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.

Make sure you’re in Washington DC this fall, for what surely will go down in the Flash Platform annuls as the most awesome head to head discussion EVER.

The Jesse’s will be going head to head talking about the merits of Flex and ActionScript, and why they think one is better than the other. This talk was born on twitter, quite literally! This is why the Flex community is so damn awesome!

Don’t miss this epic battle of wills, and possible water bottles! Register now, before it’s too late.

So without further ado, you can download the PDF schedule HERE.

We’re probably gonna skip the gCal unless a lot of people really cry out for it. We’ll have the iPhone app, and hopefully android app (Sorry blackberry folks)

Until then, the PDF is what you get.

Oh yeah, take a look at the sponsors page. We’re still getting some pics, and bios, but it’s more or less complete!

Check out the keynoter. In addition to someone from Adobe telling us awesome stuff, Doug is gonna rock our socks off.

Oh and as a small teaser, we’re working on getting the Charity Code Jam back :) More to follow on that, but just wanted to throw it out there :)

The Call for papers is now OPEN. Don’t delay, it’s not gonna be open long. We don’t have time for months long submission windows this time. The window closes July 2nd. Speakers will be announced the following week.

That’s right, just 2 weeks to submit your talk. I know you can do it, I know you can bust out your best stuff and show the Flex community what you got!

Here’s how it works!

You send an email to info AT 360flex DOT com with all the following

Name

Email

Blog or twitter (Whatever you want on the speakers page)

Session Title

Session Description

Session level (100 = beginner, 300+ = uber advanced)

track (App Dev, Integration (ie. CF, PHP, etc with Flex Frontend), Custom Components, Business of Flex)

Speaker BIO

Speaker headshot

That’s it! Easy peasy! Now get on it!! You don’t have a lot of time!!!

Not interested in speaking? Not to worry! Go get a ticket now before the ‘first 100′ sell out! 4 days of mind blowing awesome, for just $450. Really? You haven’t clicked the link yet? Go go go :)

BUT.

As of right now, all videos that have been processed are available for sale here. Each video is $4.99

They’re direct downloads, so when you purchase them you get the file. No DRM bullshit or anything like that.

As always, feel free to share with the guy in the next cube, but don’t be a dick and put these up on bitTorrent!

I’m still working as fast as possible to get the videos processed into something that’s purchasable. Some sessions, may never get released I’m afraid, as the video just wasn’t there, I want to make sure that if the video is up for sale, i’d buy it myself. Maybe those’ll be free, I dunno.

At any rate, book mark the page. It’s going to be the main repo for all events moving forward.

I’m really glad we finally got this system figured out, and moving forward, it’ll be much easier!

Remember attendees get access to the videos for free! Not only do you see this awesome stuff live, but you get the videos to watch later completely free.

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.

Bookmark this link, and join us Tuesday at 12pm MST.

Elad will be answering your questions, about development, design, running a successful consulting business, and more.

This is the last speaker chat before 360|Flex! Don’t miss out!

Register now for what everyone calls the best Flex Conference around.

It’s not too late to register for 360|Flex!!! Register now!

Jeff owns his own consulting company and has recently starts Flextras, building commercial quality custom components. The Flash platform and Flex community need more people selling awesome high quality stuff. Jeff, Simplified Logic, Grant, they need company.

Chat with Jeff about running his own business, competing with freebies and more!

Save this link!

If you’ve missed the last few speaker chats, feel free to check them out!

Michael Labriola

Eric Fickes and Jun Heider

Kevin Schmidt

If you haven’t registered for 360|Flex yet, time is running out! hurry up and register, don’t miss out on the best conference this spring! Register now!

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 ;)

Register now!