When: May 28, 2008 @ 8 PM
What: iMemories Demo
Where: UAT

Preso Description:
Ron Haberle, Senior Developer at iMemories will take you through their unique online video experience that empowers their customers to view, edit and share their home movies with friends and family. He will discuss how iMemories is utilizing the Flash Platform and Open Source technologies to deliver one of the most engaging video experiences in the film transfer and video archiving industry. Ron will not have any preset topics on code, but will open the floor for questions on his techniques and approaches, giving code examples where he can.
For more information about iMemories visit http://www.imemories.com or for video demonstrations of the software that Ron will be presenting, visit http://www.imemories.com/help/.

SEE YOU THERE!

Also, I’ll be speaking for the CFUG: http://www.johncblandii.com/2008/05/528-preso-for-azcfug-cf8-net-i.html.

So, we’re in full force again. Meeting announcements will be posted here as they were previously.

Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.

Adobe AIR is game-changing in so many ways, extending rich applications to the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write desktop applications using the same skills that you’ve been already using to create great web apps including both Flex and AJAX.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium at this event!

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Kevin Hoyt
Kevin Hoyt is a Platform Evangelist with Adobe. Passionate about engaging user experiences, you’ll most often find him meeting with customers, speaking at conferences, presenting online seminars, or just enjoying the chance to share ideas and brainstorm with other developers. When not on the road, Kevin enjoys spending time with his family, photography and general aviation.

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(for more info see http://www.gotoandstop.org/index.php/2008/01/10/2008-kick-off-meeting-adobe-flex-and-air-pre-release-tour/)

The first meeting of 2008 is going to be a SWEET one! Not only are we giving away some sweet schwag but we will have Adobe in the house showing off the latest and greatest Flex/AIR sweetness.

So, here are the details. We WILL NOT meet on our normally scheduled day. We WILL meet one day earlier: January 22, 2008 @ 7:00. At 6:30 we will have an initial meet/greet/geek session so come out early and enjoy some snacks and networking. The actual preso will begin promptly at 7.

Now…the schwag. We are giving away 1 free copy of Flex Professional and CS3 Web Premium. We will also have Flex branded schwag (not saying what type but most will probably want one…or two) and…{drum roll}…an iPod Nano!

This will be a fun meeting to kick off 2008. We will be officially joined with the Phoenix Flex User Group and Phoenix Adobe User Group for this meeting as well so there will be a good mix of individuals to mingle with.

To all those wondering if they should come…STAND UP AND BE ACCOUNTED FOR SOLDIER!

I’m excited! See you there.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention Flex.org/tour has more information on the tour in general. We will be joined by Kevin Hoyt.

The winner gets a free piece of software from Adobe up to roughly $2500. Just 1 but this covers any of the suites (except Master) and even ColdFusion Standard.

The rules are simple…build the best whatever (where “whatever” will be defined shortly) and submit it prior to the deadline.

What is “whatever”?
With AIR getting SOOOOOOOOO much love lately….”whatever” == an AIR app.

Free software to whoever can build the best AIR app they can possibly build. There are no limitations on the product or content (keep it respectful). I’m going to invite people in and outside of the group to vote and the winner will be announce at our first meeting in January.

Also, if you finish early enough you can submit your app to MTV (if it involves their content, that is) and possibly win twice: http://www.mtv.com/partners/adobe/mtv_air_challenge/?source=TLD_adobe.mtv.com/.

The AIR app can be built with HTML/JS, Flex, or Flash. You do what you want to do and how you want to do it.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE? LET’S ROCK!!!!!!!!

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CORRECTION

I looked up the proper amount and it is $2100. Sorry about the extra $400.

“All active groups receive a discount membership code, a link on our user group site, a link to a welcome page that lists program benefits and downloadable materials, opportunities to provide feedback through surveys and become bloggers, and more! Groups with face-to-face meetings will also obtain a spot on a topical “review copy” mailing list; group leaders can use review copies to help boost meeting attendance.”

More info to come…

Tomorrow at 6:30 I will be presenting on Adobe AIR. I’ll attempt to cover as many questions/requests as possible and will try to code anything I’m asked within the set time period.

The main things to be covered are:

1) File API

2) SQLite Access

3) Window API

NOTE: This WILL NOT be presented via Adobe Connect. This is more of a let’s kick back and geek out on some Adobe AIR type of meeting. Online would seriously be missing out of the interaction aspect. Don’t worry though…this is an official meeting and not a 100% social event. It just won’t be a “sit there and watch/listen to me” but more of a “sit there and watch/listen to me AND ask/interact the whole way through” type of meeting.

AZCFUG will be joining us so we should be able to have a good number of people show.

Come join us!

http://www.gotoandstop.org/index.php/meeting-directions/

Come join us on 9/26/2007 @ 6:30 PM to hear Mark Piller talk about WebORB. The entire meeting will be available via Adobe Connect but we would love to see your faces at the meeting.

Meeting URL

UPDATE

Recording URL: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p78817480/

Preso Description

Mark Piller, Midnight Coders, will talk about integration between Flex/Flash and .NET, PHP and Java using WebORB. He’ll talk about what the product does, what features one can get for free and what The Midnight Coders offer for a price. He will also cover their vision for the future of RIAs and what we do to help companies get there faster.

Mark Piller Bio

Mark Piller is the founder and Chief Architect of Midnight Coders, an innovative and forward-thinking company specializing in the RIA integration technologies. Mark has over 15 years of software development
experience. For the past five years he has been specializing in building software infrastructure products designed to integrate Flex, Flash, and AJAX applications with a variety of backend systems, including .NET, Java, PHP, and Ruby on Rails. Mark is very passionate about ease-of-use of software and prides himself in creating technologies that clearly demonstrate that quality.

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