Joe Rinehart joins Broadchoice, Inc.

I'm proud to announce that I am now a Systems Architect for Broadchoice, Inc. I'm a direct report to Sean Corfield, and the (impressive) list of technical coworkers includes names like Raymond Camden and Nicolas Lierman. At CFUnited 2008, Sean and Ray took a group of us out to lunch - little did I know that the three hours there would pale in comparison to the duration of the full interview, which consisted of attending the Broadchoice Global Developer Meetup '08. Ending my independent consultancy through Firemoss was a hard decision to make, but Broadchoice made an offer I couldn't refuse, offering my a position where I'll be:

1. Working with an engineering team that's second to none in the ColdFusion community
   
2. Working for a management team and board of directors including the likes of Sergio Zyman and Larry Blair
3. Designing and implementing a game-changing product in the world of marketing
4. Exploring new integrations of ColdFusion with Java and open-source Java frameworks
5. Having a ton of fun.

My initial project will be working with Nicolas to produce a behavior analytics and modelling RIA. It's going to be a challenge, as I'll have to tool the existing Transfer / ColdSpring / Model-Glue applications to record user events while simultaneously providing a high-performance service tier that will feed the (destined to be beautifully designed) RIA that Nicolas will be implementing.

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Firemoss: Goodbye, farewell, amen.

This is the first of two blog entries about a major change in my professional life. Originally, I was going to make one entry, but I felt Firemoss deserved its own.

In November 2006, I left Booz Allen Hamilton with the intent of launching an independent consultancy. It's been successful, I've never regretted the decision, and Firemoss has been one of the most enjoyable ventures of my life. I have, however, decided to move on (more on that later). Firemoss, LLC will continue to exist as a legal entity, but I will no longer be doing freelance work on an active basis.

For Firemoss Customers

First, thank you. I've worked with great people and teams over the past two years on some amazing projects.

However, I'll no longer be available for project work.

For Those Seeking ColdFusion / Flex Consulting

I'll still be doing a bit of architectural consulting from time to time, but I'm not actively seeking engagements that aren't reviews or short-term high-level architectural engagements.

For Model-Glue

The new path I'm taking promises to mean good things for Model-Glue.

0 comments - Posted by Joe Rinehart at 9:48 AM - Categories: Firemoss

MAX 2008: Speaking on CF Frameworks and the Enterprise

I'm proud to say that I've been invited to speak at MAX North America 2008 as part of the "Develop" track.

I'll be talking about problems that arise when making the move to "Enterprise" ColdFusion development (larger-scale, team-developed, API-exposing applications) and how frameworks like ColdSpring, Transfer, and Model-Glue lend not just code libraries but a solid platform for standardization of best practices within your development team.

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Deploying Railo WAR on JBoss 4.2.2

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Hiberailooving, Part 3: Adding (and Testing!) Relationships and Rules

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Hiberailooving, Part 2: Modeling and Testing

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Project "Hiberailooving," Part 1

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