Buntel Blog - Events

Ghosts of MAX (and DevCon) Past

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:57:00 -0400

A decade of this, huh? Well, I can say I remember... Watching the 2000 election results come in (showing Gore beat Bush) while at the party at Union Station.
Good morning developer with Eileen.
Tower of Terror.
Agent B, double-oh B. Agent Oob?
Asking Jeremy if he could get me Ben's autograph.
Giving developers an open bar and then putting them on an ice-skating rink and bungee jump: oh, that's not going to lead to any problems.
Five a.m. breakfast after staying up all night in Vegas (obvious).
That creepy mardi gras float warehouse.
Drinks with a view in Chicago.

And of course, the polyester leisure suit.

With that, adieu MAX!

SF CFUG tonight

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:15:00 -0400

The CF9/Flash Builder 4 user group tour stops in San Francisco tonight and I happen to be in town, so I'll be there too! Come hear Ben Forta discuss and demo the next CF server, Bolt (the upcoming CF IDE), and FB4. Fun for the whole family! http://groups.adobe.com/posts/1792afd95c

CF & Flex User Study in SF

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:05:00 -0400

Hi, Adobe is conducting an in-person user study on using the next version of Flex with ColdFusion to create data driven applications. The sessions will be conducted at Adobe's San Francisco office on March 31, so we're looking for some local CF'ers to participate. You don't need any prior Flex experience, in fact we're rather folks who have had little to no Flex experience since we're testing how well the features work for a new developer. You will need to be able to attend in person on the 31st for a 2 hour session. There is a compensation available for your time. If you're able and interested, please fill out the brief survey at http://tinyurl.com/cf-study Thanks! Tim

Max wrap-up (not really)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:00:00 -0400

I went straight from MAX into two full days of meetings in the Adobe San Francisco office, so I don't quite feel like I've had a chance to unwind and reflect. But I can say that MAX 2008 North America was a great event. Our best attendance ever at the tenth conference (yes, I was there since the first Allaire DevCon in Boston), amazing sessions, a brilliant night out at the Academy of Sciences and De Young Museum, and (yes) a goofy Day 2 Keynote. The best part was getting to show of so much about what we've done so far in Gumbo, the next generation of Flex Builder. Here are a few of the highlights we demo'd:

Integration with Flash Catalyst (formerly Thermo)
New Themes support, including some great new sample themes from Effective UI
Built-in Flex Unit support
Getter/setter generation
ASDoc tooltips
Event handler generation
Conditional breakpoint debugging
New data connectivity approach (about which I'll write later)
Client side data management (also a juicy future topic)

That's just a few of the features, too. Our demo session ran an hour and we were coding right up 'til the end - literally; the AV crew was kicking us out since it was the last session on the last day, and Tom Lane was still typing code! So, I'm off for a few days and then flying to MAX Milan to do it all again. Hopefully somewhere in between I'll be able to start describing some of these features in more detail. Stay tuned...

The Future in Boston

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:43:00 -0400

As soon as I finish up MAX 2008 in San Francisco and Milan, I'm very glad to have the opportunity to speak at the second Flex Camp Boston (http://www.flexcampboston.com/) taking place December 12 from 8am-5pm at Bentley College, Waltham. Last year's Boston event was a huge success, so if you're in the New England area (or would like to spend a weekend in Boston, my home town) I heartily encourage you to attend. I'll be presenting a talk on the future of Flex that will combine the best information and demos that we're sharing at MAX. It's your only chance outside of MAX this year to see what's coming in Flex Builder, and the features are definitely worth seeing! So go, register NOW!