I know that I’m a bit late to relay this information, but Adobe is organizing a Flash Platform event in Liege(Belgium) this Tuesday, March 09, 2010 from 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Ben Forta himself will be there with also Serge Jespers and Claude Englebert to talk aboutColdFusion 9 and the upcoming Eclipse-based IDEColdFusion Builder, Flex and Flash Builder 4 and AIR 2.0. If you’re interested in Rich Internet Applications, it’s an event not to miss!
Tickets are still available, registration here. See you there…
ACP is a rebrand of the “Adobe Community Experts” program to avoid the confusion with the Adobe Certified Experts(ACE) . I’m very glad to be part of it for the second year and I will do my best to deserve it.
We are already the 16th January and my latest post is at least 3 month old… shame on me! After Adobe MAX conference things went crazy and I had very little time between my work and family (I have 2 kids, 2 and 6 years old and a family member is currently at the hospital), and as I’m quite active ontwitter, I neglected my blogging duties - sorry
2009 was a mixed year for me: almost no time to learn other advanced techniques not related to my project, not enough time to play more with the “fun part” of the Flash Platform (Flash Platform services, 3D engines…), I missed many well known conferences [...] But let’s have a look at some positive facts:
Work
- my current project is still going on in 2010: it’s a multilingual document management, workflow and reporting system built using Flex3/ColdFusion 8/Java/Oracle.
- at least 4 projects at the European Commission are now using Flex – I’m not aware of every projects, only those where I met the team. I know that more people at the Commission have express their interest in the technology too which is a good sign for 2010.
- some big Belgian companies in transportation, telecom or media have now Flex projects ongoing, expect more to follow.
- my Adobe Community Expert status: thanks again to the wonderful team at Adobe!
- the launch of ColdFusion 9 - no, it’s not a dead technology :-)
Conferences
I attended probably less conferences than in 2008 as I had to pay for my expenses in 2009 (another story) :-(
I love attending conferences, not only for the interesting topics and the well known speakers, but also for the networking part. Again last year I met several friends that I only knew from the internet (twitter, blogs, Community Experts…)… I really enjoyed talking to them!
Gadgets
- finally bought a HTC Hero, after months of hesitation – I’m really enjoying it!
- I have finally a complete HD installation with my brand new AV receiver Denon AVR-1910: I’m now able to enjoy Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA.
I won’t talk about my resolutions for 2010 but more about “directions” that I will try to follow:
- definitively more blog posts! That’s why I subscribed to Project52
- be ready for Flex 4, AIR 2 and other products like Flash Catalyst.
- learn mobile development with Slider: Flex mobile framework and Elips Studio 3.
- attend more conferences if I can.
- do more talks: I just need to find some interesting topics not yet covered.
I think that’s all for this post. Again Happy New Year 2010, lots of love and happiness your life and I hope to see you around very soon.
Already less than 20 days left until MAX 2009: I’m quite excited because it’s my first MAX U.S. (no MAX Europe this year) and it will be in L.A.! I will finally meet some faces I know only from blogs and social networks I will arrive a bit earlier (September 30th) for some tourism but let’s have a look at my “tentative” schedule - it’s always hard to decide between one session or another:
Monday, October 5, 2009
General Session
Preview: Flex for Mobile Devices
Community Matters
Introduction to ColdFusion ORM
What’s Coming in Adobe AIR 2
Meet the Teams
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
General Session
Multitouch Development with Flex
How NOT to Code Flex
ELIPS 3.0: Mobile Flex Builder Toolkit
Sneak Peeks and 2009 MAX Awards
MAX Bash
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Flash for the Digital Home: Flash on TV!
Building Mobile Applications with Adobe AIR
Using Flex Frameworks to Build Data-Driven Applications
I hope to meet many of you there, so drop me a line if you’re coming. See you there…
Sorry as I don’t have much time to update my blog but I’m really busy with my undergoing project- I hope to have more “free” time in the next coming months.
Now what makes SOTR09 even greater? The event is completely FREE and they are coming in 6 cities:
Munich, October 19th
Zurich, October 21st
Milan, October 23rd
Amsterdam, October 26th
Brussels, October 27th
London, October 29th
Registration is required, but be quick because Amsterdam is almost sold out already!
Of course this conference will be focused on ColdFusion 9 as you can expect. You can find a detailed list of the sessions here. I will be at the Brussels venue… see you there!
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I know that I’m a bit late to relay this information, but Adobe is organizing a Flash Platform event in Liege (Belgium) this Tuesday, March 09, 2010 from 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM: Ben Forta himself will be there with also Serge Jespers and Claude Englebert to talk about ColdFusion 9 and the upcoming Eclipse-based IDE ColdFusion Builder, Flex and Flash Builder 4 and AIR 2.0. If you’re interested in Rich Internet Applications, it’s an event not to miss!
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Sorry as I don’t have much time to update my blog but I’m really busy with my undergoing project- I hope to have more “free” time in the next coming months.
