Speaking at CAPFUG in December

I'll be speaking at the Washington DC, Capital Area Flex User Group on Wed, December 3rd. I'll be giving the same presentation I'll be presenting at MAX. Come check it out! My session topic is:

Adobe AIR++
Explore new techniques in Adobe AIR development. This session will explore pushing the limits of the AIR experience, including integration of web and desktop experiences to provide a software platform instead of "just an application." It will also explore hardware integration techniques to provide additional capabilities to the AIR platform.

You can get more information and directions from http://www.dc-flex.org/

See you at MAX!

It's official. I'll be representing Cynergy and speaking at MAX USA this year. MAX is taking place November 16-19th in San Francisco CA.

My session topic is:

Adobe AIR++
Explore new techniques in Adobe AIR development. This session will explore pushing the limits of the AIR experience, including integration of web and desktop experiences to provide a software platform instead of "just an application." It will also explore hardware integration techniques to provide additional capabilities to the AIR platform.

It'll be taking place on Monday, November 17 from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

Come check it out!

Holy Cow! Google linked back to me!

All I can say is "Wow!". I wrote a blog post last night on insideria.com about the new Google Maps Flash/Flex API. That example made it up to the Google Maps Demo Gallery !

This is really cool!

Update: Jun 23, 2008
I just had another example linked to by Google! You can check out my examples on Google at: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/demogallery.html?searchquery=trice&classname=

Ubuntu Got It Right

I just installed the latest version of Ubunutu on my laptop (8.04, which was released yesterday), and for the first time in the 8 years that I have been dabbling in Linux, I did not need to do anything to install any drivers. It automatically recognized my graphics card, wireless network, sound card, etc... I've been a fan of Linux for a long time, but have always been hesitant to use it for my "main" operating system. I think that could change now that everything worked on the first try (w/o recompiling anything). I think this was actually even easier than installing windows. I'm going to evaluate it further, but its looking promising.

First Post from my EeePC

The title says it all. This is my first post from my new Asus EeePC. ultra-portable computer. The keyboard is a bit small for full-fledged writing, but the machine is very cool. It is tiny, the battery lasts 4 hours, and its very powerful considering its size.



It weighs in at just 2 lbs, runs linux, and is smaller than a hard-back book. It has a 7 inch screen at 800x480. Its definitely not the 1680x1050 of my other computer, but still gets the job done. I can see lots of uses for this machine in the future. Now I just need to get the internet connection on my phone working...

Blogs, Books, and More!

Yep, I've been up to a lot of writing lately. Not only have I been actively writing for InsideRIA.com, I've been working on books.

The Flex 3 Cookbook is about to go to print (if it's not there already). I'm a contributing author for this book, and wrote the chapter on "Communicating with the Browser". Go buy it!

We're moving forward with Professional Flex 3. I'm one of the authors for this book, and have a good bit to write still. :) It is going to be a very comprehensive book, with a solid group of authors. It should be available in the fall of 2008. You can read a bit more about the book and the team here:
http://www.joeflash.ca/blog/2008/03/the-professional-flex-3-book.html
(the information on Amazon about this book is wrong)