Saccfug Meeting: SCRUM
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: project mgmt
Last night at the Sacramento ColdFusion User Group, Seth Duffey presented on the topic of SCRUM. SCRUM is an iterative incremental framework for managing complex work (such as new product development). (Wiki) The presentation he gave was really great, and my place of work has decided to adopt this approach for managing our projects. There are lots of advantages to using SCRUM over traditional methods like the waterfall approach. Some of the advantages include: supporting project change throughout the development life cycle, keeping clients involved in the coarse of the development process so they understand failures and successes, and pointing out team or organizational weak points.
CF Builder/Flash Builder Plugin: Random Crashes
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: cf builder , flash builder
Lately at work I have been playing around a lot with ColdFusion Builder, and I decided to install the Flash Builder Plug-in to make my development a little bit easier. After installing the Flash Builder Plug-in, my Eclipse Environment kept crashing on me which started to become really frustrating. I did some research on the subject and found some pretty straight forward solutions that might be helpful for those who have just started with ColdFusion Builder and Flash Builder.
Domain Names: Don't Use Realtor
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: mango blog
I have been working on a site for a local realtor in Carson City, Nevada. In a sit down meeting we decided to purchase a list of domain names which all included the string Realtor, carsoncityrealtor.com, carsoncityrealtor.org etc... I have come to find out that Realtor is a trade marked name for the National Association of Realtors and cannot be used in conjuction with a location, which is reserved for local and state realtor boards. I am having trouble understanding how such a generic name can be Trade Marked, and I honestly had no idea that this might be a problem. Its seems wrong to me, but I wouldn't want to go through a legal battle over a $10 domain name. I just wanted to give the ColdFusion community a heads up in case someone else was in a similiar situation or thinking about purchasing domain names with the word realtor in them. After reading forums and blogs that talk about this, it seems like a lot of people have had this problem. Below is a email that I recieved from NAR:
Real Estate Agent: Mango Blog
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: coldfusion , mango blog
I am posting this, because I created a blog/website for a local real estate agent in Carson City, Nevada. I am trying desperately to get Google to index the blog, but I have been unsuccessful in my efforts so far. I thought maybe this would help. If you have a chance, take a look at the modified template and let me know what you think.
http://www.realtorcarsoncity.com/
ColdFusion Install Error: Apache, Vista
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: apache , coldfusion , vista
A couple months ago, I purchased a new computer which came with windows vista installed. After weeks of trying to install ColdFusion with the Apache Web Server, I finally got past a cryptic error that I kept receiving after every install. The error states that ColdFusion failed to configure the web connecters which may be caused by a firewall blocking port #51020 (etc).