2009 is most definitely a year of conferences and events for us.
The latest event to be thrown into the mix is the Future of Web Design (FOWD). I've been lined up to speak at the Glasgow event on September 14th, and will present on "Getting Started with Adobe AIR".
2009 is already shaping up to be a hugely busy year for Fuzzy Orange.
Project wise we're extremely busy, but as I've posted before, one of the objectives for 2009 was to get out on the road and speak more.
Well, we've added another event to the list for 2009, and I'm delighted to say I'll be jetting out to Minneapolis in May to speak at cf.Objective().
I'll be posting more in the not too distant future about the different topics I'm presenting on.
We've been working with Adobe to bring the ColdFusion Insider Workshop to Scotland, and I'm glad to say that we've managed just that.
On March 16, the workshop will come to Edinburgh, and it will be hosted at Adobe's Edinburgh office.
Head over to http://www.englebert.be/blog/index.cfm/2009/1/18/ColdFusion-workshops-tour-2009 to see the full list, and for details on who to contact for more information.
Fuzzy Orange will obviously be presenting at the Edinburgh workshop (in addition to the previously announced London workshop).
I'll be heading to London at the start of February to present at a half day workshop laid on by Adobe covering ColdFusion.
I'll be presenting on:
These workshops normally have an entry fee, but if you fill in the attached PDF provided by Adobe, you will receive a voucher entitling you to free entry.
One of our company objectives for 2009 was to get out on the road and speak at more events.
With Scotch on the Rocks I've been reluctant to give a session for a variety of reasons but 2009 will see that change, and in addition to speaking at Scotch on the Road, I'll also be speaking at CFUnited.
I'll be giving an updated version of my 'ColdFusion and PDF: Improving Your Workflow' session, which I presented at ColdFusionCamp in November last year.
I've attended CFUnited before, back in 2006, but this will be my first time presenting. Really looking forward to it!
Web Designer Mag has featured a number of ColdFusion tutorials by myself, and Issue 144 and 145 have the fourth and fifth tutorials in the series.
Issue 144 covered how to build an administrative interface using the CF8 Ajax Datagrid, whilst issue 145 takes the Ajax integration that bit further by showing how we can us FCKEditor (which is included in CF8), and how we can implement our own "Autosave" feature, ultimately leading to a basic Web mail interface.
The 5 tutorials so far have really focused on targeting those new to ColdFusion, or those who are just a tad intrigued by what the fuss is all about. Hopefully I'll be writing some new tutorials for Web Designer that will take our focus that bit deeper.
Issue 146 of Web Designer Mag features a review of this years Scotch on the Rocks.
Go pick up a copy!
We'll be out in force at Scotch on the Rocks next week, meaning we won't be manning the phones, though calls will be forwarded to mobiles. However, as this is "our" conference, we'll be somewhat busy.
I'm really looking forward to catching up with guys like Doug Hughes, Scott Stroz and Joe Rinehart, all of whom I met a few years back at CFUnited in Washington.
It'll be nice to see the Adobe crew again, including Jason Delmore, Kristen Schofield, Adam Lehman and Ben Forta.
There's a bunch of new folk that I can't wait to meet, such as Luca Mezzalira, Peter Elst, Neil Middleton and Neil Webb.
And last but not least, Gert Franz. We took Gert and the Railo crew out for lunch last year after the conference and introduced them to Haggis so I'll need to see what I can subject them too this year.
For everyone attending, make yourself know to me - I'll be the main idiot wearing the kilt - and who knows, maybe you'll end up with some extra swag, free drink or even some free training or consultancy. I get generous around conference time, so who knows .....
The third in my series of ColdFusion tutorials for Web Designer magazine is now available at a newsagent/bookstore near you.
This tutorial is on PDF Generation and Form Manipulation, Image Manipulation and Presentations on Demand.
May's edition will revisit the CF8 Ajax grid, and building a CRUD interface, whilst June will tackle the CF8 PDF features in more depth, and how you can build an online order system.
