Techniques

Derailing Details: The Top Twelve Visual Mistakes Presenters Make . . . and How to Avoid Them

The twelve mistakes and remedies in this excerpt from Visual Selling, by Paul LeRoux and Peg Corwin, will help you create more effective presentations.

Breaking the PowerPoint Routine

Presenters from salespeople to CEOs have embraced PowerPoint, but they're using it incorrectly and undermining their own messages. Here are six tips for regaining control and delivering presentations that truly persuade.

Five Leadership Tactics To Make 2008 a Pivotal Business Year

Want to make a New Year's Resolution that not only improves your bottom line but actually has staying power? Quint Studer, author of the bestseller Results That Last, offers five simple tips for turning it all around...fast.

Build a Code Generator in Five Easy Steps

Brian Rinaldi goes through the five steps necessary to build a code generator; see how he did it and make your own life easier!

I'm My Own SQL Episode 2: Defining Business Rules

In the second installment of our new podcast series on SQL and database design, Hatton shows us how to zero in on the business rules for the database using the verbalization we had prepared from episode 1.

Communicating with Customers: I'm My Own SQL Episode 1

Hatton Humphrey gives us the first of a series of podcasts on database design! Episode 1, "Communicating with Customers," is available on Fusion Authority.

The Shoemaker and the Asynchronous Process Elves

In this programmer's fairy tale, one man can do the work of one man, but the elves can do the work of many. Find out how the Asynchronous Elves can multiply your work and cut down the time and effort needed to get the job done.

Breaking the PowerPoint Routine (Feb 19, 2008)
Five Leadership Tactics To Make 2008 a Pivotal Business Year (Jan 3, 2008)
Build a Code Generator in Five Easy Steps (Jan 11, 2007)
I'm My Own SQL Episode 2: Defining Business Rules (Aug 27, 2006)
Communicating with Customers: I'm My Own SQL Episode 1 (Aug 1, 2006)
The Shoemaker and the Asynchronous Process Elves (Apr 24, 2006)
CFEclipse CFExplained Part II (Apr 10, 2006)
CFEclipse CFExplained Part I (Mar 29, 2006)
Using AJAX with ColdFusion Part I (Mar 20, 2006)
Mach-Spring (Mar 1, 2006)
Vy a Duck? (Feb 20, 2006)
Test Driven Development with ColdFusion Part III: Integrate your tests into CFEclipse using CFUnit-Ant (Jan 25, 2006)
Towards Better Code Documentation (Jan 19, 2006)
When Code Can't Have Errors (Jan 9, 2006)
I'm My Own SQL: Saved by the Join! (Jan 4, 2006)
Test Driven Development with ColdFusion Part II: Building Unit Tests with CFUnit (Jan 2, 2006)
Test Driven Development and ColdFusion - From the Mouth of a .NET Developer! (Dec 14, 2005)
Test Driven Development with ColdFusion Part I: An Introduction to Unit Testing (Dec 14, 2005)
Accessing Visual FoxPro Databases with ColdFusion (Dec 9, 2005)
Doug Hughes: Asynchronous Processes in CF7 Professional (Aug 13, 2005)
10 Best CSS Resources (Aug 13, 2005)
Successful Strategies for Commenting Your Code (Aug 13, 2005)
An Application-Scope RAM-based Counter (Jul 7, 2005)
Big Macs. vs. The Naked Chef (Jul 1, 2005)
Search Engine and User Readiness (Jul 1, 2005)
XForms: The 'Other' New Forms in CFMX 7 (Jul 1, 2005)
An Introduction to CSS and Structured Markup, Part I (Jul 1, 2005)
CFMX 7: Little Notes on New Features (Feb 10, 2005)
Core ColdFusion: CFOUTPUT (Dec 15, 2004)
Search Engine Safe (SES) URLs (Jul 3, 2004)
Is a CFLOOP really needed? (Feb 11, 2004)
How to Strip Tags in Three Easy Lessons (Aug 23, 2003)
Blocking Sobig (and Other Viruses) with Regular Expressions (Aug 13, 2003)
Blocking Bad Bot User Agents (Aug 13, 2003)
Using ColdFusion Web Services To Query an LDAP Server (Jul 20, 2002)
Loop Return Values (Jun 28, 2002)
Ten Deadly Mistakes Fuseboxers Make (May 22, 2002)
Optimizing ColdFusion Queries by Reordering SQL Clauses (Apr 12, 2002)
Crypto in ColdFusion (Jan 24, 2000)
Reserved and Why (Jan 17, 2000)
CFIF Redux (Jan 17, 2000)
ColdFusion and Linux: The Ultimate Remote Web Server Combination (Jan 10, 2000)
Comparisons with CFIF (Jan 10, 2000)
The Law (according to Michael Dinowitz) Part 1 (Jan 3, 2000)
Creating a Quick and Dirty Hit Counter (Dec 27, 1999)
The CFINCLUDE Library (Dec 20, 1999)
IIF and DE Explained (Dec 13, 1999)
ColdFusion with Style (Feb 7, 2000)
Errata: Two Small Items, FA Alert Week of Feb. 7 - Feb. 13 (Feb 14, 2000)
Know your Tools: Customizing Studio 1 (Feb 14, 2000)
Think Like the Server (Apr 10, 2000)
Making Full Use of the Tools at Hand (Part I): Maximizing code re-use because we hate typing! (Apr 10, 2000)
Introduction to Cross-Browser, Cross-Platform, Backwardly Compatible JavaScript and Dynamic HTML (Nov 5, 2001)
Depressed Press Tackles Locking in ColdFusion (Oct 29, 2001)
IsDefined JavaScript Style (Oct 8, 2001)
Major Change to Macromedia Spectra 1.5.1 Locking Scheme Now Available (Sep 17, 2001)
Upgrading from CF 4.5.x to CF 5 and Switching from a Cluster to High Availability Monitoring (Jul 23, 2001)
Internationalization in JRun (Jul 23, 2001)
Performance Tuning with JRun 3.1 (Jul 23, 2001)
Writing JavaScript in HomeSite 4.5.2 (Jul 23, 2001)
ColdFusion 5.0 Server Monitoring and Hardware Load Balancing Devices (Jul 23, 2001)
Using the Connection String in ColdFusion 5 (Jul 23, 2001)
Macromedia Issues White Paper on Integrating Macromedia Generator and ColdFusion (Jun 25, 2001)
What Is the Macromedia Spectra COAPI? (Jun 25, 2001)
Simple Caching Techniques with CFSAVECONTENT (Jun 18, 2001)
Writing A Connector Uninstaller (Jun 18, 2001)
Getting Started with JRun Server Tags (Jun 18, 2001)
Leveraging the Verity K2 Server in ColdFusion 5 for Use in a Clustered Server Environment (Jun 18, 2001)
Roll Your Own Features in HomeSite and Studio (Jun 18, 2001)
Writing a Simple Parser for HomeSite (May 28, 2001)
Automatic Deployment of Web Applications in JRun 3.1 (May 28, 2001)
Finding Your Way with a Mapping (May 28, 2001)
Session and Client Variable Management (May 21, 2001)
Adding Wireless Abilities to Existing Spectra Applications (May 21, 2001)
Moving Up: ColdFusion to Macromedia Spectra (May 14, 2001)
Creating a Commercial JMS Plug-In Adapter for JRun (May 7, 2001)
What's So Great About User-Defined Functions? (Apr 30, 2001)
Macromedia Spectra's User Interface Elements (Apr 30, 2001)
Clustering Macromedia's Enterprise Application Servers with Alteon's ACEdirector Switch (Apr 30, 2001)
Macromedia Spectra Coding for Performance (Apr 30, 2001)
Web Publishing with XML (Apr 30, 2001)
Building Multilingual Web Sites in Macromedia Spectra 1.5 (Apr 30, 2001)
ColdFusion Methodologies for Content Management (Apr 23, 2001)
Clustering Macromedia Application Servers Behind Cisco's Content Services Switch (Formerly Arrowpoint) (Dec 7, 2005)
Macromedia Spectra Powers Trade-Show Communities (Dec 7, 2005)
Macromedia Spectra's User Interface Elements (Dec 7, 2005)
Macromedia Spectra Searching and Indexing (Dec 7, 2005)
Do Not Go Gently Over to The Server-Side... (Dec 7, 2005)
Understanding the web.xml Deployment Descriptor, Part 1 (Dec 25, 2000)
Writing Maintainable Code (Dec 25, 2000)
Allaire and XML, Part 2: XML- Based Protocols (Oct 23, 2000)
No Strings Attached (Oct 23, 2000)
ColdFusion in the Palm of Your Hand (Oct 23, 2000)
Developing Wireless Applications with ColdFusion (Oct 23, 2000)
Allaire and XML, Part 2: XML- Based Protocols (Oct 16, 2000)
ColdFusion and ContentBox Deliver Projects On Time (Dec 4, 2000)
Allaire Spectra's Personalization Connects Users with Content (Dec 4, 2000)
Saving Time and Lives: JRun Management Console to the Rescue (Dec 4, 2000)
Building a Personal Information Manager (PIM) with ColdFusion (Oct 16, 2000)
Time Out Client Variables (Oct 16, 2000)
Secure Your Applications (Oct 16, 2000)
Creating a Shopping Cart with ColdFusion (Oct 16, 2000)
ColdFusion Database Prowess Helps Bring Furniture Retailer Online (Oct 30, 2000)
HomeSite Stays Out of Developer's Way Until Needed (Oct 30, 2000)
Allaire and XML, Part 2: XML-Based Protocols (Oct 30, 2000)
Allaire Technology Preview: Spy Hunter and Effective Personalization (Oct 30, 2000)
ColdFusion Integration with Dreamweaver, GoLive, and UltraDev (Oct 30, 2000)
Using JRun 3.0 Logging Facilities (Oct 30, 2000)
Migrating from JRun 2.3 to 3.0 (Oct 30, 2000)
Performance Monitoring and Tuning in JRun 3.0 (Oct 30, 2000)
Web Application Monitoring and Restart in JRun (Oct 30, 2000)
Allaire Case Study: Event411.com: A premier ASP of consumer and professional event planning solutions relies on the Allaire Business Platform to drive thousands of customized personal (Oct 23, 2000)
Cutting Keystrokes with Auto Completion in HomeSite (Oct 2, 2000)
Improving Website Performance Using Additional Caching Products (Oct 2, 2000)
Putting Structure to Application Development, Part 2 — Describing the Integrated Development Methodology (Oct 2, 2000)
JRun Authentication (Oct 2, 2000)
University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture (Sep 11, 2000)
Victorian Government of Australia (Sep 11, 2000)
ColdFusion Caching: Super Bowl Champs' Secret Weapon (Sep 4, 2000)
Allaire Case Study: oneworld alliance (Sep 4, 2000)
Allaire Case Study: Youth Hostels of Australia (Sep 4, 2000)
Introduction to JavaScript (Sep 4, 2000)
Custom Functions in ColdFusion (Part I) (Aug 28, 2000)
Evaluation in ColdFusion (Aug 21, 2000)
Test Your Knowledge (Aug 14, 2000)
Case Study: Bridge Information Systems (Aug 14, 2000)
Case Study: Active Research (Aug 14, 2000)
JRun 3.0 Connection Pooling (Aug 14, 2000)
QuickTip: Installing CF Custom Tags Remotely (Aug 14, 2000)
Test Your Knowledge (Aug 7, 2000)
Locking in ColdFusion (Aug 7, 2000)
Fusebox (An Overview) Part III: The Finer Points of Fusebox (Aug 7, 2000)
QuickTip: Using Name (Label) Links with CFLOCATION (Aug 7, 2000)
Test Your Knowledge (Jul 31, 2000)
Error Handling in ColdFusion (Jul 31, 2000)
Test Your Knowledge (Jul 24, 2000)
New Allaire Spectra Engineering Methodology White Paper Released (Jul 24, 2000)
HomeSite Helps Bring Art to the Web (Jul 24, 2000)
Fusebox: An Overview (Part II) (Jul 24, 2000)
ColdFusion Clustering in a Distributed Configuration (Jul 17, 2000)
Going Virtual in HomeSite (Jul 17, 2000)
JRun 3.0 Performance and Scalability Tuning, Part 2 (Jul 17, 2000)
Introduction to Java, Part 2: JSP (Jul 17, 2000)
Creating a Virtual Tour (Jul 17, 2000)
Allaire and XML, Part 1: Past, Present, and Future (Jul 17, 2000)
Fusebox Definition List (Jul 10, 2000)
Fusebox: An Overview, Part I (Jul 10, 2000)
QuickTip: The Implications of Using CFCONTENT on a Production Server (Jul 10, 2000)
Integers and ColdFusion (Jul 3, 2000)