Andre’s Blog

October 17th, 2006

• Ajax Components for ColdFusion from Nitobi!

  (tags: ajax nitobi grid combobox autocomplete cf cfc components coldfusion)

• Argentina: More near-shore than offshore – ZDNet UK Insight

  interesting, but old article on software development in AG.

  (tags: argentina outsource software development)

• Flapjax Simplifies AJAX Development

  A new Javascript Library Language. Has a compiler. Seems kind of interesting.

  (tags: ajax flapjax programming)

• really ajax suggestive searching demo

  Joel put together a kick Ajax demo using images, css hover effects and nice rounded corners in a drop down auto-complete. check it out.

  (tags: autocomplete dropdown googlesuggest search images nitobi combobox)

• Flex 2 and Ajax working together | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com

  Ryan Stewart has just put up a nice post about Dave’s Ajax / Flex Demo we built using the FA Bridge.

  (tags: ajax flex reporting dashboard compoent flexcharting nitobi adobe)

• Nitobi Ajax Grid and Combo Updates

  (tags: ajax nitobi grid datagrid combobox autocomplete autosuggest release)

• RIA Executive Dashboard with Flex “and” Ajax

  (tags: ajax flex fabridge dashboard demo nitobi adobe davejohnosn ryanstewart ria flexchart)

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October 14th, 2006

• Respect the Movie Trailer

  super sick…lots of avy skiing. yikes.

  (tags: powder ski jonnylaw respect winkink)

• CX NOW! Powered by Crystal Xcelsius

  Flash based charting for Excel.

  (tags: flash excel flex enterprise20)

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October 12th, 2006

• AjaxWorld Testing and Debugging Slides

  Dave Johnson’s great debugging and testing Ajax talk and presentation.

  (tags: ajax testing davejohnson ajaxworld2006 ajaxworld)

• Farmers’ Almanac calling for a cold winter in BC…

  I can always hope:)

  (tags: ski winter snow)

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October 10th, 2006

• Wind Links

  wind and weather forecasts around vancouver and bc. has phone number too.

  (tags: wind kiteboarding kitesurfing)

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October 6th, 2006

• Computerworld | Business starts to hear the ka-ching from Web 2.0

  “It’s all about sharing data so that people can do what they want with it,” Mr. Charland says
  -An article that I quoted in about marketing with Web2.0 that’s been re-run.

  (tags: web2.0 marketing article computer world)

• Sun’s Java gets simpler – Oct. 6, 2006

  An article on CNN about Sun, Java and JavaScript. Seems not to favorable for Sun, although I don’t this article is totally correct.

  (tags: sun java javascript cnn gregmurray)

• Usability Matters : Quotes

  Interesting quotes about why software usability and interface matters.

  (tags: usability quotes research ui internet)

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October 4th, 2006

• SlideShare

  A new web app that allows you to upload Powerpoint (ppt) presentations and have them converted to Flash movies for sharing, storing and blogging.

  (tags: beta office presentation service web2.0 webservices powerpoint office2.0 jonathanboutelle slides slideshow)

• 7 Laws for the New Software Landscape

  includes usability and viral aspects. very interesting principles, similar to that of the web2.0 mantra. Saw this in David Boloker of IBM’s presentation at AjaxWorld.

  (tags: software marketing enterprise enterprise20)

• IBM eyes programming for the masses | CNET News.com

  Just saw David Boloker of IBM demoing this at AjaxWorld. Looks pretty neat, wonder how extensible it is. Dragging addresses from a list to google maps to plot it, cool.

  (tags: enterprise ajax internet mashups web2.0 ajaxworld ajaxworld2006)

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October 3rd, 2006

• AjaxWorld Conference Schedule

  No BOFs, but the rest of the schedule is here.

  (tags: ajax ajaxworld ajaxworld2006 syscon santaclara)

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September 28th, 2006

• Ajax Grid Update – Nitobi

  Change Log for Nitobi Grid.

  (tags: grid ajaxgrid nitobigrid3.22)

• Podcast on the North Shore: Andre Charland & Nitobi | Raincity Studios

  Megan Cole and I hooked up to chat about Ajax, Nitobi, Grid 3.2 and DogLotion down at Ambleside Beach. Not a bad way to podcast:)

  (tags: podcast grid nitobi ajax rcs raincitystudios raincity nitobigrid andrecharland megancole)

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September 27th, 2006

• Andre’s Blog » Blog Archive » What’s going on with OpenAjax?

  quick update on what’s going on at the open ajax alliance.

  (tags: openajax ajax nitobi)

• The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do on Squidoo

  Alright Seth I set up a squidoo lens, now show me the traffic!

  (tags: business blogging web2.0 marketing SEO traffic)

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September 25th, 2006

• Ajaxian.com 2006 Survey Results

• Ajax Functionality and Usability Patterns – Podcast 4 of 4: Functionality Patterns

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