October 19 2009 by
Nick Kwiatkowski
On November 12th, 2009, we will be having a meeting on the Papervision3D framework, to create 3D environments within your Flex and AIR applications. We will be meeting at 7pm in room 161 Communication Arts and Sciences, on the Campus of Michigan State University. This will be a BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) meeting, where we will be creating an application from the ground up in a way everybody can follow along.
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October 19 2009 by
Nick Kwiatkowski
It seems that companies are hiring Flex developers again! If you are in the market, let me know at nick@theflexgroup.org and i will pass on the current list.
- R.L. Polk & Co. is hiring a Flex/Java developer to be located out of Southfield, MI. Contact Eric Haener for more information eric_haener@polk.com
- Michigan State University Telecommunication Systems Department is looking for a student employee to help enhance and maintain existing Flex applications. Must be a full-time student at MSU for the FS/SS 09/10. Contact nk@msu.edu for more information.
If you have a job to post, please let me know, and I will be happy to pass them along. Our only rule is that the job must use some sort of Flex/ActionScript/Flash/AIR technologies, and the job MUST be based, or performed in Michigan.
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October 19 2009 by
Nick Kwiatkowski
Indiana
University Bloomington will host the third annual BFusion and BFlex
conferences, two days of hands-on training from experts in Adobe ColdFusion,
Flex, AIR, and Flash Catalyst -- technologies used to rapidly build Rich
Internet Applications.
When: Saturday, October 24 (BFusion); Sunday, October
25 (BFlex)
Where: Kelley School of Business
BFusion is a full day of hands-on ColdFusion training. It features a
true beginners track, a beginners track for programmers new to ColdFusion, an
intermediate track on framework-based development, and
other hands-on sessions for intermediate and advanced developers.
BFlex is a full day of hands-on Flash Platform development with Flex,
AIR, Catalyst, and Flash Builder. It also features beginner and true beginner
tracks, as well as hands-on sessions for intermediate and advanced developers.
New this year is a track for designers looking to use Adobe Flash Catalyst for
developing Rich Internet Applications.
This is a tremendous training opportunity, especially with the cuts in training
and travel budgets. Some of the sessions being given at this event are the same
sessions by the same speakers as were at Adobe MAX in LA last week for as much
as $595 for the day of training. This event at IUB is $10/day and is open to
students, faculty, staff and the general public.
I encourage you to point your developers to this opportunity. Send your
designers too! There is a full day Flash Catalyst course on Sunday. This
prerelease technology allows designers to take Illustrator and Photoshop comps
and turn them into Rich Internet Applications (including cross-platform,
network aware desktop AIR applications) without any programming.
So send your staff and come yourself. It is a great skill-building experience
and wonderful candy for the brain!
For details and to register, visit the event web site:
http://bflex.info/
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