coldfusion: a dying platform? i think not.

while surfin around the web one day, i stumbled across a question/answer thread Linked In.  generally, i watch the questions being asked so i can see if my services can be utilized somewhere.  one question caught my eye, since it dealt with a topic i am very familiar with.  coldfusion. 

for those of you who don't know, coldfusion is one of the first web related programming languages, not to mention a complete application platform for developing and delivering powerful and scaleable applications and websites.  its hard to tell im a coldfusion developer, huh?

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we developed save iowa

the historic and catastrophic flooding in iowa was a tremendous tragedy for many in the beloved hawkeye state. the cities of cedar rapids, palo, cedar falls, waterloo, vinton, coralville, iowa city have been devastated. the state of iowa suffered over $1.2 billion dollars in damage.

save iowa was a website constructed by the nerds at brice cheddarn to assist the victims of the historic 2008 iowa floods. it contains flood related news, various ways to donate and volunteer and links to photos and videos to provide the disaster assistance to those in need. the site was featured on senator barack obama's website and the iowa city press citizen.