RSS, XHTML, XSL, web services and the REST

Freakin’ hell. “Beware the ides of March!” It’s March 2, 2011 and it’s almost impossible to find free, accessible API’s (Application Programming Interface) on the web. The best you can do is the weather or some useless stock ticker. Hell, it’s been done. Even before “web 2.0″ we’ve been sharing information, but all the promises [...]

Microsoft Silverlight / HTML5

Having spent over a decade building web applications with HTML, CSS and Javascript, why would I ever choose a steep learning curve to another technology? HTML has pretty much remained the same during this time, where only CSS and Javascript (AJAX) has intervened to make things “appear” richer. Surely these faithfully old technologies have their [...]

Adobe ColdFusion 8 Certified Expert ~ Advanced

Friday afternoon I finally took the Adobe ColdFusion 8 Certification Exam, and passed. Please see my previous post on how I prepared for it. My main goal was to not only pass the test, but achieve more than 85% to get the Advanced status. The exam was everything I expected it to be, clear and [...]