Previous Meetings
All future meetings will be posted in the Meetings category. For all old meetings (info/links) you can view here.
Where: UAT and on Adobe Connect Recording
When: November 22, 2006 @ 6:30 PM
What: “designing the obvious”
Who: Robert Hoekman, Jr.
Robert Hoekman, Jr., is a professional Interaction Designer and
Usability Specialist who has worked with Go Daddy Software,
Macromedia, Adobe, United Airlines, Cisco Systems, and countless
others to provide superior user experiences to a wide range of
audiences.
His newest book, Designing the Obvious, focuses on seven guiding
principles of great Web-based software and how to leverage them in
any real-world project.
Preso Description
Robert Hoekman, Jr. takes Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think! to
the next practical level by discussing the qualities of great Web-
based software and how to achieve them. Attendees will be shown
several key character traits of great Web applications, to learn how
to achieve success by creating more intuitive, obvious interfaces.
Attendees will see how to, among other things, eliminate clutter,
bring the most important elements to the surface, and apply iterative
design techniques to achieve incremental improvements with long-term
benefits.
Where: UAT
When: August 23, 2006 @ 6:30 PM
What: Adobe Flash 10th Birthday
Who:TBD
Flash is turning 10!!! Come out and celebrate with us as we take a look at the history of Flash and give away a free copy of Studio 8!
Where: UAT & Breeze (Recording)
When: July 26, 2006 @ 6:30 PM (2 hour preso)
What: Adobe Spry Framework
Who: Ray Camden
“I\’ll be talking about Spry, Adobe\’s newest AJAX framework. I\’ll talk about how to use it, and focus on how to make it talk to ColdFusion.”
Where: UAT & Breeze (Recording)
When: April 26, 2006 @ 6:30 PM PT (2 hour preso)
What: Flex 2.0
Who: Jesse Warden
Come see what all the hype surrounding Flex 2.0 is about. Jesse will cover the new Actionscript 3.0, mxml, and other Flex sweetness. This is an exciting time for web junkies. Come geek out with us!
Where: UAT
When: January 25, 2005 @ 8:00 PM (after AZCFUG\’s meeting at 6:30 PM)
What: Flash Remoting: The Simple Life
Who: John C. Bland II
Recorded: Coming soon…
John C. Bland II is currently the CEO and Chief Developer of Katapult Media, Inc. in Chandler, AZ. He has a love for all things software & web development and currently holds a solid skillset in integrating Flash applications with databases. His skillset reaches beyond Flash to ColdFusion, PHP, JS, Databases, and more.
Preso Description:
Flash Remoting tends to come off like developing in PHP for the first time. You ask yourself “Which print function should I use to output to the browser?” There are tons of ways to use Remoting, on the Flash side, but it doesn\’t stop there. Flash Remoting has a backend aspect as well which is currently run by ColdFusion, PHP, Java, or .Net. Learning how to implement Flash Remoting can be quote a chore so hopefully this preso will help you understand exactly how to start using Remoting.
Where: Breeze
When: December 14, 2005 @ 6:30 PM
What: Integrating Flash 8 and JavaScript
Who: Ron Haberle
Recorded: http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/p10813683/
Source Files: Download (zip)
Ron Haberle is currently a Senior Software Developer for Thomson Learning in Scottsdale, AZ, with specialties in interface development for web and desktop environments. As a self proclaimed “jack-of-all-trades”, Ron spends most of his days developing applications in Java, C#, ActionScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Preso Description
External API? AJAX? JSON? What the heck is all of this stuff and what does it mean to me, the Flash Developer. Take a look at some of the newly adopted programming patterns and strategies being implemented across the web, and see how Flash 8 can help you integrate Flash elements into your JavaScript applications. Learn what AJAX really is and how JSON is also becoming very popular. Learn about the new Flash 8 ExternalInterface and how you can communicate native objects to and from Flash without jumping through hoops like the “old days”.
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Where:Breeze
When: 11/23/2005 at 6:30 PM
What: “Databases – What the government doesn\’t want you to know”
Who: Cody Beckner
Recorded: http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/p61414343/
Preso Description:
If there is one thing that Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and yes, even Pat Robinson can agree on, it is that database systems are enigmatical, bloated, monsters that come in the dark of night and steal small kittens from your firstborn child… or is that P.E.T.A? Regardless, this presentation will focus on no one thing in particular (other than databases), but will instead attempt to give a broad education about not only what a database is, what comprises a database, some best practices in regard to design and development and what different types are available, but also demonstrate the differences between some of the major database platforms when it comes to code similarities and differences.
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When: September 28 , 2005 between 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM
Where: UAT
What: A Look Into AS in \’8
Who: Robert Hoekman, Jr. (our founder)
Robert Hoekman, Jr., is a Macromedia Certified Professional and a
user-experience advocate. He founded the Flash and Multimedia Users
Group of Arizona (FMUG.az), currently works as a Flash developer for
Interactive Alchemy, and is the author of Flash Out of the Box
(O\’Reilly, 2004) and the “10 Minutes with Flash” series of articles
featured in InformIT.com\’s Flash Reference Guide. Learn more about
Robert at www.rhjr.net.
Preso Description
Using the Expressiveness API
-Overview
-DropShadow example
-Blur example
-Applying filters in the authoring tool
Leveraging the XPathAPI class
-What is XPath?
-How to use the XPathAPI
Quick Mentions:
-ExternalInterface
-FileReference
Q&A
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When: August 29th, 2005 between 6:30 PM and 9:00 PM
Where: UAT
What: Macromedia Studio 8 Preview
Recorded: http://mmse.breezecentral.com/p17745389/ (audio in and out…headphones give best quality)
Who: Greg Rewis, Chief Web Technologies Evangelist, Macromedia
In January 1999, Greg joined Macromedia as a Senior Internet Evangelist.
Greg quickly mastered the Macromedia Internet product line, specializing in Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash. Drawing upon years of experience and knowledge of Internet issues and technologies to solve sometimes daunting problems, Greg is a respected expert within the industry and a valued resource for his colleagues.
After attending Louisiana State University, Greg served in the US Army attached to the National Security Agency working in the field of Electronic Communications Warfare. In Denmark he helped implement and train users in Desktop Publishing. He was Desktop Systems Manager for Egmont Publishing in Copenhagen.
Greg joined P.INK Software GmbH, headed by Andreas Poliza as the Product Manager. He rejoined Andreas Poliza at GoLive Systems in early \’97, initially taking on the creation of a Support department, followed by the creation of GoLive\’s Evangelism and Training programs.
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When: July 27th, 2005, from 6:45 to 7:45.
Where: University of Advancing Computer Technology (I-10/Baseline in Tempe), in the Theater (Map)
What: MVC Jesse Warden Style
Recorded: http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/p40411121 (first 6 minutes there are audio probs)
Who: Jesse Warden
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Blog: http://www.jessewarden.com
Jesse R. Warden is a professional multimedia developer working at Roundbox Media, and specializes in Flash Development. He has spoken at many venues including MXDU 2003, 2005, multiple Atlanta Macromedia User Groups, and other venues about various Macromedia products and technologies. Jesse runs a blog at jessewarden.com where he contributes Flash & ActionScript techniques, plugins, and sample projects to the community. Jesse enjoys coding, hanging out with designers, watching the History Channel, raving at da clubz, D&D, and playing games (all consoles, all PC genres). Will code for beer.
Preso Description
Jesse R. Warden will showcase how he builds Rich Internet Applications utilizing his own flava of MVC (Model View Control design pattern) combined with the ARP, a framework for Flash & Flex. He\’ll show how he sets up the components in Flash MX 2004, and how he works day to day in FAME (Flashout, ASDT, MTASC, and Eclipse).
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When: June 22nd, 2005, from 7:30\’sh pm – 9\’sh pm
Where: UAT
What: Flash Video: The Whole Story
Recorded: http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/p61442893
Who: Phillip Kerman
Phillip Kerman is a teacher, writer, and programmer with a decade of professional experience using Macromedia tools. His writing and programming have appeared on Macromedia\’s developers\’ site and developer resource kits.
His Flash books have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide. For proof that he can also program, check out the real-time cattle auction that he built for www.stampedecattle.com which consistently sells millions of dollars worth of cattle during a single auction.
Preso Description
Macromedia\’s Flash is becoming the standard for high quality web video because you can deliver customized branded experiences without any special plugins. Phillip Kerman will present both the practical capabilities and the technical challenges when using video in Flash. Everything from how to compress while retaining quality, to layering video using alpha channels, to advanced bandwidth and performance monitoring.
You\’ll learn:
–The best practices for converting video content to Flash.
–What options are available when using Flash Video and how to select the most appropriate one.
–How to implement some of the really unique capabilities in Flash Video.
–The technical considerations you must address when attempting to buffer, stream, and present quality video.
(see www.phillipkerman.com/wholestory)