong ColdFusion background for a 6-month 1099 contract gig.

The Clinical Applications Development team develops internal clinical and physician software products and implements third party products across a wide range of technologies and on distributed and centralized platforms.

This role requires a breadth of technical web and database skills in addition to strong analytic and personal skills. The solutions developed and supported will have strategic importance and visibility across the entire enterprise and will affect clinical and physician documentation of patient care.
Job Requirements:  Position entails preparing detailed specifications from which programs will be written. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents these programs.  Competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of application analysis and design. May be responsible for completion of a phase of a project.  Regularly provides training and/or guidance to less experienced analyst/programmers.

Proficiency in Flex.

Candidate must also be familiar with developing making calls to ColdFusion CFC’s and using the Cairngoram framework. Development skills in ColdFusion, Oracle PL/SQL, or Flash preferred.

Candidate must be self-motivated and have a proven record of managing their own time and work.

He/She must provide regular status reporting to their manager and be able to assess potential issues and risks to project timelines.  Analysts/programmers are expected to follow all  relevant policies and procedures in a highly regulated industry as they pertain to Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, and other
regulatory requirements.

Send resumes to matt@csitechinc.com

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Well they decided to go to the HOW design conference and do a trade show booth. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on a fancy booth they did the one thing that most people wouldn’t think you would have at a design conference… an art project!

Check it out here