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MAX Conference Sessions Becoming Available Online

Posted on December 14, 2008 | Filed Under Adobe Flex, Software Engineering

Ted Patrick and his fellow Adobe evangelists have started posting recordings of the recent Adobe MAX conference sessions online at Adobe TV. Each session features a recording of the presentation/slideshow video and session speaker(s) audio.

There are a handful of sessions available now, with more coming in the next few weeks. I would recommend three sessions in particular once they become available. I attended them and they were great sources of info.

• Flash Player Internals (also discussed how the new Google SWF search support works)
• Using C++ Libraries in Flash Player and Adobe AIR (Alchemy Cross Compiler)
• Introduction to Flash Catalyst (Thermo) and the Next Generation of Flex (Gumbo)

Inaugural BHAM-FUG Meeting

Posted on December 13, 2008 | Filed Under Adobe Flex, Local Happenings, Software Engineering

I participated in the first meeting of the new Birmingham Flex Users Group this past Thursday, December 11th at the Hoover Public Library. Things got off to a great start with discussion of the attendees’ backgrounds and possible discussion topics for future meetings.

Personally, I plan to present topics on memory management, bookmarking/deep linking, and project workflow based on my experiences as part of an Adobe Consulting team on the Verizon Wireless Media Store, new product and technology announcements from last month’s MAX conference (which I attended), “Why Flex?”, and others.

Adobe has also kindly provided free books, shirts, backpacks, pens and other items as giveaways that will be offered in future group promotions and meetings as door prizes.

If you are in the Birmingham, Alabama area and interested in learning about Flex, the “Adobe Flash Platform” (as it was branded at MAX) or Adobe technologies in general, I encourage you to join us at a future meeting!