OC Flex

Here are some links to various topics that were discussed during the last OCFlex meeting surrounding the topic of Adobe AIR. It was a great turnout once again. Thanks to Evan Gifford for a great presentation. We should have his sample files up soon.

AIR on Adobe Labs
AIR Application Showcase
AIR Marketplace
O2 Apps : AIR Applications
Apollo Hunter : Share AIR Applications
35+ AIR Examples for JavaScript Developers

Flex 3/Adobe AIR Prerelease Tour : Los Angeles

DryerFox
AIR Example: HTML Editor
Lee Brimelow: Transitioning to the Desktop with Adobe AIR
onAIR Bus Tour

Someone asked if we could post the link to the resources that were shown at the first meeting. Here it is. 

We settled on a location for the next OCFlex meeting. 'Bout time, right? Here's the finalized info:

Topic: Adobe AIR
Speaker: Evan Gifford
Date: December 6, 2007
Time: 7pm
Place: ASFusion Office
5 Park Plaza, Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92614

A couple of notes about getting there:

• The main building door is closed after hours. There will be somebody there to open it for you, but if you are late, please call 949-474-1763 so that somebody can come down and open it.
• There is a special elevator that goes only to the second floor. You need to take that one. It is on the right if you come from the back door, on the left if you come from the front.
• You can park on the back of the building. There is no parking fee after hours. 

See you there! 

For the next OCFlex meeting on December 6th we'll have one of our own members, Evan Gifford, speak about Adobe AIR. He'll be giving an overview of AIR, talking about it's capabilities and walking through some examples.

Evan Gifford is a senior Flex developer who's been whipping up RIAs since the days of Flash 4 and Macromedia Generator. He is the guy who started  the “community supported cairngorm goodness“ found at cairngormdocs.org, wrote the first true “TreeGrid” component for Flex and received an honorable mention at Adobe MAX 2007 for a Flex/AIR/LiveCycle project at Verizon Wireless.

If you are at all interested in learning more about Adobe AIR, this next meeting should not be missed. We're planning on changing the location to allow for the larger attendance we experienced at last month's meeting. We're working out the details for the new location, so stay tuned. We'll post location info next week.

OCFlex Meeting
Topic: Adobe AIR
Date: December 6, 2007
Time: 7pm
Location: TBD

The first meeting of the Orange County Flex User Group was a success! We had a great turnout of around 30 people. We hadn't anticipated that many people showing up so things were a little cozy in the space we were in. The meeting was all about introductions. We introduced each other, the user group's goals, and Flex.

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Just a reminder that the first Orange County Flex User Group meeting is this Thursday, November 1st. If you're interested in Flex, at any level, feel free to swing by. We've already had members start signing up and some people from the community express interest in coming down and speaking.

The meeting will be a kind of introductory one with an agenda that includes member introductions, discussion of user group goals, means of communication, meeting places, topics for future meetings and speakers we'd like to have. For those of you who aren't familiar with Flex, we'll be doing an introduction to Flex 3 and a quick walkthrough of an application.

Don't forget to bring your business cards for a raffle for some Flex swag. Also, if you're planning on attending and have something "introductory" you'd like discussed, feel free to leave a comment. You can also become a member here. Although, it is not necessary to be a member to attend.

Date, time and location information can be found in the last post. See you there!

The first meeting of the Orange County Flex User Group will be on November 1st at 7pm. We know it's a ways away, but that gives us time to get the word out and let's people settle from the Adobe MAX 2007. At the meeting we'll be doing introductions, discussing speaker and event ideas, outlining our goals, as well as getting other things organized. Hope to see you there!

Meeting Info

Date
November 1st

Time
7pm

Place
Atomic Curve Office
1 Technology Drive, Suite J-709
Irvine, CA

And we're live!

We're excited to announce the newly formed Orange County Flex User Group. This is a joint effort by Laura Arguello, Nahuel Foronda, and Tom Nguyen of ASFusion, Bill Thompson of PADI, and Rich Oren and myself, Juan Sanchez, of Atomic Curve to help create an open forum for individuals interested in Flex, Flash and AIR. You can check out the about page for more information, check our schedule, or sign up to become a member.

Our goal is make every meeting free of charge and make sure we schedule as many engaging meetings as possible. If you have any comments, suggestions or feedback please feel free to let us know. Stay tuned for details on our first meeting.