Day one was great! Many people took advantage of the free day one, and were able to enjoy 360|Flex for a day and see what it's all about.
For those enjoying the full three day experience, its been super!
We started with a killer keynote from Adobe, Tom and i did a little intro and welcome, I spoke too fast, that's what Tom gets for making me talk :)
We had a quick schedule change when Weyert De Boer was unable to make it. Pneumonia is a pretty good excuse. He can make it up to us next time we're out this way! Thankfully Andrew Westberg was able to jump in and do a great session on Flex and encryption.
The crowd here is very enthusiastic to learn about Flex, to better their game, and share their knowledge.
We had an after party last night hosted by Simplified Logic. It was really cool to just chill out and talk to some of the attendees. Our favorite part about these shows is getting to know them. We talked about where they come from, what their countries/industries are doing with Flex and where they see Flex usage going. During these conversations it became fairly clear: we need to expand the Flex universe in Europe. It's growing, but we need to help it hit the same meteoric highs it has in the US.
Day two promises to be equally as great! We're almost halfway through and it looks like each session is getting really good crowds.
If you missed out, you'll have to make sure to find the next US event and attend, or wait, we might be back to Europe ;)
Here are some shots from Sunday's sponsor/speaker dinner at the hotel. This was taken late into the night after much tomfoolery (no pun intended).
It was a very nice dinner, filled with traditional food from Milan.
One of the best aspects of these shows is meeting with those who are active in the Flex Community. It's cool that despite the fact that we're from all corners of the world, we all share a common bond that goes beyond MXML and ActionScript.
We also got the chance to hang out with a few of the attendees that found the loud party going down at the hotel.
If Sunday night was any indication of what's to come, this week is gonna rock. :)
