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Why I Love ColdFusion, part 94. The more I work with ColdFusion, the more I like it. I've been posting recently about consuming complex web services with ColdFusion and, despite some of the difficulties, I still think it's easier with CF than with, say, Java or C#. I base that claim on the fact that… Continue reading Why I Love ColdFusion, part 94

eWeek – USA – With Data Analysis, Less Isn't More. Companies don't know what they're missing with Web analytics. One of the major concerns in technology nowadays is that too much data is being gathered about us–that the government, corporate America and various unscrupulous persons are using powerful data-analysis tools to invade our privacy. This… Continue reading With Data Analysis, Less Isn't More

Ten evangelism and IT lessons from one of America's biggest churches. How did Dallas' Fellowship church become America's fifth largest church in less than 15 years? CTO Terry Storch has the answer: information technology investments designed to attract a new kind of churchgoer that other churches were ignoring. Who said IT doesn't matter? Certainly not… Continue reading Ten evangelism and IT lessons from one of America's biggest churches

Why Apple's Airport Express May Unofficially Extend Non-Airport Networks. Even though Apple is claiming on their website that the new Airport Express can only act as a network range extender (signal repeater) with other Airport devices (look at the bottom of this page), WiFi Networking News's Glenn Fleishman explains why the Airport Express may just… Continue reading Why Apple's Airport Express May Unofficially Extend Non-Airport Networks

Here's an overview of why Delta, American, and United find it hard to compete with Southwest based on pilot costs, despite the fact that the base pay is about the same.  It's a combination of poor system design (which doesn't optimize the utilization of personnel) and a penchant for pensions over 401(k)s. [John Robb's Weblog]

Contest Over BlackBerry Patent. Judges are scheduled to ponder whether the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry handheld e-mail device should be barred from doing business in the United States. By Tersa Riordan. [New York Times: Technology]

Joy of outsourcing. My current InfoWorld column deals with an outsourcing arrangement that is proving to be increasingly compelling as time goes on. (Note that my column is not a general pro-outsourcing argument, as one sentence makes clear: “Although I don’t think outsourcing is inherently beneficial, a good outsourcing relationship can deliver amazing benefits.”) Right… Continue reading Joy of outsourcing

Questions about Longhorn, part 2: WinFS and semantics. In the first installment of this series of questions about Longhorn, I concluded that the compelling benefit of WinFS must lie in the realm of “organizing stuff” rather than just “finding stuff” — else why not just leverage existing and well-understood relational, free-text, and XML search methods?… Continue reading Questions about Longhorn, part 2: WinFS and semantics

Internet Marketing Attorney announces annual Web site awards. Micah Buchdahl, otherwise known as the Internet Marketing Attorney, today released his annual Internet Marketing Attorney Awards, featuring thumbnail reviews and scores for the Web sites of each of the 250 largest law firms in the United States.  [Robert Ambrogi's LawSites]

InfoWorld: Capturing user experience closes the feedback loop. Jon Udell. Portable labs — available from Alucid Solution, Ovo Studios, and UserWorks, among others — are a cheaper and more convenient alternative to fixed labs. These are typically suitcases packed with gear for capturing and editing videos of both onscreen activities and the users performing them.… Continue reading Capturing user experience closes the feedback loop