Web Software Developer position open

We’re seeking a highly-skilled web software developer for a challenging and fulfilling position at The Church of the Resurrection (Kansas City area). Work in a high-energy, innovative environment with other talented technologists. BS in computer science or related field or equivalent experience required. Minimum of 2 years professional experience with the LAMP platform and 2 years professional experience with the .NET platform. Reports to the Director of Information Technology. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to serve Christ with your software development skills. To apply, please e-mail Cork Kurlbaum (our uber-volunteer/professional IT recruiter) for immediate consideration.

Five hot technologies for 2007

Yesterday Computerworld published an interesting article predicting five technologies will be hot over the next 12 months:

1. Ruby on Rails – web application development framework

2. NAND Flash drives – solid state mass storage with big enough capacity to substitute for small hard drives and 100x the performance

3. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) – short range wireless at 200x the speed of Bluetooth

4. Grid Computing – rent a data center by the gigabyte such as Amazon’s S3 service

5. Advanced CPU architectures on higher-density chips