Haven't heard of any on Gabriloa yet...but ya there are quite a few lurking about. The local "so-called" tech school (Computer Masters) is teaching CF as part of it's 10 month e-biz course. That's encouraging, but ya just can't learn this stuff in a classroom, so the folks coming out of the course need to be hand held a lot and broken of their evil classroom ways ;-)
Bryan Stevenson VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. p. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Allaire Alliance Partner www.allaire.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: Re: Canadians (was What just HAPPENED!!) > Yup, Cameron was there (I don't remember seeing Zack). There where close to > 100 people there last night. I got to wondering how many CF developers > there where in BC. I have always guessed a few hundred but... now I suspect > they are lurking all over the place :-) > > I have my eyes set on Gabriloa island... any developers there that you know > of? > > > > Hey Joseph, > > > > Cool another BCer....great. So you were at the Vancouver CFUG were > ya...did > > ya meet a guy named Zac Belado (Bay Laef Software) or Cameron from > Evolution > > B? I was at the first Van CFUG when Jeremy Allaire kicked things > off...now > > that was a show (except he was demoing some code and didn't really seem to > > know how it worked..hehe). > > > > Hey...there's another plug for Victoria.... > > An individual (who will remane nameless) that helped start the Van. CFUG > is > > looking to move to Victoria (from the US..no cities to protect identity) > and > > help our company to launch our CFUG (www.cfug-vancouverisland.com). We > > launched the site about 5 months ago...but haven't had time to get the > first > > meeting under our belts. > > > > <soapbox> > > BTW Victoria is plagued by free technology itis. Too many people use > > Unix/Linux (which isn't all bad) and PHP, ASP, and even Perl!! It's one > of > > our golas to ram CF down the corporate throat of Victoria until they > realize > > that even though it may cost a tad more to host...we can build it faster > > (less cost to client) and better in CF! > > </soapbox> > > > > OK...I'm done for now ;-) > > > > Go Canada! Hire a Canadian developer..our money isn't worth > anything...and > > we have lots of time to practice coding in our igloos ;-) > > > > Bryan Stevenson > > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > > p. 250.920.8830 > > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Allaire Alliance Partner > > www.allaire.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:41 AM > > Subject: Re: Canadians (was What just HAPPENED!!) > > > > > > > I just got back from Vancouver about ... 250 emails ago. Ben Forta was > > > presenting at the Vancouver CFUG. I hadn't had a chance to meet him > until > > > now. Great show!.. > > > > > > Of course... it isn't raining here in the Okanagan valley. I knew those > > > mountains where there for a reason :-) > > > > > > > Hi Bryan: > > > > > > > > Yes, I'm Canadian! > > > > From Guelph Ontario.... I've been to Victoria, and it IS beautiful! > > > Guelph > > > > is not too bad either - a really nice place to live, and kinda fun > too. > > > > I was amazed to hear the house prices there... it's worse here. > > > > > > > > Just got in from my (non-coding) day job so that's why I didn't reply > > > earlier. > > > > anyways, what's with the impatience... i thought you islanders were > all > > > > mellow from the marijuana and mushrooms and sea air!!!!! ;) > > > > > > > > I am a sporadic participant here (watch out for spores), and generally > a > > > > freak, as i can only eat "special" muffins without wheat in them. > > > > My family did the opposite of what Larry did - came up from the States > > in > > > > the early 60's, and I became a Canadian in 1980. > > > > Working on getting dual citizenship now... > > > > > > > > Greetings from lone fellow Canuck, > > > > and btw thanks for asking, I was wondering the same thing! :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Patrick Harkins > > > > without an e > > > > drinking good Canadian beer for a better tomorrow! (?) > > > > > > > > At 12:11 PM 14/11/2001 -0800, Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > > > >Oh I'm here.....getting work done ;-) > > > > > > > > > >I asked before and got no response....SOOOOooooOooooOOOooooo.... > > > > > > > > > >ANY CANADIANS ON THE LIST?? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
