ColdFusion Podcasts, past and present
I've been listening to podcasts since they hit the scene several years ago. After subscribing to a few popular tech podcasts (TWIT, Diggnation, TikiBar TV, etc), I did a search for ColdFusion podcasts. I found "The ColdFusion Podcast" by Bryan Kaiser and Michael Hayne in early 2005. A short while later, they were joined by the ColdFusion Weekly. The "weekly" hosted by Matt Woodward and Peter Farrell raised to bar on CF Podcasts. The ColdFusion Podcast lasted 38 episodes and the Weekly lasted over 2 years befor Matt and Peter called it quits.
Brian Meloche stepped up to fill the void with CFConversations. What began as a roundtable discussion morphed into an interview show. Other projects have slowed Brian's ability to produce episodes recently.
2009 saw a burst of new ColdFusion podcasts with varying degrees of frequency. CFPanel is a roundtable discussion done via Adobe Connect. Great panel members and content, but it has stalled at episode 5 in Sept 2009. The CFWeekly guys joked when they hit episode 10 that they'd cleared a hurdle and would not drop off. CFHour is hosted by Dave Ferguson and Michael Sean Becker. I really like CFHour. Dave and Michael have a good time, don't take it too seriously. At episode 30 the CFHour() is on a good run. TWICF - This Week in ColdFusion is the trifecta of Brian Carr, Micky Dionisio and Mike Chandler. These guys are really funny. Mike is the host and has fun playing the "n00b" and bouncing questions off Brian and Micky. Last on our list is the RIAPodcast hosted by Josh Adams and John Mason. This one expands beyond ColdFusion to include Flex JQuery, etc. The hosts are ColdFusion guys who include ColdFusion in the RIA stack along with Flex.
Podcasting is a big commitment, and my hat is off to anyone past or present who who has produced a podcast. I also need to thank Bryan, Michael, Matt and Peter for helping me connect with the Cold Fusion Community. As a lone developer I was missing the comaradarie of working on a team. These podcasts informed me and encouraged me to attend conferences, seek our my local user group and connect with other ColdFusion Developers. As evidence, I attended my 4th MAX conference and first cfObjective conference last year and became the manager of the Bay Area ColdFusion User Group.
Side note, after several episodes of the original ColdFusion Podcast with no intro music I jumped on GarageBand and cranked out an intro song for Bryan and Michael who used it for the rest of their run.
Happy listening....
CFML Podcasts, Past and Present
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Didn't recall that you had created the bumper for the original CF Podcast. Cool to hear. I miss many of those old tunes on the various shows. Fortunately, we can still hear many of them, for posterity. :-)
That said, my ability to do them frequently has dwindled. I knew this was going to be the case right at the beginning, and I wouldn't be able to do it weekly. The demands on my schedule make me too busy to produce an episode at times, although some of the periods between podcasts have been longer than expected. The other factor is that I had a lot of help at the start of CFConversations, where as now, it's pretty much just me doing the work, so no one else comes in to fill the void when I've got too much going on. I'm not complaining - I just wanted to mention it for posterity.
Thanks for the clarification. I think your podcast was a big service to the community. It came on the heels of the ColdFusion Weekly shutting down and carried us to the CFHour. Which is about to hit it's 60th episode.
I understand it takes A LOT of work to produce a podcast, blog, etc. Each us who takes the time to give back makes us a stronger and better community.
I'll be attending MAX this year, my 5th one, but my first as a presenter. I'm honored to be chosen and plan to bust ass to put together a great BYOL session.
Hope to see you there.