Bringing Cynergy To You...

I'm working on some great new stuff for the blog... too bad I'm not done with it yet. :) In the meantime, I figured I'd let you all know that I'm going to be speaking at a few upcoming conferences. In March, I will be speaking at AjaxWorld (March 19-21), and in June I will be speaking at CFUnited (June 27-30).

Cynergy is a platinum sponsor of AjaxWorld, and several of us will be presenting on RIA development. My AjaxWorld presentation topic is Denting the Browsers Chrome: Intense Experiences, Advanced RIA Development and Apollo

For over a decade the user experiences which drove applications on the web were primitive at best. Forms and grids trapped in the browsers content centric chrome ruled the earth. The thing is, grids are not how users think, Not at all, grids are how programmers think. And the problem is... Most of the users aren't programmers. In the past it was easy to claim that the platform was simply too primitive to work any other way. With the web that rationale was surely easy to justify. That however doesn't fly anymore. Today with RIAs you now have not only a vast array of rich controls but access to a complete robust vector graphics drawing API. Thanks to all of this, if there is an interface or a way to present data and information to the user that you can imagine, you can make it come alive. More importantly, these RIAs are no longer trapped inside the browser's chrome and the vision of the web driving the applications that run the business of the world is coming alive. We will demonstrate how to turn designs into reality and how to build out incredible user experiences for the web and running in the desktop with Apollo.

My CFUnited presentation topic is Object Oriented Flex:An introduction to the Flex Frameowrk and OO Development

This presentation will provide an introduction to the Flex framework with a primary emphasis on object oriented design principles and code extensibility and reusability. Andrew will explain the basics of OOP in Flex, will demonstrate how to extend the Flex framework to build custom, reusable components, and will discuss building and maintaining a reusable code library of your own.

I hope to see you there!