Joey Lott kicked off this traveling tour by talking to us about Adobe Flex and AIR. The group was mixed with Flash developers and developers who were interested in transitioning their skills to Flash/Flex. Joey did a good job introducing AIR, comparing it to a runtime environment like Java and explain its key differences and benefits over Flash on the web. One of its key advantages is its ability to connect and work with the users file system.
Joey has a great sense of humor and walked us through the .air file structure, what is involved and how to use a certificate to verify no one has tampered with the program or install file. He then went into the details of creating a basic application to open and read html files.
The example walk through brought up some great questions from the group which in some instances even stumped Joey. But as the questions rolled in it brought everyone into a common sense of understanding of Flex and AIR’s capabilities and potential uses.
We were fortunate to get around $400 in giveaways of books and t-shirts provided by O’Reilly and Manning Publications. We want to thank Joey again for stopping by and giving a great presentation.
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Event: Network and Learn
September 17, 2008
Organic and UXnet have partnered together to offer an evening of user experience design and information architecture discussion on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. This looks to be a great opportunity for networking, socializing, and learning how a large corporation manages the information architecture for their website.
The activities for the evening include:
- socialize with other professionals
- participate in a “speed networking” catered reception
- learn about Organic
- enjoy a presentation of “There is a story behind every link” by IBM Information Architect lead Keith Instone
If you’re interested in participating, please RSVP to Anthony Viviano by September 25, 2008 at aviviano@organic.com Plan to arrive at 6:30pm sharp, so that you can fully participate in the speed networking portion of the evening.
More information about the event can be found at UXnet Detroit.
Organic
2600 S. Telegraph Road Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 map
Interested in seeing the new features in the upcoming Adobe Create Suite 4 release? Save the date on Thursday, September 25 at 7pm to check out first hand some of the bells and whistles of the latest version.
There will be pizza and other surprises!
Location
ePrize
1 ePrize Dr.
Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 map
For more information, check out the Detroit Area Adobe User Group website.
Adobe to announce CS4 on September 23, 2008
September 7, 2008
Adobe will officially announce the 4th version of the Creative Suite on September 23, 2008. Be sure to sign up for the webcast of the announcement.
At the TODCon conference I attended in June, Alan Musselman highlighted the new features in Fireworks CS4, and they looked great! I know a lot of web professionals who have downloaded the CS4 beta versions from Adobe Labs, and have been very impressed.
Note: September 23, 2008 is the announcement, NOT the official release date of Creative Suite 4.
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