The Web Directions conference franchise is truly something special. I’ve been going to the “south” version of the conference, held, in Sydney, each year since 2005, and I wouldn’t miss it. The “north” edition of the conference has been held … Continue reading
Year: 2008
April 13, 2008
by Kay
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Opening up the ColdFusion community
There’s been a long thread on the CFAussie mailing list this week: recruters say “CF on the way out”? … FFS! not FUD from them too? The discussion has been at various times hilarious, inspiring, boring and tiresome (often all … Continue reading
March 28, 2008
by Kay
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You think you know HTML, don’t you?
Andrew Powell has weighed in his thoughts on developers and how well they do (or do not) know SQL in You Think You Know SQL, Don’t You? While I work on one project with a dedicated DBA, for most projects … Continue reading
March 25, 2008
by Kay
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Annoying blog trait: please stop trying to hijack the browser window
When compiling my “week in ColdFusion” blog posts for SitePoint, I sometimes come across JavaScript “frame-busting” scripts that drive me around the bend. Let me explain… After a long time as a FeedDemon user, I switched to Google Reader. Much … Continue reading
January 27, 2008
by Kay
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Timezone awareness = good business
At Clever Starfish, we use 88Miles for our time tracking. Created by friend and colleague Myles Eftos, 88Miles is a simple web based punch in/punch out system that lets us keep track of billable time. Recently, Myles rolled out some … Continue reading
Aussie Bloggers Forum: for bloggers at every level
At the beginning of January the Aussie Bloggers Forum was officially launched, followed by the Aussie Bloggers blog on the 21st. I read about the forums and wandered on over… and found a group of awesome, interesting people of varying … Continue reading
January 20, 2008
by Kay
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Time to kill off web standards?
I have a web standards blog. I haven’t had time to give it much love lately. I’m thinking of killing it off, merging the articles there with the archives of this blog, and redirecting requests the old domain to this … Continue reading
AWIA presents: Ideas4 with Lisa Herrod and Rachel Cook
The first AWIA event of 2008 has been announced – Ideas4 with Lisa Herrod and Rachel Cook. Ideas4 will be held at the Melbourne Hotel in Perth from 7pm on Wednesday the 30th of January. It’s a casual event – … Continue reading