Top Ten Reasons to Attend WebManiacs!

HELLO WORLD,

Have you registered to attend the WebManicas Conference coming to Washington, DC May 19th - 23rd? Why Not? Well maybe this will help you …

My Top Ten Reasons To Attend WebManiacs!

#10 - Over 100 separate topics covering ColdFusion, Flex, AIR, various frameworks, and other technologies.

#9 - A Ben Forta keynote on day one.

#8 - Several two hour hands-on sessions held in their computer lab.

#7 - My kids took all of tee shirts I got from the last conference I attended.

#6 - Very close to public transportation, many restaurants, and our nation’s capital.

#5 - My presentation titled; Consuming and Creating RSS Feeds (CFManiacs Track)

#4 - My presentation titled; Tweens, Behaviors, View States, and Transitions (FlexManiacs Track)

#3 - My presentation titled; Using Custom Events (FlexManiacs Track)

#2 - A “boat load” of presentation materials and source code that can help jump-start your development efforts.

And The Number 1 Reason to Attend WebManiacs!

#1 - Surround Yourself With Dozens Of Colleagues And Industry Experts Who Love To Talk About Battlestar Galactica And LOST As Much As You Do!!

See ya at the conference … then I’ll see ya at the pub.

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Presenting at WebManiacs 2008!!

Hello World,

This May I will be giving two hands-on presentations at the WebManiacs 2008 conference! This five day conference will cover technologies such as; ColdFusion, Flex, AIR, AJAX, various frameworks, and much more.

This first of my presentations will be a hands-on session called Consuming and Creating RSS Feeds (CFManiacs Day 2). In this two hour session I will cover everything you need to know about reading, parsing, and creating RSS feeds using ColdFusion 8.

The second will be another hands-on session called Using Custom Events (FlexManiacs Day 3). This will be a Flex session created to help you fully understand the Flex 3 event model and how to create and dispatch your own custom events.

I am very excited and looking forward to giving these two presentations. I have done extensive work using these two concepts within these two technologies and I am looking forward to sharing what I know to those who attend my sessions.

Each of my hands-on sessions will come with printed materials and code examples on CD. Just bring your laptop and a willingness to learn and explore.

So register for event now! With the release of the most anticipated version of Adobe Flex (version 3) and Adobe AIR coming soon you’ll want to take advantage of the invaluable material that will be presented at this conference. See you then!

Ciao

FiftyTwo Apps is a Go!

Hello World,

Ever year so many people make New Year’s resolutions. Well I am no exception. This year I have dedicated myself to create fifty two apps. And thus was born the FiftyTwoApps web site.

For the next fifty two weeks I will create fifty two apps - from conception to completion, from design to delivery. You will be able to follow my progress as I design, develop, document, test, and deliver each app to … well, all of you. I will make available the full source of each app, a summary of each of the development tasks, time spent on each task, resources used, and lessons learned. Every Monday I will begin work on a new app and one week later, by Sunday at midnight, I will upload the completed app onto the FiftyTwoApps web site. During the week I will publish my progress on the site so you can see where I am in the process.

So visit the site often - if you wish. Starting Monday December 31st I will begin the first of the fifty two apps,
the FlexTimer. I hope to see you there. The next fifty two weeks will be a wild ride.

Ciao