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360Flex – Speaker Chat – Eric Fickes and Jun Heider

February 9, 2010 By John

We’re doing a double whammy chat this week on the 360|Flex Speaker Chat! Jun heider and Eric Fickes, who are doing a 2 part talk on RIA, Backend support and even Silverlight, are together for the chat. Between the two of them there’s nothing you can’t ask about RIA, ColdFusion, Flash development, heck ask what developing in Silverlight is like if you’re curious :)

This weeks speaker chat is Thursday Feb 11th, 11:30am MST. Don’t miss it!

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These chats are great ways to see what our speakers are up to and get a glimpse of how awesome our sessions are. Think of it as a teaser for the real deal in San Jose. It’s not too late to ensure you don’t miss out on the best Flex/AS/AIR content available.

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360Flex Speaker Chat Recording – Kevin Schmidt

February 8, 2010 By John

If you missed Kevin’s speaker chat last week, you can watch the recording. It was a great chat.

Check it out here.

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360flex – Why you should be staying at the Marriott

February 2, 2010 By John

If you haven’t heard, we have an official hotel. That’s right, boys and girls. There’s a spot where all the party people are going to staying under one roof. It’s the spot where you can stumble or crawl to your bed after an all-night rager of drinking, coding or perhaps a bit of both.

Why an official hotel that’s not connected to the conference center? For one, the conference center is on eBay’s HQ. They are trying to run a business, not make your beds or pick up your mess. Aside from that obvious reason, we want to keep having fun after we leave eBay. We’re still gonna party at Ebay after the last sessions; However, instead of taking the post functs to someone’s room, we want to take the party to downtown San Jose!

One thing that’s always nice at a conference is bumping into the “superstars”. While it happens a lot at the conference, it’s tough to pull someone aside to buy ‘em a drink to say thanks for contributing to the community. While we (the organizers) may not be the superstars you’re looking for, we will be at the hotel with all the speakers (who are the superstars). If you’re flying all the way to the show to meet and learn from these people, why would you bother staying anywhere else? Yes, it would be silly, especially after you read up on the deal we have for you!

We have a room block of Sunday night thru Tuesday night. We lined up an amazing rate of $99, for you all because we love you so. :) You don’t think we love you? How about this? In addition to the low rate of $99 for a Mariott (read: Not Sleazy 8 or Motel 6, or the Holiday Inn down the street, close but gross), we’ve also negotiated free wi-fi access for everyone’s guest rooms. That alone will save you some additional coin.

Assuming you’re arriving Saturday to take advantage of our awesome Sunday Hands-On training, and staying until Wednesday to make sure you don’t miss the final 4 sessions, which will rock and be worth your staying ’til the end we promise! You’re still only paying about $125 a night when you average the prices. Compared to other hotels in the area, that’s a damn good deal. Saturday night and Wednesday night are a bit beefier on the price because the majority of people just stay Sunday to Wednesday, so that’s what our block is for.

I’m sure you have all been to conferences where there’s the, “Which hotel are you at dialogue?” Then there’s time and effort spent on who will go where and when to meetup, etc. Make it easier on yourselves and sure to be newfound friends. Just stay at the Mariott so you’re all in the same place and will be easy to find each other. We’ll be there, the speakers will be there, so there’s no reason you shouldn’t be.

You can book online, easy peasy :) Just click here. Check out the Hotel and Travel tab for information on the hotel and getting around San Jose

While you’re booking your room, you have registered for the conference right? We have so much awesome lined up it’s hard to contain ourselves when talking about it :) Register now!

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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 Speakers – Kevin Schmidt

December 18, 2009 By John

What does one do when stuck in Indianapolis on a 5 hour layover? Leave the airport and find a White Castle of course!! Actually the of course part wasn’t me, I hate White Castle, and hate being IN a White Castle as much as eating one.

Thankfully I was able to hit up Kevin Schmidt for a lift, the “of course” was all him!

Me: Thanks for picking me up. Sure I can’t convince you to grab lunch somewhere else? Chili’s Fudruckers? a Rescue mission?

Kevin: (After glaring at me) no. White Castle.

Me: (Sighing) Ok, I can live through it I think. So you excited about 360|Flex San Jose? (He nods) You were at the very first 360|Flex huh? I think that’s where we first met.

Kevin: I popped 360 Flex’s Cherry at the very first one!

Me: That’s a rather disturbing mental image, but yeah I thought so… the good ol’ days!

(We pull into the parking lot)

What do you think people who attend your session will be most surprised by/about?

(We get out, Kevin double then triple checks that the car is locked and we go in. It’s as gross as the last time I was in Indianapolis. In fact I’m almost certain that old lady in the corner, hasn’t moved since I was last in the state…)

Kevin: (he’s looking at the board as he answers. We’ve got to wait for someone who’s ordering 13 White Castles and 2 orders of chicken rings… Rings?)

That they can use ColdFusion without even knowing what the hell ColdFusion is! That and free beer!

Me: Free beer never hurts.. I think that’s how Microsoft lures people to it’s events.. oh and giving away laptops. (Kevin starts to say something) Not happenin’ order your food!

(Kevin orders 4 Double Jalepeno Cheeseburgers, 2 Chicken rings with Cheese, and a side of Fish Nibblers)

(I decide since I’m already taking my life in my own hands, I’ll go big. 2 Bacon Cheeseburgers, 1 Double White Castle, 2 Double Jalepeno Cheeseburgers, and a side of Chicken rings)

Me: What session are you most excited about, besides your own of course.

(We take a seat next to a guy who is either spying on us, or has a lazy eye)

Kevin: Garth Braithwaite – Your Flex App Looks Like Poo – I just hope that it doesn’t smell like poo too. I’d hate to offend the olfactory senses of those around me.

Me: Yeah I hope, but haven’t confirmed that Garth isn’t bringing aides to his presentation, visual or olfactory. What are you most looking forward to at 360|Flex San Jose?

(Our order is called and Kevin goes to pick it up)

Kevin: (Taking his seat, with a tray piled high with meat in shapes it was never meant to be in) I’m not going to lie, I’m headed to Napa Valley after the conference, that’s what I’m looking forward to! A close second would be the kick ass beer at the party. You guys always pick great beer! I hear there is an opportunity to take in some great Flex content too!

(I take a bite of a chicken ring, wondering not only what part of a chicken the ring comes from, but how they get it into that shape.)

Me: What would you tell someone that was on the fence about attending 360|Flex, to convince them to come?

Kevin: (He gulps down a double jalepeno cheeseburger) Ouch, doesn’t that hurt? I mean I know if I had a fence pole stuck up there I’d be getting off as quick as I could and register! I mean, it’s an awesome conference and if you don’t come, you deserve to have that pole stuck up your ass!

(I work on one of my bacon cheeseburgers)

Me: Smartass, but yeah it’s amazing how many people not only pass up the cheaper tickets, but wait until the last minute, as if they’re afraid the conference won’t happen, or we’ll do a sale or extend early bird until a week before. Nuts.

(I take another bite, trying to hold it down)

(we eat the rest of our meal, interrupted only once by someone of indeterminate sex, asking kevin for one of his chicken rings, he gave them one)

Me: (Getting out the car at the airport) So Kevin, who’d win? Lion Voltron or Vehicle Voltron? You have to answer since I ate White Castle.

Kevin: (he thinks a bit eating the last of his fish nibblers) Lion Voltron of course! The Lion is the king of the fucking jungle!

Don’t be one of those people, there’s a few, and I mean a FEW cheap tickets left. Safe $100, buy an iPod with it! Register now! Not only is there free beer at the conference, I know of at least one session with beer as part of it. Don’t miss out on the funnest and most technically deep conference on Flex and AIR in the world, don’t be fooled by imitations (Like Chicken shaped like a ring!!) Register!

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