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DevLink 2008

I had the opportunity to attend the 3rd annual DevLink conference this past week.  Thanks to John Kellar for squeezing me in!  All-in-all, it was a good experience. The conference started out pretty...

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BFusion + BFlex ’08

This September 6-7 a group of us attended the BFusion + BFlex ’08 conference in Bloomington, IN.  This was a free ColdFusion and Flex hands-on conference sponsored by Adobe, Indiana University, other...

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Adobe Max 2008

We’re headed to Adobe Max, November 17-19!  This year, we’ll have a team of 5 out in California to check out the latest from Adobe.  If you’re planning on attending and would like to meet up, we’ll be...

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2009 Adobe ColdFusion User Group Tour

In just a few short weeks, we’ll have the privilege of hosting Adobe and the Nashville Cold Fusion User Group here at our facilities in Brentwood, TN for the 2009 Adobe ColdFusion User Group Tour....

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Moving too fast?

Great quote from a recent article I really connected with: “Speed is the enemy of depth, nuance, subtlety, attention to detail, reflection, learning and rich relationships – the enemy of much, in...

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Running into Rails: Why We’re Breaking Up With ColdFusion (Part 1)

Recently our team made a big decision, one that we’ve spent quite a bit of time considering and researching. We’ve decided to switch from ColdFusion to Ruby on Rails, running on top of a Java services...

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Running into Rails: What We Went Looking For (Part 2)

We determined that whatever language or language combo we transitioned to, it had to meet certain criteria and match the culture of our organization. We’re an entrepreneurial company of 300+ team...

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CoderFaire Nashville ’12

Weekend before last, a group from our team attended the first-ever CoderFaire. The combination of conference sessions (day one) and a hackathon (day two) made for a great experience. A big thanks to...

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Running Into Rails: Why Ruby + Java (Part 3)

(For a brief recap of our journey, check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this series) Before we discuss the why, let’s start out by reviewing the criteria with which we approached this process. First Trifecta...

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Be Incomparable

Last week a friend and I were talking over coffee about music we’d recently discovered. He’s great at finding bands that we both totally dig. He’s so good at it that I have a hard time finding bands...

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