Tom

I used to be of a mindset where I would say "It is easy to develop web pages in Coldfusion, but it is hard to be skilled at writing software in Coldfusion."  I also used to feel like "real programmers and software engineers" didn't do ColdFusion...but didn't see the point in over-complicating things for the sake of saying look-what-I-can-do.  Recently I read a post by Marc Funaro (http://www.advantexllc.com/blog/post.cfm/how-oo-almost-destroyed-my-business) entitled, "How OO Almost Destroyed My Business".

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So after a request from Jenn, and over analyzing blogging tools throughout the web, I finally settled on Mango Blog built on Coldfusion.  Hopefully the two of us can stick with it.  I plan on blogging about stuff related to work, web development, home building, DIY, and other personal interests.

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I have been sitting on Workflowsuite for what seems like forever. It has been a vision of mine to make available a suite of tools for small business for a low subscription price. Many of the tools I either use myself or would use as a small business owner if I could ever finish them up. I've finally resigned to the fact that I probably can't code everything myself and need to bring in an arsenal of developers to get this project finished. It has been in the making for over 5 years. Now, without the help of venture capital or any sort of funding or investors, I am going to have to get some sort of cheap labor. I can write code, but there are many out there who can probably do it for cheaper. So, anyone know any good outsourcing companies? I have been involved in too many overseas debacles, but the common thread to all of them was that the U.S. customer did very little as far as direction for the IT vendor. I have countless design documents, function/component diagrams, and HTML pages and screenshots to pass along. I'm hoping that by taking most of the architecting, graphic design, and User Interface design out of the equation, I can come away with at least a phase one release of tools.

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Not only has this lovely state hiked the sales tax to 6%, but now has decided to stick it to us IT-ers with a sales tax. Lovely. That ought to promote growth for the IT sector in Maryland. I'm sure everyone in the area will be fighting to get office space now in the already congested Rockville/Bethesda area...if the federal government wasn't here, we'd be just another midwest ghost town.

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