In a past life I was an avid ColdFusion developer from 1998 to 2004. In fact, it was the transition from ColdFusion implemented atop of J2EE that got me into Java. I had opportunity on several occations to provide feedback on Allaire and then Macromedia about features and enhancements.
One feature I suggested for the current [...]

Elias makes an interesing point about tagging and folksonomy. Typically tagging’s shortcomings can be categorized into false positives and false negatives.
The false positives are obvious. The false negatives are somewhat more subtler. Not everyone has the same folksonomy. This is both the boon and bane of folksonomy. The boon is those with similar folksonomy can [...]

I’ll be attending OSCON next week. This will be my first conference working for IBM. It will be different attending the event from something different than an academic mindset. However, my position with IBM allows for more research and prototyping than a typical developer position.
I’d love to meet up with other OSCON attendees.
Check out my [...]

I can’t decide between several sessions. I wish I had that thingy from Harry Potter that Hermoine uses to attend classes that overlap. Regardless, here is the tentative plan. If you have any suggestions let me know:
OSCON Google Calendar

And here we go. I have things to say…they’re going to get said. This is a blog primarily about my interests. Technology, life, and family.
Mostly about the stuff I’m currently researching and prototyping for my job with IBM. Clearly never any specifics, etc. about such projects, but enough depth and to wet your taste to [...]