360Flex – Speaker – Garth Braithwaite

August 11, 2010 By

In our second feature on our speakers, we asked our bank of questions to Garth Braithwaite. Garth is doing the Hands-on AIR 2.0  session on Sunday, as well as the session “Decrapping Your App” on Wednesday.

Q: How long have you been working with Flex?

A: I hate* that question.  *Complete rant on RIA Radio.

Q: What do you like most about Flex?

A: The logo

ME TOO!! It’s so logo-y

Q: What 1 session are you most excited about seeing at 360|Flex DC?

A: Tony, Toni, Tone’s

Wonder where they are now.

Q: What about 360|Flex DC are you most excited about?

A: Ryan Effing Stewart

Who isn’t. It’s not a 360|Flex without RFS!

Q: Do you prefer ninjas or robots?

A: Why must those be mutually exclusive?

Well actually it dates back to the mid 80′s, a robot and a ninja fell in love, but their societies didn’t understand…

Q: What is one thing you’d like to see improved in the Flex Framework?

A: The Logo

I liked the old one better myself, this new one is less logo-y

Q: Is there someone you’re hoping to see at 360|Flex DC?

A: Ryan Effing Stewart

That’s easy, DONE!

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: The logo and Ryan Effing Stewart

This is where I’d judo chop Garth in the neck, and Xena pinch him so he slowly dies… or something.

You should be registered for 360|Flex DC already, BUT if you’re not, go do it now!

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360Flex – Volunteers needed

July 19, 2010 By

For those that were at 360|Flex San Jose this past year you’ll know we had volunteers to help out. The volunteers were a HUGE help, and a large part of why the conference was probably the smoothest we’ve ever done.

It’s that time again for our call for volunteers!
Why do we want volunteers?

  • Obviously having free workers is a bonus, but one of our main reasons for having volunteers is to provide a way for those that absolutely cannot afford the conference to be able to have a way to join us!
  • Give us your new graduates, those that were laid off, and those without 2 nickels to rub together!
  • The point behind 360 conferences is to have an affordable event that the majority of people can come to! Being unemployed doesn’t need to be the barrier.

Please note, that if you just want to save a few bucks you don’t necessarily fit the bill. Think of those less fortunate than you! We’re always throwing out discount codes, visit your local user group, they’ll have one, etc. The volunteer program is really for those that won’t otherwise be able to make the conference.

What do I need to do if I’m a volunteer?

  • We need you to be available Saturday thru Wednesday.  (Saturday can be waived, but the more hands the faster the work is completed)
  • We need people the Saturday prior to the conference for lanyard/badge assembly, and swag bag assembly, and to get familiar with the location.
  • We need people Sunday to run the Registration desk. This is your training for monday when the masses invade! There are 3 shifts, 7am-noon, noon-5, and 5-8.
  • Monday thru Wednesday we need people to run the Registration desk as well as the cameras in each session. You will be assigned to either the desk or recording sessions.
  • If you are assigned to record a session you need to remain in that session for the duration. You will need to confirm the camera continues to function and get the slides from the speaker at the end (via flash drive)
  • Sunday and Monday you will need to arrive between 7 and 7:30.
  • Tuesday and Wednesday you will need to arrive between 8 and 8:30.

What’s in it for you?

  • When you are not assigned to a session or the reg desk – you are free to see the sessions.
  • You get to enjoy lunch.
  • You get to mingle at all the parties (unless you are working the desk on sunday)
  • You get to meet a ton of people during registration!
  • You get a cool badge that says “Volunteer” :)
  • You get to say you know the folks that run 360|Conferences.

We really want you to get something out of the conference! We want you to have fun and learn a ton! You’re there to help us, but also get as much as you can out of sessions.

If you think you can hack it – apply!

  • Name:
  • Email:
  • Local:  Y/N
  • Phone Number:
  • Current application of technology:
  • Reason for wanting to be a volunteer:
  • Availability Sat?
  • Availability Sun?

Just email us at INFO at 360flex DOT com with the above details. We’ll let those selected know ASAP.

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360Flex – Things you’ll see in DC – Part 1

July 13, 2010 By

We’re hard at work locking in great sponsors (see two of them below), and awesome content, and I wanted to share a little with everyone.

Keynotes

Obviously monday’s keynote will be something to not miss. Not only will Adobe be giving us a peak at what’s new/hot/coming soon, but we’re handing over the mic, and the room to Doug McCune.

Sure we all know Doug from “Cool Shit” at Indianapolis, and plenty of other awesome, if not always child friendly sessions, but he’s also ridiculously smart, and a great speaker (Check out his RIAdventure talk, and tell me it’s not motivating). 360|Flex since the beginning has opened with more staid keynotes. Adobe (Ebay when we’re there) giving more state of the union style talks, previews, etc. I’d like to change that.

While we don’t want to completely move away from that, we do want to start raising the bar in the community, for events. Deepa is awesome, and I hope she come to DC to wow us (Check out her keynote from 360|Flex San Jose, it’s free just put it in the cart), but I think it’d be cool to get the community jazzed about what we do. We’re not stodgy old programmers building dashboards, and Web service front ends. We’re doing cool things! Let’s talk about that! Let’s talk about what isn’t done but is possible. Let’s talk about what isn’t possible and how that’s not stopping us!

360|Flex is first and foremost a community event. Organized by members of the community, supported by the community, and aimed at increasing the size of the Flex developer community. Adobe wants 1mil. Flex Developers, we want to help. We also want 360|Flex (and this I think we’ve succeeded at) to be the place where developers come to get knowledge, experience and face time, with things and people they wouldn’t otherwise. Every tried to find someone you didn’t know personally at MAX, not easy. We want everyone leaving 360|Flex on Wednesday to be so energized, they go back to work Thursday or Friday ready to “Crush It!” Ready to go to their bosses, co-workers, etc and show them the things they learned, the new ways of debugging, the new way to compile large apps faster, etc.

General Sessions

If you were in San jose, you got a taste of this, we had some awesome panels! This time around we’re not doing panels (Not for lack of interest, a lack of submissions, LOL) but rather are doing more themed general sessions. Ben Stucki, will be talking about “The Art of Computer Science”, Chuck Freedman is holding “The Great Framework Debate”, and Antonio Holguin is talking about User Experience and mobile. Mobile is growing! I expect the next 360|Flex to have a much higher AIR for mobile showing, and can’t wait!

We’re more than just coders and designers!

And no, i don’t mean some bastard love child of the two! Devigners, desoders, whatever. I mean, we’re interesting people! To highlight that we’re gonna have more than just Rock Band during the evening one night. Jun, Eric, and Scott AKA the compilers will be performing one night (Still TBD). They’ll also be doing a lunch session, talking about how their band incorporates technology into the sets. It’s rumored (Nothing solid yet) that 22nd Century, band of Adobe Evangelist Duane Nickull will be on site as well, and maybe even a little live DJ action from an old friend :)

I don’t want 360|Flex to turn into a “Festival” there’s enough of those out there, but I do think there’s room for more interesting stuff than what we’ve offered before.

Go register… right now! Do it, click this link, register, and secure your spot. Then go book your hotel, it’ll be THE place to be. Why cab/walk/whatever to another hotel, when you can be in the event hotel. I can’t stress enough how much better an experience it is to be in hotel of the conference.

Go on! Register! See you in DC!

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360Flex – The east coast is tough!

June 14, 2010 By

We’ve promised the east coast crowd, an honest to god east coast 360|Flex since… well since our first event back in ’07

We’re keeping that promise, finally, but it sure ain’t easy! The east coast is expensive, for an event like 360|Flex. We don’t charge a lot to get in, and most hotels costs more than the price of a ticket to 360|Flex. That’s hard to think about, staying at the hotel for the event is more than the event. At least bigger events, it’s even, which makes it less noticable :)

THAT SAID. We’re really close to locking in a hotel that should do nicely for 360|Flex, and still keep to our not breaking the bank mentality. I sure can’t wait to see how an east coast 360|Flex is responded to, it will certainly dictate whether there’s any more… no pressure :)

Stay tuned, the next day or two will see the announcement of time, location, and call for papers. Don’t miss out!

In the meantime, make sure to check out the session videos from 360|Flex San Jose and RIAdvanture. Some truly great stuff there!

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360Flex Sunday Hands-On sessions

March 3, 2010 By

If you’ve elected to participate in our Sunday Hands-On training sessions, please take a look below, to see if your instructor has left any special instructions!

Justin Mclean – Flex and hardware

Thanks for wanting to come along to my Flex and Hardware hands on course. On the day you learn about the Arduino hardware and software open source platform, create your own electronic circuits and control those circuits and the Arduino from Flex. Sounds exciting doesn’t it!

As a large number of people are expected to show up at the course I’ll be putting people in groups of two and the course will be limited to 40 people. Everyone will get a kit of electronic components and an Arduino to take home with them (if you promise it will only be used for good). Yes that right you get to keep a piece of hardware that’s faster than your old TRS-80 or Commodore 64.

You will to need to bring along:
- A laptop (preferably OSX or Windows)
- A standard USB A to B cable (rectangular one end and square the other end – commonly used for printers)

You don’t need to have any knowledge of electronics and there’s no soldering involved. You do need to have a programming background and it would be an advantage (but not essential) to know some Flex basics.

You will also need to set up the software that used in the course. Download the Arduino 0018 IDE from here:http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux

Install the Arduino IDE. To do so follow the guides here ignoring the steps about plugging in the Arduino:http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Windows
http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/MacOSX
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/Linux

Have Flex builder* installed. If you don’t have FlexBuilder you can download a trial a trail version here:

I will have a few spare USB cables on the day but not enough for everyone so please don’t forget bring those cables along. If for any reason you can’t install the IDE or FlexBuilder  before the course I will have the software available on the day.

If you have any questions before the course please email me at justin@classsoftware.com

Garth Braithwaite – Flex 101

Flash Builder Beta 2 Installed(Available from Adobe Labs.)

Also the Latest Flex SDK

Joel Hooks – Hands-on Development with the Robotlegs AS3 Framework

Flash Builder Beta 2 Installed (Available from Adobe Labs.)

Also the Latest Flex SDK

Sid Maestre – Beginner Workshop with the Mate Framework

FlexBuilder 3 and a debugger version of the player installed.

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