webDU 2007: Nectarine's animations

by kai on 29/03/2007

The first two of Nectarine's webDU 2007 conference keynote animations are online. Have much fun - they're worth a good laugh...

NZ Flex User Group: Flexmob at Auckland airport domestic terminal

by kai on 24/03/2007

As I'm having a rather long waiting period in Auckland on my way back from webDU in Sydney to Wellington tomorrow, I thought I'd ask the guys on the NZ Flex User Group mailing list if there were some volunteers who wanted to entertain me. After I've mentioned presents and give-aways (books, cool bookmarks, David Harris mentioned some posters, tshirts, polos etc), it seems that at least four…

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webDU 2007: My slides

by kai on 24/03/2007

"CF, Flex and the wonderful (?) world of web services and SOA" (my personal and secret subtitle: "Why web services often fail in real-world projects"...)

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webDU 2007: Flickr

by kai on 24/03/2007

webDU is nearly over (it's day 2+1 now) and I haven't been blogging at all? What's wrong? The answer is: Nothing - but this year's webDU was so buzzing, busy and full on that I just didn't have time at all. Being self-employed really makes a difference, I tell you ;) But anyway, it's Saturday now, I'll head off for the famous post-conference BBQ at Daemon HQ in a few hours, so I thought it's a…

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ColdFusion 5 on openSuSe 10.2

by marcus on 23/03/2007

Yesterday evening, a friend of mine asked me if I know how to install ColdFusion 5.0 on a up-to-date openSuse system. After some fiddling around, I indeed found a way to get it running, but let's start from the beginning:The main problem is: it simply won't run out of the box because of the following facts: -openSuse comes with a 2.2.x Apache -The apache module shipped with CF is for Apache 1.3.x…

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Handyfinder 2.0

by kai on 17/03/2007

Just a few days ago I've learned that Vodafone Germany has released the version 2.0 of their Handyfinder RIA. I've posted various entries on this type of Flash-based Rich Internet Application back in 2003 and 2004 when my employer (msg at.NET) at that time invented and built that tool for Vodafone in Germany the first time. Now, 4 years later, Vodafone Germany apparently decided to re-vamp their…

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CF jobs in Central Europe

by kai on 16/03/2007

Harry Klein asked me if I could mention a job offering that his company is looking to find a candidate for. Contens is looking for a Senior Core Developer for their product, as far as I understand this position would be based in Munich, Germany. Another interesting position I've stumbled across the other day is with Previon in Switzerland. They're looking for a Java developer as well as a CF…

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Web on the piste

by kai on 12/03/2007

Just got the official word that the Web on the Piste conference in Queenstown goes ahead and really is going to happen in August 2007. The guys from Straker and Gruden have been pushing and organizing the whole thing, awesome stuff! You might not see the benefits right now while reading this post, but let me tell you that Queenstown (on New Zealands South Island) is known as "Adventure Capital"…

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Flying!

by kai on 03/03/2007

Wow, I had my first flying lesson today. Well, "lesson" is a bit too much maybe. I'm flying with FS 2004 for a few years now and enjoy the aviation world in general very much. I've always wanted to get a bit more of closer experience but never got round to. My wife Diane gave me a voucher for an introductory flying lesson in last year's xmas calendar (Depending where you live, you might (not)…

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Rant: Unabled to send protected object

by kai on 02/03/2007

Sorry guys, this is going to be a rant about silly digital content protection behaviours on mobile devices. I one of the earlier post of this year, I've talked about the Nokia n93 - my new splendid mobile. I still love that phone, so the rant is not about the phone itself, it's more about the funny behaviour of a whole industry - as similar things happen with Motorola phones as well (just to name…

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