Jeff and I were getting ready to record an episode of The Flex Show, I think we were talking to Bill Gates? Maybe it was Balmer… Anyhow, before starting the show and calling the interviewee, we were chatting about 360|Flex San Jose 2010.

Me: Jeff, you’ve been to a few other 360|Flex conferences, which was your first?

Jeff: The second one. I think it was 360|Flex Seattle

Me: Ah yeah. Seattle was fun! Awesome city, great event, one of my favorites I think. The weather that week, was insanely awesome!

You’re speaking in San Jose, what do you think people who attend your session will be most surprised by/about?

Jeff: When people walk into my Flex Component Framework Showdown session, I’m unclear what they’ll be most surprised about. I might tell them that I haven’t written in a single line of code since I created a text adventure game in BASIC in high school. I might tell them there is no 2nd ‘e’ in my first name, no matter what the schedule says. I might take off my shirt and tell them I’m wearing Doug McCune’s virtual boobs this year. Or perhaps, just perhaps, they’ll be most surprised to find that the Flex 3 Halo component architecture is not going away in Flex 4. Every loves the new shiny look of Flex 4′s Spark component architecture; but we won’t have a parallel feature set to Flex 3 components. Adobe is making this change to support their tooling; but it may be a slow change.

Me: LOL. i fixed your name on the schedule, but I think it might be easier if you just add that ‘e’ in :D Yeah I think the biggest thing in Flex 4 is gonna be confusion about what is and isn’t changing, what did and didn’t go away, etc. So What are you most looking forward to at 360|Flex San Jose?

Jeff: I look forward to making some new Flex Developer friends and pushing some old friends into the fish pool at eBay.

Me: Make sure to push Leif, he love the pond, I bet he’ll love it more from the inside LOL. I’ve often thought of pushing Tom into the pond, but I like turtles too much, I think the sudden introduction of an Ortega to their small eco-system would be a shock. Turtles are surprisingly easy to scare. I once snuck up on a turtle and screamed ‘boo’, poor thing flipped over dead from fright right there in front of me. Side note, there will never be a 360|Flex in the Galapagos… I can’t go back.

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

Jeff: Flextras is going to be offering a very special gift to all 360|Flex attendees. But, you’ll have to register to get one.

Me: I love special gifts!! Can’t wait! Can I get a little hint?

Jeff: No

Me: Please

Jeff: No

Me: Oh come on, pre-

Jeff: No

Me: Fine, oh by the way who would win in a fight, Lion Voltron or Vehicle Voltron?

Jeff: Does Voltron II not get a say in the fight? Given those choices, it’d be Lion Voltron and John Wayne kicking Sylvestor Stallone and Vehicle Voltron. .

Me: Who? Voltron II? He the son of the other Voltron? Made up of sub compacts?