Category: Events

212 posts

Flash Platform Camp Wellington presentations

by kai on 13/09/2010

Flash Platform Camp Wellington 2010 is over and it was good fun. I'm going to write a larger post about it (also covering the night activities of speakers and sponsors). This post is really just to push out the page where the presentation materials e.g. slides, code samples, videos etc. are hosted. At the moment, 7 presenters have supplied me with their content, I've got another one or two emails…

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30 days of me - day 5

by kai on 13/09/2010

A picture of somewhere I've been to. Easy as - you've learnt in day 1 that I travel a lot. So - let's see....digging through iPhoto photos...here we go:This is me at the old Berlin-Tempelhof airport (runway 09 left). It's Berlin's inner-city airport and it was heavily used during the Berlin airlift after WW II. It then became a one of two airports in West-Berlin and over time it was less and less…

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cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 update

by kai on 19/07/2010

When I posted about cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 in Melbourne (November 18-19 2010)the other week we had just put registration live and the first batch of speakers online. Just a few days later and there's already so much more: 18 confirmed speakers (and just a few more to come - stay tuned) 16 confirmed sessions 3 full-day workshops on the day before the conference starts (Wednesday, November 17…

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Flex 4 for ColdFusion developers (and others) at cf.Objective(ANZ)

by kai on 16/07/2010

cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 will for the first time offer full-day workshops on the day before the actual conference. I'm going to offer a full-day training titled "Flex 4 for ColdFusion developers". Unlike other Flex 4 one-day training or introductions, this one will focus on the special needs of CF folks either coming new into Flex or wanting to learn more about the specifics of integrating Flex…

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Register for Flash Platform Camp Wellington in September and win

by kai on 14/07/2010

Today is pretty much your last chance to register for Flash Platform Camp Wellington on September 4th, 2010 AND go into the draw for a license of Flash Builder 4 Premium for the platform of your choice (OSX/Win). This promotion runs out tomorrow - 15th of July mid-day NZ Standard time. You ask why we're doing this? Early registration helps us to plan the event and to make calls on how much food…

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cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 - some speakers, some sessions (and a registration system)

by kai on 09/07/2010

You might have heard that our antipodean version of cf.Objective - coincidentally named cf.Objective(ANZ) - is coming back again in 2010. After the very successful first run in 2009, we're going to be back to Melbourne on November 18 & 19, 2010 for two days on advanced CF content, networking with attendees and presenters from all over the world. We've got a pretty awesome speaker lineup…

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Flash Platform Code Camp Wellington 2010

by kai on 01/05/2010

We're doing it again - Flash Platform Code Camp Wellington is back: Flash Platform Code Camp Wellington - the 2010 Edition! Mark the date: Saturday, 4th of September 2010 Venue: Natcoll Design Technology in Wellington's CBD This is a community event from and for Developers and Designers and organised by the Flash Platform User Group New Zealand with lots of support from the Creative Suite User…

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Next Flash Platform User Group in Wellington: May 18, 2010

by kai on 28/04/2010

Topics: MySnapper Highs and Lows! Zaid Dabbagh (RIA Developer) and Sean Higham (Product Manager) from Snapper Services Limited (www.snapper.co.nz) present some of the highs and lows of developing MySnapper - an AIR Application that allows users to top up their Snapper Cards. This session explores limitations of AIR 1.0, and security flaws and how we had to work around those. We also explore other…

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Regular Expressions @webDU - want a $50-off voucher?

by kai on 12/04/2010

This is just a quick one. As announced in February I'm going to be and present at WebDU 2010 in Bondi Beach, Sydney. Besides a conference session, I'm running a Day 0 workshop on "befriending regular expressions". The awesome news is, if you read my blog or follow me on Twitter or Facebook - the mighty Geoff from Daemon and myself have decided to throw out a few discount vouchers that save you…

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Speaking at webDU 2010 (May 6 and 7 2010, Bondi Beach)

by kai on 26/02/2010

I'm again speaking at this year's webDU (and it's going to be the 8th time in a row - I think the only other people who have presented at each MXDU/webDU since it started in 2003 are Andrew Muller and Mr. Geoff Bowers himself now, yay!). BTW: Did everyone realise that the registration for webDU 2010 is open and that the Early Bird price (AU$ 695 is really a bargain for the two days) runs out on…

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