Below is the link to Rob Gonda's marathon 2 hours and 17 minutes Connecto meeting last night. A big thanks to Rob for taking the time to present for the ScottishCFUG http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p69276272/

Rob Gonda will be presenting to the ScottishCFUG tomorrow night (7th Dec) on Ajax.

Topic:
Ajax, Web 2.0, RIAs, single-page-applications are just a few buzzwords that every developer needs to know in 2006. Learn the history of Ajax, what it means to you, why you should pay attention, who is using it, what is available, and how to implement it. This session will get you up to speed with Ajax, compare the different existing frameworks, and provide you helpful tips of do's and do not's with Ajax.

Time: 8pm (GMT)
URL: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/r21774523/

There's been a discussion brewing today. It started off about the potential need for a ColdFusion User Group in Northern England (the UKCFUG in London and and the ScottishCFUG in Edinburgh being too far away) and from there it digressed to the topic of where are all the UK based ColdFusion developers. As an aside, the ScottishCFUG have moved to an entirely online medium, using Adobe Connect to deliver all their meetings. This removes a lot of the restrictions often highlighted by people who don't attend. We also try and arrange quartely meetups, whether it be the pub, Karting or the as yet ill-fated poker night, to maintain that real life interaction. From the various blog postings about CFDevCon, there were around 200 developers in attedance yet neither the UKCFUG nor the ScottishCFUG sees anywhere like that for the Groups monthly meetings. In fact, you're lucky to get 20. In regards the ScottishCFUG, we have around 160 folks on the old mailing list, and 60 subscribers to the more recent Google list. So, have we really lost 100 folks? The answer is no, because I still have discussions with folks from the old list who have never signed up for the new one. The UK CF Developer list was also talked about. Whilst there seems to be a steady stream of posts, it always seems to be the same people posting. I can't confirm numbers on that list (run by Russ Michaels) but it's fair to say that neither the SCFUG or UK CF Developer list are a fair representation of just how many CF developers there are based in the UK. So, this brought up a roll call to try and find out where these CF developers are, and more importantly why they don't attend User Group meetings, post on lists, etc. So I'm taking this opportunity to appeal to the UK CF community to come forward and let themselves be know. Why not register yourself on the UK CFDeveloper Frappr map. Additionally why not post here and say why you attend/don't attend User Group meetings, why you don't post to lists, etc. From a Scottish perspective I'm pointing fingers at Alienation Design, Network Build, NHS Tayside, Fife Council, Edinburgh University, Robert Gordon University to name but a few.

I know Stephen has already posted this, but as we've most likely got slightly different audiences, here's the link to last nights ScottishCFUG Head First Mach II Breezo by Peter J Farrell You can also find the files used by Peter on the ScottishCFUG's Google Group And some kind soul has already posted it to Charlie Arehart's UGTV. Thanks Michael.

Just a reminder about tonights Mach II Breezo at the ScottishCFUG Full details can be found on Stephen Moretti's blog.

The next meeting of the ScottishCFUG takes place this Thursday, 16th October. It's another online meeting via Adobe Connect, and the topic is Head First Mach II and our presenter is Peter J Farrell We kick off at 8pm BST (GMT+1) and the URL you want is http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/r94491404/ Like all our Connect meetings, this is open to everyone, not just the ScottishCFUG.

Just wanted to highlight a few VMWare links, following on from last weeks ScottishCFUG breezo given by Kev McCabe. VMWare Breezo Recording
Virtual Machines - Post Presentation
VMWare Converter Beta

Just a reminder of tonights joint ScottishCFUG/UKCFUG Breezo. Full details here Everyone, and anyone is welcome.

Just a quick blog to say that Kev McCabe from Sky will be presenting to both the ScottishCFUG and the UKCFUG this Thursday (28th) via Breeze (I'll start calling it Connect soon).

Kev is presenting on Using VMWare with ColdFusion.

The meeting starts at 8pm and the URL is:
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/r12588949/

A post by Alan Williamson sparked some banter at the ScottishCFUG on the topic of conferences, and whether they are worth the effort. Stephen Moretti, our new UG Manager, followed up with a blog posting in regards the topic of conference sessions and their formats... ... what do others think? I've left my comments on Stephen's blog.