http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm Helpful information about the Adobe stack of Software including ColdFusion, Flex, Flash, Photoshop, Lightroom, and more. I'm also a RHCE (Red Hat Linux Certified Engineer) and a Professional Photographer. en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 22:56:43 -0500 Tue, 15 May 2012 07:53:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss talkingtree@gmail.com talkingtree@gmail.com talkingtree@gmail.com no http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/5/15/Automated-System-Testing-for-Web-Apps-at-CFObjective I'm excited to to have the honor of once again presenting at the CF.Objective() Enterprise ColdFusion Conference. This year I'll be talking about Automated System Testing for Web Applications with CFSelenium, MXUnit, and Jenkins. I've been a Qualit... Adobe ColdFusion Flex Quality Assurance Events Learning Tue, 15 May 2012 07:53:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/5/15/Automated-System-Testing-for-Web-Apps-at-CFObjective http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/4/2/No-April-Fools-Selenium-Shipped-Soon-to-Expire-SSL-Certificate QA Engineers everywhere woke up today and rolled into the office with the usual dread that Monday morning's bring, only to find out their day just got even worse because all of their selenium driven, automated test suites all came crashing to a halt ... Quality Assurance Learning Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:16:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/4/2/No-April-Fools-Selenium-Shipped-Soon-to-Expire-SSL-Certificate http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/27/Adobe-LiveCycle-DataServices-for-ColdFusion-at-CFObjective After a decade of working intensely with the ColdFusion server, I'm finally getting the courage to start presenting about it on the conference circuit. As a blogger, tweeter, and contributor to mailing lists I'm very confident helping others solve C... Adobe ColdFusion Twitter Flex Macromedia Computer Technology Quality Assurance Photos New England Events Linux Learning Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:40:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/27/Adobe-LiveCycle-DataServices-for-ColdFusion-at-CFObjective http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/10/Recent-Tweets-for-Fri-July-10-2009 Fri Jul 10 1:57 PM Happy Friday! A few backlogged portraits updated. Lydia and Ms Asphyxia http://flic.kr/p/6DDjss http://flic.kr/p/6DDjt3 #photog Fri Jul 10 12:59 PM @remotesynth Nice, I didn't even know Cringely was still writing columns s... Adobe ColdFusion Breeze Twitter Photoshop Science Photos Events Odds & Ends Macromedia Flex Personal New England Linux Learning Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/10/Recent-Tweets-for-Fri-July-10-2009 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/8/Flex-Builder-3-Serial-Number-is-Invalid Last week I applied for the Free Flex Builder 3 For Unemployed Developers so that I could build Flex applications on my new Mac Book Pro, and in two short days I received an email with my new Professional edition license key. I had been using the tr... Adobe ColdFusion Books Flex Learning Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:35:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/8/Flex-Builder-3-Serial-Number-is-Invalid http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/5/My-Application-to-CDIABU-in-Retrospect I was searching through my email for something today, and I came across my application to CDIA where I wrote this in the Personal Objective section almost two years ago. Why have you chosen to pursue an education in the field of Digital Imaging Arts... Adobe Computer Technology Quality Assurance Photos Personal Learning Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:39:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/5/My-Application-to-CDIABU-in-Retrospect http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/5/To-Flex-Camp-and-Beyond A week from today will be the 2nd annual Flex Camp Boston at Bentley University. At a very modest cost, this is a full day event packed with sessions at the intermediate to advanced level given by industry experts. Register for Flex Camp Boston.Fo... Adobe ColdFusion Books Flex Computer Technology Quality Assurance Photos New England Learning Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:32:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/5/To-Flex-Camp-and-Beyond http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/11/27/Photography-Certificate-Complete-Brings-New-Self-Assignment This week concludes my program at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts in Waltham. It's been an exciting year and half as I pursued the Certificate of Professional Photography, attending class two nights and every other Saturday for the entire durat... Photos Learning Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/11/27/Photography-Certificate-Complete-Brings-New-Self-Assignment http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/3/18/CDIA-Web-Development--A-mix-of-LAMP-and-RIA-that-lacks-focus The B.U. Center for Digital Imaging Arts has just added another core curriculum to their stable of information technology certificates by introducing the Web Development Certificate. As you may know, they completely won me over with their Digital Ph... Adobe ColdFusion Flex Macromedia Computer Technology Photos Java Linux Learning Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:56:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/3/18/CDIA-Web-Development--A-mix-of-LAMP-and-RIA-that-lacks-focus http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/26/BU-CDIA-Photography This year I've taken a big step towards turning a long time personal interest into a professional skill. In May I enrolled in the Professional Digital Photography program at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts, or BU CDIA for short.... Adobe Mac OS X Photoshop Computer Technology Photos New England Personal Learning Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:36:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/26/BU-CDIA-Photography http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/22/Best-MA-Home-Inspection Our recent home buying experience was one filled with lots of research, paperwork, planning, and conversing. At times it seemed overwhelming, and my wife did a great job of managing things, especially during times that wore me down. However, among ... ColdFusion Photos New England Events Learning Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:57:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/22/Best-MA-Home-Inspection http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/21/Our-New-Home For several years now my wife and I have been researching towns of Eastern Massachusetts to find the best neighborhood to begin a family. In 2006 the real estate bubble in the Northeast finally began to deflate, and for the first time in a decade it... Travel ColdFusion Photos New England Learning Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:13:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/21/Our-New-Home http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/4/CFMX7-Server-Administration In December 2006 I was honored to provide my first public presentation ever as guest speaker for Harvard University's course Developing Web-based Database Applications (CSCI E-253). This course is part of the Extension School curriculum for the Mas... ColdFusion Computer Technology Quality Assurance Photos Learning Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:08:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/4/CFMX7-Server-Administration http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/11/14/ColdFusion-Protocol-Tags-CFHTTP-CFINVOKE-CFLDAP-support-SSLv2 My reply to a comment to an earlier blog entry about importing SSL certificates into ColdFusion cacerts file for CFHTTP purposes warrants its own blog entry here as a separate topic. The comment: [cfhttp url="https://httpmailbox1.beta.etrac.net/s... Adobe ColdFusion Macromedia Java Events Learning Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:12:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/11/14/ColdFusion-Protocol-Tags-CFHTTP-CFINVOKE-CFLDAP-support-SSLv2 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/9/24/Schmapped! This week I received an email in my Flickr account from the editor of Schmap Guides requesting the use of several of my Brussels photos: I am writing to let you know that four of your photos with a creative commons license have been short-listed for ... Restaurants Photos New England Java Learning Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:15:00 -0500 http://www.talkingtree.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/9/24/Schmapped!