Or just take it like I do, and say who gives a fuck? > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Don't read this! > > > That's all well and good for CF-Talk, but for this list, we need to know: > > - Liberal or Conservative? > - Evolution or Creationism? > - Right to die or life at all costs? > - Stem cells? > - Gay marriage? > - Dogs in space? > - Ritual sacrifice? > - The Loch Ness Monster? > > > On 8/23/06, Jeff Guillaume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Hi everybody!" > > > > Okay, now that that's out of the way... I just wanted to > introduce myself > > since I'm going to try to contribute on CF-Talk regularly (no promises). > > > > I started writing ColdFusion in 1999 and have been a full-time CF > > developer since. I had the pleasure of being trained by Matt > Boles way back > > when (last I heard he is now "principal instructor for the Macromedia > > Educational Services group"). I worked at StoneAge.com > (co-founded by Ben > > Forta, who often popped in) for several years, and am now at > PowerOne Media > > (CarSite.com). > > > > I contributed early on to CFLib.org (isEmail, isZip, isSSN) but > in 2002, I > > started what has become a behemoth "hobby" site which has grown > beyond my > > wildest expectations and is the basis of much of my real-world > ColdFusion > > experience. It's a Harry Potter fan site called HPANA (80,000 > registered > > members and 8-10 million pageviews a month nowadays!). It's completely > > custom-written, from the news aggregation and content > management systems to > > the forums. > > > > Since I started with no money and it quickly grew beyond my > hardware's and > > bandwidth's capability, I learned how to squeeze every ounce of > performance > > from ColdFusion and have used that experience in my day job. (HPANA has > > since been featured in media like USA Today, Washington Post, New York > > Times, Movies.com, and is even recognized by JK Rowling as one of her > > favorite sites. We've also been invited by Warner Bros. to attend the > > red-carpet premieres of the last two HP movies in London and NY.) > > > > My main goal in developing HPANA was to have a kind of ColdFusion > > playground for myself. Primarily, I wanted to hone my > then-budding search > > engine optimization skills, and I wanted to push myself to > learn the latest > > technology and CF techniques. > > > > So... that's me, for starters. I hope to give back in some > small way to a > > community that's always been so helpful. > > > > Cheers. > > > > --- > > Jeff Guillaume > > Kazoomis Online Media > > http://www.kazoomis.com > > > > HPANA (The Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) > > http://www.hpana.com > > > > > > > >
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