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SOTR 2011 Speakers - the wraps are off

Almost on schedule and the immensely hard-working team behind Scotch on the Rocks have unveiled the speaker list for the 2011 conference in Edinburgh. Amongst the usual luminaries of the CF community it's good to see some UK community names in the list. The only problem? With that many speakers and 3 tracks I'm going to need to work double time on my self cloning technology to see all that I want to see!

Scotch on the Rocks 2010 – Day Two

ColdBox Platform 3.0.0 : Developing Sustainable ColdFusion Applications  - Luis Majano (Ortus Solutions) As a firm believer in roll your won code I’ve always viewed large frameworks with some suspicion. Especially when Mike in his caching session pointed out that a framework with 1000’s of CFCs before you even start writing your own code is chewing into much needed heap space.

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SOTR 2010 - What I'm going to see

The premier UK ColdFusion conference Scotch on the Rocks 2010 is less than 2 weeks away! I'm starting to get excited. My flights are booked. My hotel is confirmed (and it's all of 2 minutes away which is nice) and I've got my selection of geek t-shirts picked out. The laptop is loaded and cleaned down ready to rock some remote CF action.

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Watch your (e) tone!

A semi interesting story from El Reg caught my eye this afternoon - a Woman working in New Zealand was fired for typing emails in all caps and using a red font. She was later found to have been the victim of unfair dismissal (and given that no warnings were issued I personally agree with the findings of the tribunal) but leaving aside the finer specifics of the story I have to agree with the sentiment.

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