CFUnited Blog http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm This is the development blog. en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:50:05 -0500 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:17:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss michael@teratech.com michael@teratech.com michael@teratech.com no State of the CF Union survey 2016 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2016/1/20/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2016 <p>This year&#39;s State of the CF Union survey is finished!&nbsp;<br /> Thanks for participating! It will help us all determine what versions of CFML are most popular today, plus the top frameworks, tools, etc.&nbsp;</p> <p>The summary results will be available afterward to everyone who completes the survey so that you can compare yourself with other CFers.&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/Depositphotos_11149615_s-2015.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The survey will help you stay up-to-date on the tools that most developers use, top databases and see get to know more about the project issues you encounter and if other developers have them too.</p> <p>The final results of the survey are <a href="https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-survey-2016-partial-results/">here</a>. Thanks for taking the survey today.</p> survey Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:17:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2016/1/20/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2016 State of the CF Union survey 2015 - partial results http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015--partial-results <p>The&nbsp;results for the 2015 State of the CF Union survey are <a href="https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-survey-2015-final-results/">here</a>. See how you compare with other CFML developers. Discover what most developers use for tools, languages, databases, and development methods.</p> <p>Can you help? If you are on a ColdFusion list, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google group please share the survey so that we can get a more complete picture of the current State of the CF Union. Thanks!<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> survey Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:44:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015--partial-results State of the CF Union survey 2015 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/27/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This year&#39;s (Better Late than Never) <strong>State of the CF&nbsp;Union&nbsp;survey</strong> is now finished!&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thanks for participating! It will help us all determine what versions of CFML are most popular today, plus the top frameworks, tools, etc.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The summary results will be available afterward to everyone who completes the survey so that you can compare yourself with other CFers.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The survey will help you stay up-to-date on the tools that most developers use, top databases and see get to know more about the project issues you encounter and if other developers have them too.</span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The final results of the survey will be announced on Friday, April 10, 2015. Thanks for taking the survey today.</span></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; font-size: medium;"><br /> &nbsp;</div> </div> survey Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:44:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2015/3/27/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2015 Getting Into The Box http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/7/Getting-Into-The-Box <p>If you are into ColdBox, TestBox, MockBox or any of the other &quot;Box&quot; frameworks then check out the one day <a href="http://www.intothebox.org/">Into The Box</a> conference in May.</p> <p><img alt="Into the Box" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/IntoTheBoxLogo.png" style="height:141px; margin:10px; width:250px" /></p> <p>Speakers include:</p> <ul> <li>Adrian Moreno</li> <li>Brad Wood</li> <li>Curt Gratz</li> <li>Gavin Pickin</li> <li>George Murphy</li> <li>Joel Watson</li> <li>Luis Majano</li> <li>Markus Schneebeli</li> <li>Nathaniel Francis</li> <li>Pete Freitag</li> <li>Seth Engen</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> events Fri, 07 Feb 2014 04:42:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/7/Getting-Into-The-Box State of the CF Union survey 2014 - partial results http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/5/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014--partial-results <p>Final results&nbsp;for the <strong>2014 State of the CF Union</strong> survey you can find it <a href="https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-survey-2014-final-results/">here</a>. See how you compare with other CFML developers. Discover what most developers use for tools, languages, database and development methods.</p> <p>Can you help? If you are on a ColdFusion list, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google group please share the survey so that we can get a more complete picture of the current State of the CF Union. Thanks!<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> survey Wed, 05 Feb 2014 07:30:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/5/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014--partial-results State of the CF Union survey 2014 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/28/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014 <p>Help us find out the <strong>State of the CF Union</strong> with this survey - what versions of ColdFusion do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the summary results and a report on the state of the union with everyone who completes the survey so that you can see how you compare with other CFML developers. That way you can stay ahead of what tools top developers are using today, what databases are hot and see if the project issues you have are common or unique.</p> <p>Hey perhaps acting on the gap between where you are today and what you see in the survey report will get you that next promotion or new job. Or at the least make your next project more successful. Knowledge is power!</p> <p>Thanks for your time completing this survey.</p> <p>We will announce the final results on Tuesday Feb 11th 2014.</p> <p><img alt="President Obama" src="http://www.teratech.com/blog/images/slideshows//Website%20Images/2011_State_of_the_Union.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Survey Q and A</h2> <ul> <li>Q: Where are the results from previous years&#39; surveys?</li> <li>A: CF State of the Union 2013 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/1/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results">here</a>.</li> <li>CF State of the Union 2010 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/29/State-of-the-CF-Union-results-and-winner">here</a>.</li> <li>CF State of Hosting 2010 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-results">here</a>.</li> </ul> <p><br /> If you have other suggestions please comment or email me.</p> survey Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:30:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/28/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014 Know ColdFusion, will travel (CF job in Germany) http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/21/Know-ColdFusion-will-travel-CF-job-in-Germany <div><span style="font-size:12px"><img alt="David Tattersall" src="http://www.teratech.com/blog/images/slideshows/Website%20Images/DavidTattersall2.jpg" style="float:left; height:157px; margin:10px; width:115px" /></span><span style="font-size:12px">If you know ColdFusion and love doing tech support and like the idea of living in the heart of Europe then maybe this job in Germany with my friend David Tattersall of Intergral would be interesting. I visited their office over the summer and it is a great place to work and live. And only a short train or car ride from many cool places in Germany, France, and Italy so you can take advantage of the 24 vacation days per year! (That is on top of the 12 national holidays they have)</span></div> <div><br /> <span style="font-size:12px">Note: the office language is English &ndash; it is not required that you speak German to work at Intergral. Assistance with relocation will be provided. For US applicant&rsquo;s they will also provide assistance with getting the appropriate work VISA allowing you to work in EUROPE</span>.<br /> &nbsp;</div> <div> <div><span style="font-size:12px"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bit.ly/1ftO2FU">http://bit.ly/1ftO2FU</a></span></div> </div> community Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:54:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/1/21/Know-ColdFusion-will-travel-CF-job-in-Germany From CRUD to DAL and ORM in ColdFusion Wed 3/6/13 1pm EST http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/3/1/From-CRUD-to-DAL-and-ORM-in-ColdFusion-Wed-3613-1pm-EST <ul> <li> Are you behind the times on objects and ORM?</li> <li>Want to learn new ways to handle data in your application?</li> <li>Do you want to protect your organizations <strong>reputation</strong> for quality on the web?</li> </ul> <p>Then <a href="https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/153049345">join us</a> for this free webinar on moving from CRUD (Create Read Update Delete) hand coding all your SQL to DAL (database abstraction layer) using libraries and objects to move the data in and out of your database. </br> <img width="250" border="1" alt="Headaches from database coding got you down?" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/Depositphotos_2421161_xs.jpg" /> <p>We will cover</p> <ul> <li>why DAL</li> <li><a href='http://www.bryantwebconsulting.com/docs/datamgr/'>DataMgr</a> DAL library</li> <li>CF <a href='http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSD628ADC4-A5F7-4079-99E0-FD725BE9B4BD.html'>ORM</a></li> <li>Q&A</li> </ul> <p>The recent <a href='http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/12/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--results-and-winner'>State of the CF Union survey</a> show that only a third of respondents use ORM or other DAL. </p> <p>The webinar on <span style="font-weight: bold;">"From CRUD to DAL and ORM in ColdFusion"</span> is on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, March 6,2013 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST</span> (10am - 11am PST and 6pm - 7pm GMT). The webinar will be an overview on how you can utilize existing solutions to do the repetitive "CRUD" operations for you leaving you free to concentrate on the more complex parts of your code. The two solutions we'll be looking at DataMgr and the native ORM capabilities of ColdFusion 9 and Railo 3.3. It will be approximately 60 minutes including time for Q and A. The webinar is free. You can register at <a href="https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/153049345">https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/153049345</a> See you there!</p> <p><b>DataMgr</b> could be viewed as a competitor to an ORM approach - though it doesn't require the same types of interactions. While ORM solutions effectively change the perspective of development from database to object, DataMgr maintains the database perspective, but makes common database interaction code more concise and powerful. </p> <p> <b>ColdFusion ORM</b> (Object relational mapping) is a programming framework that allows you to define a mapping between application object model and the relational database. In an object model, the application objects are not aware of the database structure. Objects have properties and references to other objects. Databases consist of tables with columns that maybe related to other tables. ORM provides a bridge between the relational database and the object model and in addition provides Database vendor independence,Caching, Concurrency and Performance optimization </p> <img src='http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/johnwhish2.jpg' align=left><b>John Whish</b> has been working with ColdFusion since version 4.5. He is the author of the <a href='http://www.coldfusionormbook.com/'>ColdFusion ORM book</a> and has spoken at cf.Objective() and the Scotch on the Rocks conference on several occasions. To find out more about John visit <a href='http://www.aliaspooryorik.com/'>www.aliaspooryorik.com</a></p> </br></br></br></br></br></br></br> <p><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">System Requirements</span><br /> PC-based attendees<br /> Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server <br /> <br /> Mac®-based attendees<br /> Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer<br /> <br /> Mobile attendees<br /> Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android&trade; phone or Android tablet</span></font></p> webinar Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:27:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/3/1/From-CRUD-to-DAL-and-ORM-in-ColdFusion-Wed-3613-1pm-EST State of the CF Union survey 2013 - results and winner http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/12/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--results-and-winner <p>Thank you everyone who voted in the <strong>State of the CF Union 2013</strong> survey. Despite some worries ColdFusion is alive and well with a new version released since the last survey 3 years ago, and another in the works. I noticed that many folks are not on the latest version of CF and are yet to adopt a framework. However CFC use is nearly universal. And open source products such as CFEclipse, MySQL and Railo are used by about half of developers. Group learning resources such as user groups and conferences are used by about half of developers (down a bit since last survey).</p> <p>Here are some of the interesting things I learned from the detailed <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2014/2/5/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2014--partial-results">results</a>:</p> <ul> <li>Three quarters of developers are using <strong>CF9</strong>, with about half that number using CF10. This is a similar adoption curve as 3 years ago for CF8/9</li> <li>If you are running CF7 or earlier you are behind the curve</li> <li>Just over quarter of developers are using the open source <strong>Railo</strong> ColdFusion, little change from 3 years ago</li> <li>More than half are using <strong>Enterprise </strong>CF (vs Standard). The ratio of Ent/Std is little changed from 3 years ago.</li> <li>80% run on <strong>Windows</strong>. Same as 3 years ago.</li> <li>A 30% use <strong>Fusebox </strong>with other frameworks FW/1 and ColdBox the second and third most used. Fusebox, Model Glue and Mach-II have declined in use over the past 3 years, ColdBox about the same and FW/1 has increased in use. However the most popular "framework" is No Framework at all.</li> <li>While nearly everyone uses <strong>CFC</strong>s just less than half use <strong>ColdSpring </strong>or similar to organize their CFC and only one in three do data via CFCs using ORM. These are respectively slight and substantial increases in dependance injection and DAL use over 3 years ago.</li> <li>UDFs, Custom tags and CFIncludes are still as popular ways to reuse code as they were 3 years ago but still a little behind CFCs in popularity.</li> <li>Most developers have used CF for more than 10 years and 90% use object orientation</li> <li>CFers are heavily <strong>multi-lingual</strong> - using Java, PHP and .Net in large numbers. These languages are in similar use by CFers as 3 years ago, where as Flex and AIR use has declined by about half over this time period.</li> <li><strong>SQL Server</strong> remains the database of choice, with MySQL closely following. Oracle and Access runners up. All except Access are used by similar percentages as 3 years ago, with a moderate decline in Access use.</li> <li>Half of developers use <strong>subversion</strong>, and Git is now used by a third (up since 3 years ago). But the same 20% as 3 years ago of developers don't do source code control at all.</li> <li><strong>CF Builder</strong>, Dreamweaver and CFEclipse are the top tools, all used by a similar number of developers. CFEclipse is down in use a bit over 3 years ago.</li> <li>Half of developer attend a local <strong>user group</strong> some of the time, which is down over 3 years ago.</li> <li><strong>CF.Objective()</strong> is the most attended conference by CF developers, followed by MAX. Overall conference attendence is down as a percentage of respondees.</li> <li>The top challenges facing developers today is <strong>too much work</strong>, followed by maintaining someone else's <strong>badly written code</strong> and integrating with legacy apps and security issues.</li> </ul> <p>And the winner of the copy of FusionReactor is Paul Ihrig of Columbus OH. If you need to get on top of your backlog of work, learn new CF features, meet ORM gurus then check out our developer webinar series.</p> <p> </p> survey Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:38:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/12/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--results-and-winner State of the CF Union survey 2013 - partial results http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/31/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results <p>Below are the partial results to date for the <strong>State of the CF Union</strong> survey. If you missed the survey you can take it here. See how you compare with other CF developers.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>We will announce the final results on the day of President Obama&#39;s State of the Union address (Feb 12th 2013).</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-1.jpg" style="height:327px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-2.jpg" style="height:416px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-3.jpg" style="height:638px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-4.jpg" style="height:418px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-5.jpg" style="height:604px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-6.jpg" style="height:593px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-7.jpg" style="height:575px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-8.jpg" style="height:538px; width:400px" /></p> <p><br /> <img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-9.jpg" style="height:354px; width:400px" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows/WebsiteImages/2013-10.jpg" style="height:366px; width:400px" /></p> <p>Note that the results are batched processed so they may not include your votes immediately. Check back in a few hours if you want to be sure.</p> survey Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:50:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/31/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results State of the CF Union survey 2013 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013 <p>Help us find out the <strong>State of the CF Union</strong> with this survey - what versions of ColdFusion do people use, what frameworks, tools etc. We will share the <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/2/1/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013--partial-results">summary results</a> with everyone so that you can see how you compare with other CF developers. Thanks for your time completing this survey!</p> <p>Update: we will draw one person at random from all the survey entrants to win a copy of FusionReactor 1 YR Standard license (a $249 value). (Must provide email to be entered in drawing. You can still take the survey without providing email if you prefer to contribute to the results.</p> <p>We will announce the final results on the day of President Obama&#39;s State of the Union address, Feb 12th</p> <p><img alt="President Obama" src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/large_obama-speech-poll.jpg" /></p> <h2>Survey Q and A</h2> <p>I got some questions after posting the survey.</p> <ul> <li>Q: why is this survey appearing here,of all places.</li> <li>A: The previous state of the union surveys were on CFUnited.com so I just copied and edited the blog entry on there. Didn&#39;t realize that this might be confusing to some. Also I am planning to post CF developer and upcoming developer webinar related posts on cfunited.com, so made sense to put the survey here.</li> <li>Q: The site is still &quot;about&quot; CFunited even though the event has not happened in 3 years, might confuse some folks. Are you giving any thought to revising the site to remove current conference event references (like register, pricing, topics, tracks, schedule, travel)?</li> <li>A: Great suggestion, we will remove those (might take a bit of time to redo the graphics). I want to keep all the past presos and other historical CFUnited content. And not have the site be confusing.</li> <li>Q: Where are the results from previous years&#39; surveys?</li> <li>A: CF State of the Union 2010 survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/29/State-of-the-CF-Union-results-and-winner">here</a>.</li> <li>CF State of Hosting survey results are <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/22/CFUnited-CF-Server-Hosting-survey--partial-results">here</a>.</li> </ul> <p><br /> If you have other suggestions please comment or email me.</p> survey Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:31:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/1/30/State-of-the-CF-Union-survey-2013 How to get $40,000 to start a tech business in Chile http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/5/3/How-to-get-40000-to-start-a-tech-business-in-Chile <p>Would you like to get $40,000 and a free visa for a year to work in Chile setting up a web startup? Cool eh? I thought this might interest some of the folks on this blog or maybe you have graduating children or friends who might be. <a href="http://www.internationalman.com/im-interviews/set-up-shop-in-chile-and-get-40-000">Article </a>is from free InternationalMan newsletter</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">What if you were paid $40,000 to travel to another country, get a 1-year visa, and work on your technology related business? That's exactly what Start-Up Chile - an initiative started in 2010 by the Chilean government - makes possible, offering grants to small teams of entrepreneurs to come work on their ideas in Santiago. It's all part of the country's bid to become &quot;the Silicon Valley of South America,&quot; and today we chat with Kevin Kent, a Chicago entrepreneur who recently received a grant</p> <div style="margin-left: 40px;">IM: Why Chile?</div> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">KK: Right now, the Chilean government is trying to &quot;up the entrepreneurial bar&quot; here - to try to turn Santiago into the &quot;Silicon Valley&quot; of South America. They do this with a program called <a href="http://email.internationalman.com/wf/click?upn=Lq8E-2FTU8kCdtwgqRLFtXyyI81GozWNmjm1DHVfySzz4-3D_HDu-2BON2WuckNVJ2U1s3AlKq4q09XZrFZNoB8CHhedDi7KgKQKg8wPaNGhf-2BHXg1MQUORXQyWHWx1Hk5vMFt8gvjDHuB8YLZhmTSzPWbjNBt0pAC8kQWls8IYLAcgPj0nutHI2i6LtLQS0xZh8SMcJCJe-2F9eZsbbUFsWrllWdC8dF3yoUnHY74RMq3AwAIIhpd8QRDKJyMt0hs3o3nC0hrGVDbIyzjjrfvmiCZokUQEz8P-2FgwN3NsUf-2BZkaBoNB5mzB4XqyLc6dlGdkc7aK8cS56uTFEUCZshs-2BmEkKPmJCR8ydE4rNFcWZwbNqlD0eF0YhIqgcVTWNvKHO4KGfrLRQ-3D-3D" target="_blank">Start-Up Chile</a> - they bring in talent from around the world - people who have experience starting businesses and people from other cultures who have different levels of risk tolerance, not the same kind of blocked-off mindset that many people down here have about failure and start-ups. (Back in the States, if you give something a shot and it fails, that's just something that happens and we're proud of you for giving it a try. It's definitely not the same mentality down here.)</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">The program offers $40,000 grants to teams of 1-4 people to start their businesses down here in Santiago, stay for six months, and work on their businesses. Actually, it's not a grant but rather a reimbursement. So you spend $6,000 on your business and then you have a reimbursement meeting, and then (hopefully) they reimburse you. That process is getting better, but it's been very difficult. With a government agency, there's a lot of hurdles to jump through and red tape. But in the end, you're getting $40,000 for free and they don't take any ownership in your business, so it's probably still worth your time.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">If you just graduated college and have a great idea, but a lot of school loans and no money in the bank, it's an unbelievable opportunity to see another continent and get some free money to work on a business. You'll meet some really cool people and make some great contacts. ...</p> <div align="center" style="margin-left: 40px;"> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" class="graphicbox"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img height="362" width="570" alt="" src="http://www.internationalman.com/images/santiago3.jpg" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="bold">IM: Do you get a 6-month Visa?</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">KK: The program is 6 months but they give us a one-year visa and residential ID cards, which are apparently tough to get if you're not in a program (e.g., if you're just an expat wanting to come down here and stay a year). It's kind of like a Social Security card mixed with a driver's license or state ID. However, if you stay past the six months you don't get all of the benefits, like access to their working space.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="bold">IM: What was the application process like and was it hard to get approved?</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">KK: The application process was pretty standard. &quot;What is your product? What is your target market? How are you going to reach customers?&quot; and so on. We had to make a short two-minute video about our product and ourselves so they could get a little taste of our personality.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">In our particular group, they let in 150 teams out of, I think, 600-700 applications - so we were pleased about that. In the following round, two people we knew who had very solid ideas didn't get in, so the difficulty to get in is growing as the program gets more popular.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="bold">IM: Are they mostly looking for young start-ups in the technology field?</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">KK: We're actually a hardware start-up and definitely not the norm. The vast majority are web apps or web start-ups. I think it's just much easier to use that $40,000 doing a web application. In six months with that kind of capital, you can develop a lot of different ideas and business models. It's much more difficult to do with a hardware start-up.</p> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">....</span></div> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">IM: Anything else you want to add?</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">KK: Problems aside, I want to say that Chile is beautiful. We went to a couple towns that were 8- to 10-hour bus rides away that were just gorgeous. In one place we went on a &quot;night star&quot; tour where we went horseback riding for an hour and a guy gave you a tour of the stars, which was just unbelievable. We also went to Buenos Aires for a couple days, so there's a lot of stuff you can see within a very short flight from Santiago, which is great.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Read more <a href="http://www.internationalman.com/im-interviews/set-up-shop-in-chile-and-get-40-000">here</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> community Thu, 03 May 2012 14:17:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/5/3/How-to-get-40000-to-start-a-tech-business-in-Chile CFUN spring cleaning sale - classic ColdFusion t-shirts and bags http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/2/8/CFUN-spring-cleaning-sale- <p>We were doing some spring cleaning and found a bunch of classic CFUN, CFunited and MAX bags and t-shirts. Perhaps you had one of these bags but it worn out. Or maybe you never had one. If you want to be the best dressed CF developer in town then check out these items on ebay.</p> <ul> <li>Classic <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=160730767867">CF, BD, Fusebox T-shirts</a> $0.99 for 6 shirts opening bid</li> <li>Classic <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730778457">CFUN, CF_underground, UKCFUG T-shirts</a> $0.99 for 6 shirts opening bid</li> <li>Fighting <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730797211">Irish CFUG polo shir</a>t $4.99 opening bid</li> <li>Original <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730799086">Allaire green ColdFusion</a> UG polo $9.99 opening bid</li> <li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730756346">CFUN-04 messenger bag</a> and program guide $9.99 opening bid</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730745842">CFUnited laptop bag</a>&nbsp; $19.99 opening bid</li> <li>Another <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730738203">CFUnited laptop bag</a> $19.99 opening bid</li> <li><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/160730730570">Macromedia messenger bag</a> $9.99 opening bid</li> </ul> <p><img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/TeeShirtsLotof6_mini.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p><img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images/slideshows//WebsiteImages/BagNWTIMAGO_mini.jpg" alt="" /></p> conference gear Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/2/8/CFUN-spring-cleaning-sale- CFUnited Reloaded http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/9/21/CFUnited-Reloaded I have seen so much enthusiasm at this year's CFUnited I am sure it will be back in some format with someone other than me owning it in the future. If you have suggestions for CFUnited Reloaded let me know commenting to this post, by emailing me or by phone. Perhaps the location needs to change, or the format or something else. Or perhaps you have a suggestion of who might buy and run the event in the future. What ever your ideas I am interested in hearing them Thanks! <P> Michael<br> michael at teratech dot com<br> 301-424-3903 x110 featured news Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:55:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/9/21/CFUnited-Reloaded Thanks so much CFUnited 2010 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/8/4/Thanks-so-much-CFUnited-2010 CFUnited 2010, what can I say? My experience was awesome! My heart is filled with smiles, good times, great people, and wonderful memories. It was a bumpy road to get there but it was a labor of love. I am not a developer but "I heart CF" and I am in love with the CF community! This is an amazingly intelligent, generous, hard-working, hellafun, and genuinely NICE group of people. CFUnited leaves me this year gushing with gratitude. I will list a few of my appreciations to some key folks and if I stupidly leave anything out, please know I am still recovering from this whole thing. Attendees: First of all your bona fide reputation proceeds you. Lansdowne staff has communicated that they think you are one of the nicest groups the have worked with and that they have truly enjoyed working with you in just about every way. I agree with them 10 fold. Every person I interacted with felt like an old dear friend, even if it was the first time we met. Every person who came by the registration desk and smiled, said "Hey, " and gave feedback was, to me, the beating heart of this event. We did this for you and you paid us back what we lacked in financial compensation in pleasantries, understanding, appreciation, and kind words. I deeply hope that you got your monies worth and then some from this year's event because our highest hope was to please you. Advisory Board: We relied so heavily on your expertise and come to find out there was even more support available that we did know to tap in to. A ton of thanks for your work, diplomacy, and dedication. You are what has shaped and sharpened the content of this event and much of its fabulous reputation as an event of rich experience and learning is due to your input and guidance. This year, and I imagine in years past, you also felt and fielded some of the afore mentioned bumps in the road. You reacted with patience, support and assistance. You are such amazing leaders, advisors, and advocates of the community. Speakers: You are the rock stars, you are the main event. So many quality people, who not only show up and do their thing with total finesse, generating energy and awe. People who also promote and facilitate creating a quality attendee experience before, during, and after the event. When you get them in front of their audience they never disappoint one fan and they are willing to sign every autograph, so to speak. As a teacher myself, I have immense respect for their willingness to give of themselves to light the way for others. You did so many things to make it special and to honor CFUnited as part of your presentation. I was really touched by that and I adore you for doing so. I also am really appreciative of those who stepped up to fill unexpected gaps in the schedule and those who offered to. We were not able to take on a lot of other speakers who I am sure would have done the same. All in all, speakers are the veins of that carry that carry the love out and then bring it back in. Sponsors: These folks I worked closely with to make it a worthwhile endeavor and meet their sponsorship goals. I thank you so much for investing in this event and enriching the attendee experience. To me, sponsorship says, "This is the place to be and these are the people to meet." The expo floor is where sponsors and attendees network and make connections that grow business on both sides. I enjoyed working with every sponsor and I hope they can say the same of me. I think the sponsors really bring so much to the event beyond the swag they pass out. I deeply appreciate the interest and support. You are all welcome to borrow my car. Tara: Believe it or not she is a full-time college student. From all her help and hard work last year, to co-running this event by my side this year, you should all be as impressed as I am with this chic. What it takes to do what she did is having a highly focused, organized, serious, dedicated, and mature work ethic. And those terms only begin to humbly describe her. Then you add her alluring charisma, her tenacity, her personality and outlook, her spunk, and her energy. What you have is, by and large, the finest person I have ever worked with on anything ever! And did I mention, she is still in college? Or did I mention she has 3 other jobs (server in an upscale restaurant, B'Nai Mitzvah Party Motivator on weekends, and Brand Ambassador in tri-state area cities) but that's not all. Did I mention she is an accomplished musician who takes weekly lessons and practices regularly? Did I mention she also baby-sits for her brothers and for other youngsters, all without missing a beat on what was needed from her for this particular endeavor? I have told many people that she is a soldier and I would be on the front lines with her any day. The future for Tara is limitless and the appreciation I have for her is bigger than the sky. We will all say "We knew her when... " - just watch. Elliott: I call him The Boy Wonder but really that's just cause of his baby face. Really if we are going to assign him to a super hero, he is Batman. This man created, nay, invented, nay, pioneered the Stellr Intranet/CFUnited site and system, the Bat-cave, if you will. Here we have another young up and comer, a professional/student who walks tall with the seasoned gurus, and makes the untouchable look pocket sized. Like Batman, Elliott is your Everyman and your Crusader, your highly regarded authority genius and your down in the trenches people person. Not bestowed with any supernatural power, just that damn good when it comes to intelligence and chivalry. Not to mention one of the most popular speakers via votes and session attendance, boo yah! Though he is significantly younger than me, I have always looked up to him. He is an amazing mentor and a dear friend who works hard to keep the city safe. Caroline and Lansdowne: Conference Planner extraordinaire, Caroline is so fit for her job and represents the Lansdowne standard beyond perfection. She did everything for this event with such eloquence and care, she took the utmost amount of importance in every detail. I worked with her so closely and am blessed to have had such a good planner and such a good friend through this whole year. And Lansdowne staff Bree, Mark, Denise, Mike, Sheila, Bob, James, Julie, Stephan, Lisa, etc. and the numerous techs and tenders who did us so wonderfully, you are so superb. I am so impressed and I am so grateful. To do these folks justice I feel like I have to invent new words because I can find none to truly express the magnitude of my appreciation. You held our hands and you had our backs, and SO much more. All the while, you did it with style! Michael and TeraTech: Michael founded this event and has gone out of his comfort zone on several occasions, especially this past year to preserve and maintain the culture of CFUnited. The TeraTech company has rolled up their sleeves and put in a ton of behind the scenes effort over the years, often with little recognition. The other OGs (Original Gangstas) of this phenomenon are Kim, Alison, Ajay, David, and Nii. Beyond that there is a myriad of employees and interns that had their hands in the success of this event over the years and in 2010. They deserve a medal of honor for their willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty when needed; for you and for us, for each other, for CFUnited, TeraTech, and the CF community. The Volunteers and the CF Mic Up Contributors: The volunteers Anant, Lola, Vicky, and Oguz kicked ass! They were dependable, flexible, and generous. They all really shined under pressure and I am so pleased by each of them. Furthermore, the CF Mic Up was entirely planned and executed by Vicky, Charlie, Sid, Josh, Jeff, Chaz and other great folks (not us) who wanted to lend their time, talent, and equipment to making this a fun and memorable experience. They lugged their equipment on planes and toiled over plans to provide a really great experience and make the absolute most of CFUnited. I am totally tickled pink that they did! Karaoke to "Love Shack" was just what the doctor ordered for me personally that night. I am glad to have the opportunity for that and I know so many others were too. Hats off to the party people! Silver sequined hats at that. Nafisa and Liz: It just wouldn't be right not to mention these ladies. They have been growing this event for many years and left behind enormous shoes to fill. Liz helped to grow the event from CFUN to CFUnited and was behind many of the creative ideas and branding improvements over the years. Nafisa was key in creating a game plan to keep the conference afloat in tough times. I am so glad they were part of the 2010 experience and I am honored they came to support in one way and another. Both have moved to other endeavors but remain dedicated to CFUnited. Nafisa must be recognized for her effort early in planning and her loyalty to the event thereafter and I appreciate the support she has offered along the way in true big sister style. Both ladies offered sentiments of congratulations and pride that meant so much to me. It doesn't seem like 12 years since the first CFUN, but time can fly fast when you are having so much fun! I feel sad that this is the last year for CFUnited in it's current form and given the repeated requests from everyone for a "CF-Re-United" or perhaps "CF Reanimated" next year and interest from several people in helping create it I am hopeful that this wonder gang will be back another time. Perhaps the format will be different, perhaps a different location, but what will be the same is the love of ColdFusion and sharing information and ideas with others! Again, I sincerely hope I have not overlooked any person in this post, as I am still recovering from the whirlwind that was CFUnited 2010. featured Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:33:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/8/4/Thanks-so-much-CFUnited-2010