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360flex – User Group Giveaway

January 4, 2011 By John

As we approach 360|Flex 2011, we’re cleaning house. Literally, it’s my house and all the conference ‘stuff’ is in the garage. You may or may not know we’ve had the shirts from DC available for purchase since we got back, they’re an awesome deal, and a great wa to get a one of a kind shirt even if you missed the conference. BUT we’ve got a lot of them, we’ve also go a box of the should backpack’s we gave out at 360|Flex Indy.

So…

If you run a user group, and want some give aways for your members, and have about $11.00 to spend, we’ll stuff as much as we can in a USPS flat rate box and ship you shirts and bags, and whatever else we’ve still got laying around that is 360|Flex. Even some books.

Why $11? well shipping ain’t cheap, and while we love and support the Adobe community, 360|conferences doesn’t make enough money yet to pay my salary, so shipping n boxes around the country just ain’t in the budget I’m afraid. However the Flat rate USPS boxes are a great way to cram as much as i can into an affordable package for User Groups. If you want 2 boxes, it’s $22, etc, etc.

No strings, we just don’t want the shirts, bags, books, etc to go to waste, and figured it’d be a cool way for User Groups to have more raffle goodies.

All we need is an email with the following information.

User Group Name:

Shipping Address:

Attention:

Paypal Email address:

How many boxes:

Send that to. info AT 360flex DOT com.

When we get the email we’ll send a paypal request and the box will be on it’s way.

We’ll do a random sampling of sizes and qty in each box, sorry it’d be too much overhead to allow UGMs to customize the order.

Of course if you want a specific size, you can still order one :) At least until we’ve shipped them all out.

Please spread the word. We hope to get rid of all the shirts and make room for new ones :) We like having them around, but they take up space, and we figure it’s better to give them to anyone who wants them. Plus I won’t lie, better on the backs of Flex developers than in boxes in my garage!

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360MAX – Session recordings, 360|Flex Denver super discount

October 22, 2010 By John

Wanted to make sure to post this before we fly out to LA for Adobe MAX!

1. We’ll be recording the sessions, and posting them on the sessions recordings page as quickly as we can. Hopefully while we’re at MAX! Keep an eye on the session recordings page.

2. If you know you plan to join us in Denver this coming spring (Exact Dates TBA), AND you’re at MAX next week, come by the 360|MAX Unconference area and pick up a super cheap ticket. We’ve done this before, and it’s popular with our strongest fans. If attending 360|Flex 2011 Denver is a foregone conclusion, then you should jump at this offer. Early tickets to 360|Flex are typically $499. After that the regular price of $599 kicks in. Well if you’re at MAX, and like I said, you know you plan to join us in Denver, then make sure you stop by. We’ll be selling 360|Flex 2011 Denver tickets for $250!!! That’s a huge savings! It’s a great deal off the early price, and a crazy deal off the regular price.

It’s our way of 1. thanking folks for coming to Adobe MAX, and 2 showing some of our fans some love. Don’t worry the ticket is completely 100% refundable. If we announce the dates, and you can’t make it, just let us know and we’ll refund the ticket price. Tickets are always transferable too, so if you can’t make it and want to give someone else the awesome deal, by all means! All you have to do is let us know who the new owner of the ticket is! It’s that Simple!

Remember, Flex isn’t just something to make money off of as an additional conference or track. 360|Flex exists and was started because we love the Flex community, and want to be as active a part as we can in helping it grow and be more awesome!

There’s really no downside to picking up one of these tickets, but there are downsides to not getting one.

1. 360|Flex in 2011 will be 1 time only. In Denver in the spring, that’s it. We won’t be doing a fall conference. The likely hood of the conference selling out is much greater now, because there’s not a second show to attend if you miss the Spring show.

2. We’re planning around more realistic numbers, which means selling out is much more likely, and better for everyone. Selling out ensures financial success for the conference and ensures we can be around to do another 360|Flex.

Don’t miss out. 2011 is gonna be THE YEAR OF 360|Flex, and missing it will suck for you ;) Oh and remember, spring is usually the time when we’re getting early christmas presents from Adobe… :)

See you there!

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360Flex – Speaker Chat – Michael Labriola

January 25, 2010 By John

If you haven’t been joining us for the Speaker Chats, you’re missing out on some great stuff! We’ve had two so far, and our third is this week, with Michael Labriola of Digital Primates.

If you missed last week’s chat, you’re in luck, we’re recording them now (Sorry Dan, forgot to hit record on yours). Check out James Polanco, and see how much great knowledge gets dropped in this chats, before this weeks chat. Thursday at 11am MST.

Join us This thursday (bookmark or come back to THIS LINK)

The Speaker Chat’s are great ways to meet our speakers before 360|Flex San Jose, and have them answer whatever questions you’ve got. Unit testing, Flex 4, custom components, whatever you need to know, the speaker chats are a great place to ask.

If you haven’t already registered, don’t wait, 360|Flex San Jose is gonna kick ass! Register now! You’re career will thank you for spending 3-4 days in the company of the best Flex/AIR/AS Developers in the community. Whether you’re learning in a session, or absorbing awesome insights in the hallways, you’ll leave San Jose way ahead of the curve!

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360Flex – The Hotel and group rate!

November 25, 2009 By John

For those that have been to a 360|Flex in San Jose, you know that there’s not much near eBay Town Hall. It’s an awesome space, but surrounded by other office parks.

Normally everyone has to stay at one of the two hotels nearby then walk, light rail or drive over.

Screen shot 2009-11-24 at 4.37.34 PM This time we’re trying something different. We’re going to be staying downtown (near bars that stay open past 8!), at the Downtown San Jose Marriott

There’s an awesome bar on site, and a great restaurant, and it’s right on the VTA line so you can come and go to the conference.

But wait I’m not done :)

The Marriott has agreed to provide a shuttle loop in the morning and evening for an hour each time to shuttle everyone back and forth Monday – Wednesday. Just be outside ready to go during that hour, and you’ll be on your way to eBay Town Hall.

Also, every attendee staying at the Marriott will get free internet in their guest room. Just in case you have to work when you’re not partying with us :)

We think this will make the hours between sunset and sunrise much more interesting for everyone. Party with us at eBay then when that’s done, we can party all over downtown San Jose!

The room rate is an awesome $99/night

Book your room now! The room block isn’t huge. If you stay somewhere else, you’re on your own to get back and forth to eBay.

You can call 800.228.9290 to book your room!

While you’re at it, you should make sure to register, 360|Flex San Jose sells out, don’t miss it! Register now!

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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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