360Flex 2012 – Your Chance to shine

March 14, 2012 By

In case you missed it, we’ve got some awesome party action lined up for attendees of 360|Flex 2012. Well Welcome reception we mentioned on Sunday, it’s currently not sponsored.

It’d be awesome if we could change that :) it helps a ton when the parties are sponsored by the community. Thanks the Mixbook and On3 we’ve got two covered. One thing we thought might be cool is if a few smaller shops wanted to get in together to sponsor the welcome reception. There’s plenty of room for giving credit and it’d be cool if a few awesome folks/companies welcome attendees of 360|Flex with a cool bash.

If you’re interested drop us a line (info@ 360flex. com) and let us know. there’s no minimum to participate we’ll get a banner made with a logo for everyone who donates. For every donation that helps cover the Welcome reception, we’ll add your graphic (logo, your face, a picture of Pikachu, whatever you like)

 

We’ve never tried crowdsourcing a party, let’s see how it works.

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360Flex 2012 – Still time to volunteer

March 13, 2012 By

Time’s running out. We’re still in need of a few volunteers.

Volunteering helps the conference in huge ways. We don’t have a staff to help out, we rely on members of the community who want to help the conference and need a little help getting to the conference.

Hows that work?

well what we look for in volunteers are Flex community folks who need some help getting to the conference. Maybe a free ticket helps make attending the conference easier.

What we need in exchange are folks to help get the sessions recorded, work the registration table and help package the goodie bags.

We need quite a few more volunteers so don’t be shy.

Pretty simple. For more information, check out this post and drop us a line.

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360Flex 2012 – Time to Party!

March 6, 2012 By

Let’s talk parties. :)

You probably already know, from looking at the schedule, that we’ve got a metric butt load of awesome technical content. But what you might have overlooked (especially if this is your first 360|Flex) is the opportunities for socializing.

With awesome sponsors like On3, Sencha and Mixbook supporting our evening parties on Monday and Tuesday night.

Here’s the breakdown of the fun to be had before and AFTER you fill your brain with more tech talk than you can handle :)

Sunday night: 6pm is our welcome reception. in the hotel foyer area, you can also pick up your badge and goodies if you didn’t come in early for the hands on pre-conference training classes.

Monday Night: Right after the General Session, Sencha is hosting a happy hour in the hotel bar, before the main party starts at the Clock Tower Grill, sponsored by ON3

Tuesday Night: Our long time friends Mixbook are sponsoring a reception in the hotel bar/restaurant area.

Our parties offer a great chance for attendees to decompress after a long day of learning new things. There’s food, beer and soda, and nerds. Oh and usually something to do like PS3 Rockband or pool.

 

Want your name attached to a party, the Sunday events are still unsponsored, just sayin’, attendees love the people who buy the beer :)

 

See you in April

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360Flex – Android UI and iOS Hands On Training Opportunity.

March 5, 2012 By

Did you know we offer hands on training outside the conference? We do, now. :)

 

We’ve launched 360|HandsOn to offer hands on training built around the same principles as 360|Flex. Small, affordable, and of course awesome. Each class caps at 20 people.

Our first two classes (both in Denver) are focused on mobile, and neither is a beginners course :) Whether you’re looking to go deeper into iOS development or build out your Android app and don’t want it to look like, well most every other Android app, our first two courses are for you.

iOS 201 with our pal Tom Ortega will focus on things you need to know after you’ve built your ‘hello world’. Things like using ARC, building your app with StoryBoards, getting it ready for sale in the App store, and more. 8 Hours packed with real world hands on experience.

Android UI with Dave Smith will focus on something many Android app struggle with. Not looking like an Android app. The course assumes you know your way around the IDE, and the SDK and will cover things like view animations, gestures and multi-touch responses, and using 9-patches, and of course much more.

 

Each class is 8 hours of hands on goodness, with a professional who’s actually doing these things. We provide lunch and lots of coffee :)

Our goal with these and the many more we’re working on, both one and two day, is to offer hands on training that’s affordable for those of us that don’t have a company paying the bill. Of course, being less expensive doesn’t mean we have to offer lesser quality, which once you’ve attended one of these classes you’ll agree, we don’t scrimp :)

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360Flex 2012 – Space at the hotel is running out.

March 2, 2012 By

Sitting on the fence about coming to 360|Flex 2012? That’s fine. Well it’s not, but we know you’ll come around sooner or later, hopefully you do it before we sell out.

This post is a Public Service Announcement.

Rooms at the Denver Marriott South are filling up fast. Whether you’re on the fence or just slow to act, get your hotel room before you buy your ticket to the conference. You can cancel the hotel room up to 24 hours before if you need, but once our room block is full, that’s that. you’ll be paying full price for the hotel or having to drive from another hotel. Oh yeah there’s no other hotels within walking distance, and the nearest is across the freeway. So yeah, missing the room block is a big deal.

Not only does missing the room block mean you don’t get to hang out at the conference parties then just take an elevator your your room, but having to stay elsewhere hurts the conference. We need our room block to fill up. Selling our room block out ensures we get the discounts and things we need from the hotel to ensure 360|Flex can keep going.

 

Book your hotel room now! Even if you’re gonna wait to get the conference ticket. See you in April

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