Hands-On

360Flex – In pictures

February 10, 2010 By John

I posted about what you do and don’t get, and we’ve done more posts than I can count on the overall vibe, and the parties etc. So I wanted to take a minute to just post some pictures. I grabbed these off of flickr.

That’s just a few. Some 1200 pics are on flickr right now for 360|Flex. We’ll get that number higher :)

Hopefully that shows you a little bit of what we’re talking about when we talk about the people, the parties, and everything else that makes people say “Here’s what I love about the 360Flex conferences: even if you didn’t attend a single session it’s worth the time and money to attend. The conversations with other developers in the hallways, at lunch/dinner, at the bars in the evenings is just as educational and of course more fun” Dan Florio

Imagine if you attended some sessions ;)

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360Flex – Get your New Year’s Resolution on

January 12, 2010 By Tom

It’s that time of the year.

You know, the one pictured in the image. It’s a time where the gym population magically balloons. The times when streets fill with walkers and joggers (at least out west). It’s a new year and, thus, resolution time.

Aside from the health one, there are two resolutions that are pretty popular.

Learn something new
Get a better job/position

Now, let’s see how it is that 360|Flex can help you fulfill those resolutions.

Learn something new

This one should be fairly obvious, but just in case let us reiterate some points.

There are over 40 sessions at the next 360|Flex, lead by industry leaders and devs in the trenches just like you
2 Keynotes – Adobe always delivers a great keynote, often with big news for the Flex community. The community portion of the other keynote is always an amazing glimpse into projects that blow your mind and inspire
Free Hands-On Sunday Workshops – That’s right, a lot of shows make you pay for your conference pass then extra for hands-on workshops. At 360|Flex, you’re regular admission ticket lets you into the Flex 101, Mate and Flex/Hardware workshops. Just bring your laptop
Panels – New to 360|Flex this year are panels. This will be your chance to hear from many experts at once and pick their brains
Meet the Flex Team – We usually have a Birds of a Feather where you can pick the brains of various members of the Flex team

Get a better job/position

Whether you’re tired of your current job or just want to move from Junior Flex Dev to Senior Flex Dev at the same company, we can help:

Highly technical sessions got finally get you over that hump from Junior to Senior
The parties offer an opportunity to meet and interact with many Senior Developers as well as those from contracting or full-time realm. Meet your peers, ask for advice and learn from them.
Hallway chatter is always amazing at conferences and 360|Flex is no different. Many people come simply for the hallway chatter, where very heavy discussions happen on the fly.
People who are looking for Flex developers know that they can find developers at 360|Flex. Learn about opportunities and the market to better help you decide to stay with your current job or to possibly seek out another

As you can see, 360|Flex can help avoid the “Nothing’s changed” feeling that usually accompanies resolutions. Registers now and make that first step in achieving your goals. ”Help us, help you.” :)

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360Flex – The Sunday Offerings are incredible!

November 19, 2009 By John

For those of you that know us, you know we like to offer all sorts of hands-on classes the Sunday before 360|Flex, completely free to attendees.

360|Flex San Jose might actually raise the bar :)

For those new to the community, or looking to brush up on their skill we’ve got Adobe Certified Instructor Garth Braithwaite doing a full day Flex 101 – Intro to Flex workshop. If you’re new to Flex, or just want to bone up before the main event, Garth’s session is the one for you. Garth is awesome!

We’ve also got Justin Mclean Doing a full day of hands-on connecting Flex to Arduino. Yeah that’s right, take Flex and AIR, out of the computer, off the web, and play with some Hardware! This session is for those looking to do things like Kevin Hoyt will be talking about on Monday (Flex + Fidgets = BEER!). This is new type of training for us, we’ve never done a full day of training around hardware! It’s gonna be awesome.

What else?

Sid Maestre will be doing a half-day workshop on the MATE framework, if you’re curious about MATE, this is the workshop for you. MATE is a great framework, for your Flex apps, you should check it out if none of the other workshops are for you!

We’ve got more to announce, but I don’t want to blow your mind :)

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360Flexpress training, coming up fast, Great line up!

October 27, 2009 By John

Tom posted some details for day one, over on the 360|Flexpress site, it’s really shaping up nicely. If you’re in the valley, or nearby and are looking for somehing to boost your game, or even break into Flex development, this training is for you.

You’ll come away at the end with so much incredible knowledge, it’ll take days to process it all. Ok maybe not days, but hours for sure!

Tom Ortega, and Thomas Burleson are both great instructors, and crazy smart developers. Oh yeah and Keith Sutton of SilVaFUG will be doing some hands-on intro to PureMVC at the end of the day saturday.

We’re also working on lining someone up to do some Mate Hands-On.

If you’re looking to level up your skills, don’t miss 360|Flexpress in San Jose. Hands-On training, by pros.

Oh yeah, and Apress is sponsoring the training, we’ll have some great Apress/Friends of Ed Flex books to give away each day! Don’t miss it!

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360Flexpress San Jose Nov 7

October 2, 2009 By John

In the Valley? Not the Hidden one, the Silicon one. If so you know that Flex is as hot as ever!

Tom and I are gonna do a one day, all day training event in San Jose at Ebay in November. Tom’s really excited to get a full day of training going on. He’s missed it, since moving to AZ and leaving behind SilVaFUG, and now deciding that training is his calling, it’s gonna rock!

We’ll be opening the registration ASAP, but if you’re in the Valley, keep the 7th open for an all day, Flex Hands-On training day, for only $149

See you at MAX! Remember you can pick up a ticket to 360|Flex San Jose 2010 if you find Tom and I at the 360|MAX Unconference.

Not going to MAX? Don’t miss out on the first 100 ticket sale. The first 100 tickets to 360|Flex are $499, and already they’re moving fast. Register now!

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