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We selected a winner from our “Tell InsideRIA why you should be at 360|Flex” contest!
Congrat to David Jumeau for making the case why he deserves to join us in DC!
Special thanks to the InsideRIA team for spreading the word, and to Deril, Jack, Vitor, Lionel, Curtis, and Josh Grauer for submitting entries! They each get a special discount code to 360|Flex, hopefully we’ll see them there!!
Don’t miss out! 360|Flex DC is 2 weeks away! Register now!
We’re doing a little contest with InsideRIA. It’s simple really.
Just leave a comment telling us why you want to go to 360|Flex, and why InsideRIA is the best source of RIA information out there, and we’ll select 1 person to get a free pass to 360|Flex DC
That’s it, it’s that easy!
See you in DC!!
Jun is not just a kick ass developer, he’s also a great musician!
When you attend 360|Flex DC not only will you have three chances to see jun present (“Large scale apps using RTMFP & Flash Platform” & “Advanced RTMFP” as well as a tech session at lunch on Tuesday about musicians using technology) but you’ll also get to see him perform Monday night at 360|Flex-a-palooza!!
Q: How long have you been working with Flex?
A: I’ve been working regularly with Flex a little over four years now.
It’s amazing how far we’ve come how fast!
Q: What do you like most about Flex?
A: Flex was a way for me to get into building Flash applications without having to learn the timeline and all the designery aspects of Flash. Not that I didn’t want to, I’m just a coder vs. a designer and Flex makes much more sense to me.
Ha! ditto. I tried my hand at Flash and never could get the timeline and library! Flex was my way to build awesome apps and user experiences beyond HTML/CF.
Q: What 1 session are you most excited about seeing at 360|Flex DC?
A: 250-Michael Labriola-Flex 4 Components from the Firehose
Mike always delivers! His sessions are routinely highly rated, and the room is packed! We’ve watched people leave with a glazed over look in their eyes, minds blown.
Q: What about 360|Flex DC are you most excited about?
A: Hanging with all the cool peeps in the Flex community, chillin’ in DC, and all the rockin’ Flex knowledge that’ll be at the conference.
All good reasons! I know I’m looking forward to the exact same things!! I can’t wait!
Q: Do you prefer ninjas or robots?
A: Since I’m descended from a Samurai clan, I would have to say I prefer robots…unless of course it’s a ninja robot.
Robot Ninjas are banned by international treaty i believe.
Q: What is one thing you’d like to see improved in the Flex Framework?
A: I would say my gripe is with the Builder more than the framework. It’s gotten slow and memory intensive over the last year and not only that it seems Adobe is spending way too much time building n00b features into the IDE vs. improving/enhancing the developer productivity tools that an experienced Flex developer would care about.
Yeah they did that with Dreamweaver too, early on. Form builders, and CRUD tools, etc. They spend a lot of time making these widgets that sound cool and look great at User Group meetings, but don’t really help anyone, LOL.
Q: Is there someone you’re hoping to see at 360|Flex DC?
A: Indiana Jones
Well you might just be surprised, probably not, but you never know. Though I wouldn’t get my hopes up :)
Q: Lastly, what would you tell someone who was on the fence or hadn’t heard (I know, they’re out there though) of 360|Flex to get them to come?
A: If you’re a Flex developer and you can afford to come to 360 but you don’t…then you suck and you will be forever banished to building Flex 1.5 applications using the pre-eclipse version of Flex Builder.
I don’t think I could have said it better myself, but shoot, even if you can’t afford to come, we’ve got two great ways to come for damn near free. You can Volunteer, or enter our unemployed contest.
In case you missed it, we’ve teamed up with Flextras to offer a great contest to our out of work colleagues, or even to those looking to get into Flex.
It’s really easy. Maybe you’ve been laid off, maybe you’re a java guy thinking about Flex. in either case, just fill out this form.
That’s it. Jeffry and I will pick 5 people and each one will get a free pass to 360|Flex DC ($599 value) AND a $200 honorarium from Flextras to use as you like. The honorarium more than covers a night at the Hilton, reducing your expenses considerably.
This is a great opportunity if you’re short on money, or your company won’t invest in you learning Flex. You’ll come away from 360|Flex more than prepared to jump into Flex. If you’re unemployed, well you might not be by Wednesday night!
I was talking to Jeff yesterday about a contest idea he had, and really liked it. I think it captures the 360|Vibe really well.
We give back to the community as much as we possibly can, free passes to User Groups, etc. and now we have one more way to give a little something back.
Announcing the Flextras, help a brotha out (not an official name) contest.
This contest is for those in the community or looking to get into the community that are out of work. The economy is getting back on it’s feet, but it’s not there yet, and there’s plenty of developers looking for work, and plenty more looking to make a change. This contest is for them.
Please tell everyone you know that might be interested in it.
Here’s how it works.
Anyone who wishes to enter, just needs to go fill out this entry form. It’s a few questions, and that’s it!
Jeff and I, and maybe a special community judge, will pick the winning entries. We’ll select 5 winners. Each will get a free pass to 360|Flex ($599 value), and a $200 honorarium (which more than covers 1 night at the Hilton, further reducing the expense!)
It’s that easy!
Spread the word, get the contest going, let’s help some folks out!!
Not out of work? then go register! Why miss out on the best Flex/AIR conference in the world!