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YUI Version 2.2.0 goes live

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Hey everyone. This post is mostly aimed at developers. I just wanted to let you know that Yahoo has launched a new version of their Yahoo User Interface with some added cool features. This is exciting to me since I used YUI to help build Joe’s Goals. I have a post up at Download Squad […]

Ian to speak in Seattle about Ajax/Yahoo User Interface

Thursday February 1st -  I’ll be speaking at the Seattle ColdFusion Users Group at 6:30 PM on the first. The topic will be the Yahoo User Inteface and Ajax. I’ll probably talk a little bit about Joe’s Goals as well as other projects I’ve worked on. If you are a developer or other interested party […]

Snip Shot - Edit your photos online

The likes of Flickr and Photobucket have produced a surge of interest in digital photography and, specifically, building online photo albums. The major thing that has been missing from the online photo experience is a way to tweak your photos without having to use a program like Photoshop. SnipShot is one of the first attempts […]

ZamZar - Most Any File Format to Most Any File Format

Need to convert a file from one format to another? ZamZar is a web based system that lets you upload a file in one format and get back another file in another format. You can even convert multiple files at once and it will email links to the converted files when complete. Very useful tool […]

Foxit: letting you read PDFs instead of load Acrobat

I remember back when Google started indexing PDFs. I thought it was very cool - for about a nano-second. The first time I searched Google and clicked on a PDF without paying attention I recalled how much I hate PDFs. Adobe’s Acrobat is a curse on a very cool document format. Acrobat is slow, doubly […]

Homesite Vs CFEclipse for ColdFusion

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So recently I had an unfortunate incident with my work laptop that has forced me to go through the process of setting up a new laptop again and reassembling my empire of software development tools. I’m an avid user and fan of Adobe’s Homesite product line (even though it has more or less been discontinued), […]

Awesome Video: 3d engine animation

I happen to be one of those folks who opted to focus my learning and attention more on the finer arts (such as HTML and StarCrraft) and, as such, I’ve always been left to wonder just exactly how all the parts in an engine fit and work together. Now, thanks to the following brilliantly done […]

Joe speaks Portuguese, and other updates

Greetings everyone and welcome Kim Komando listeners. With the help of Kim we’ve crossed 12,000 users. Awesome! Five months ago, when Joe’s Goals got off the ground, I never thought it would have made it this far. The sky really is the limit.
Anyway, this is just a quick check in with a few updates to […]

Quick guide to making a transparent favicon

I’m so happy! I finally figured out how to make a transparent favicon. It seems like not a month goes by that I hear from some Joe’s Goals user who tells me how much they really like the application and use it daily, but would really like it if I could just fix one little […]

Ian’s Webcast on Joe’s Goals, Ajax, and ColdFusion

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I was asked by a Connecticut ColdFusion User Group to do a quick web presentation on Joe’s Goals, ColdFusion, and Ajax. David O Mally, the Lord High Ruler of said group, recorded the audio webcast via Adobe Breeze and made it available here. I thought it may […]