The final 2009 meeting of the Flash PDX user group will be held this week, at a location to be determined. We don’t have a confirmed speaker yet, and it may be an open show ‘n tell session with a sign up sheet. We will be raffling off Adobe software. The winner can choose from a wide range of Adobe software, including Creative Suite 4 bundles (not including Master Collection).
David Knape, Jon MacDonald and Matt Gitchell will show how they use the FDT development environment in their daily work.
When: Thursday 10/15 11:30 - 1:00pm
Where: Second Story 714 N Fremont St #200
Pizza will be provided, seating is limitted to 25.
Please RSVP with shane@secondstory.com
PowerFlasher, the makers of FDT, have generously donated a copy of FDT Pure edition for a raffle, and will send discount codes to anyone who provides an e-mail address for the raffle.
(Don’t know what FDT is? In short, FDT is a professional code editor for ActionScript. More info on FDT at http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com. )
David Knape will be at Fashion Buddha Friday night to discuss his Bumpslide App Template. The app template is part of his open-source Bumpslide Library and will be used as a launchpad for discussion of the Model-View-Controller pattern for application development. The goal is a relaxed talk where we can discuss the basics of why and how to separate application state from view components while touching upon some more advanced topics including data binding and the command pattern. We’ll also talk about general coding best practices and how the app template relates to some of the other frameworks that are currently floating around the web including PureMVC, Cairngorm, Gaia, and this thing called Flex. Don’t be scared. There will be beer.
Location: Fashion Buddha studio
123 NW 2nd Ave. Suite 206, Portland, OR 97209
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009
Time: Doors open at 6:30pm. Talk begins at 7:00pm
Substance and Pinch, along with the Flash PDX User Group, invite you to an evening of show and tell. We know that you have been working diligently on the next big thing, so we want to give you the opportunity to brag about it a bit. So on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:00 pm, at Substance, we will be hosting an event where you can come and share what you’ve been working on.
The Lineup so far…
Jason Sherwood - Choffy for everyone
Shaun Tinney of Substance - Adobe AIR Image creator
Scott Benish - State of the Salmon
Gene Ehrbar of Anomaly Incorporated - An Introduction to SnappyCards
Vince LaVecchia of Instrument - Building Flash sites that don’t suck
Anselm Hook - Spinny Globe
Cinco Design - They haven’t told us yet, but promise to show some cool UI/UX stuff
Noel Franus of Sonic ID - Picasso meets the flow chart
Jason Glaspey - Mmmm. Bac’n
Rael Dornfest - Thinking about Twitter
Hot beverages provided by Choffy.
Cold beverages provided by Substance and Pinch. A design office.
Spinning vinyl by Brian Emery.
We plan on getting started around 6:00, with drinks and music, then begin the program at 7:00. The event will be held at Substance World Headquarters, 1551 SE Poplar Ave, Portland.
We’re looking forward to you joining us for an informative, enlightening and entertaining evening. If you’d like to attend, we’d appreciate your RSVP via Upcoming or Facebook.