Wanted to let folks know that a couple of members of the San Diego Flash User Group will be presenting at the upcoming Adobe MAX conference. So if you are attending, make sure you give them some support.
Join Aaron Pederson and James Polanco, Flex component development experts, as they walk you through the inner workings of the Flex framework and explain how to write extensible, rich, and highly performing components. They will cover the new Spark component and skinning architecture and how to use it correctly to build Spark components for use in Flex applications.
Time: Tuesday, October, 26th, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
10 Ways To Please Your Flex Dev with James Polanco and Aaron Pedersen
Creative Suite 5 and Flex 4 is changing the way designers and developers work together when creating Flex based applications. For designers, these updates are enabling a lot more control and input into the Flex 4 development process, creating exciting opportunities, challenges and even unintended consequences. In this session, we will examine ten different designer oriented tips that can improve the Flex 4 experience for you, your developers and ideally the entire project process.
Time: Monday October 25, 3:30 PM
Room: FITC Unconference Room
Creating Compelling Mobile User Experiences: What You Need to Know
Explore the role of prototyping in designing and developing compelling mobile applications. We’ll examine the forms that prototypes can take (from paper prototypes to rich, interactive simulations), their advantages and costs, and how Adobe tools can be used to create them. Then we’ll walk through creating a user interface for a mobile application using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Builder. This presentation also covers best practices for UX, as well as developer-focused tips and tricks.
Time: Monday, October, 25th, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Recording now available!
New to mobile development? Wondering how mobile applications are built? This presentation will walk you the entire development process of the MAX unconference application from design to deployment. Chris Griffith will show you how he designed and built the application using a variety of tools and techniques.
Time: Tuesday October 26, 12:30 PM
Room: FITC Unconference Room
November 2nd, 2009 Chris Griffith
This Weds, 6pm at the Art Institute San Diego (South Building) , Tom Gonzalez (@twgonzalez) will be speaking on Axiss/Data Viz. To get a running start on this topic, Tom wrote a great introduction to Axiss on O’Reilly’s InsideRIA.
I will also be giving a presentation on the design and development of the mobileMAX schedule application that was used during the recent Adobe MAX conference.
Hope to see you there!
October 1st, 2009 Chris Griffith
With Adobe MAX is fast approaching and I wanted to let everyone know about a mobile application that I wrote for use during the conference. I have always hated the fact that I had a tiny schedule in my badge holder, a printed piece of paper with the sessions I signed up for, and a more detailed session booklet in my bag. Since I work for a mobile company, I knew there had to be a better way, so I tried to build one; mobileMAX ( http://bit.ly/mobileMAX ) .
This application is available for Flash Lite 3.1 devices, select Flash Lite 2.1 devices, select Window Mobile devices, and yes, even a version the works on the iPhone (not Flash).
The application contains the full session and speaker information for the conference. Additionally, the schedules for the four unConferences are included.
I was also able to find a solution that allows your schedule to be loaded onto your device. You will need to follow the simple steps outlined on the web page to enable this.
Hope you enjoy this application. You can learn more about the application on my personal blog chrisgriffith.wordpress.com
