User Group Overload Ends with Tonight's XD Atlanta User Group Gathering
This week has been totally user group overload for me.
Tuesday we had Ryan Taylor present "Intro to Flash Player 10 and Pixel Bender" at the Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta. Ryan always wows us with his giant brain full of math. The part of his presentation that I thought was most interesting was his examples of Pixel Bender, the tool kit that lets you (yes, you. It looks like it's that simple) script filters and effects for Flash. Ryan has posted his presentation and demo files on his blog if you want to take a look.
Wednesday had me visiting the Atlanta ColdFusion User Group where I was pummeled by comments "Where the heck have you been?" and "You didn't RSVP!" Mea Culpa, my CF friends, I have been neglecting you badly. But tonight's meeting was a must-see event; John Mason gave us an overview of "BlazeDS for ColdFusion Developers" and he did so without showing a chat example (thanks for taking the high road, John). He replaced the unfortunately stereotypical chat messaging example with the much more pertinent ColdFusion error message widget example. John's presentation will be posted on his labs site.
Tonight should also be fun as Michael Hagel has arranged for the XD Atlanta User Group to have a "Summer Social Gathering" at STATS Atlanta, you know, the place where all the 360Flex parties were held (and the only place you could have seen me during 360Flex because I was too busy at work to attend sessions :-( ). It should be great. By the way, Michael, the site is looking great!
See you there!
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Reminder: Thursday's XDAtlanta Presentation on Design Patterns
Brian Hochhalter from Roundbox Global will be presenting UX Design Patterns at 7:00 PM on Thursday, September 13.
You can find the Atlanta Adobe XD User Group here, directions here (pdf) and register for the event with Michael here.
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September 2007 Adobe Events for Atlanta
We love getting everyone motivated for the Fall. Here's what is on tap for you in September and October! We're not saying that you have to go to all of these events. We just want you to know what is coming up so you can plan to attend an event or two and reconnect with your community after a long, hot Summer.
Adobe MAX 2007
October 1 -3, 2007
Chicago
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They have turned the asylum over to the crazy people! Or, as the speaker list suggests, the Adobe MAX 2007 conference has been turned over to the designers and developers. This year's MAX is shaping up to be a must attend event. Mark October 1 - 3 on your calendar and get your ticket soon! And if you use Ted Patrick's magic $400 discount code, BFF755, you can save some bucks! Register now before the discount ends on September 10. Don't forget to list your favorite user group manager when you register — Michael Hagel, John Mason, Paul Olmeda, Teddy Payne or Leif Wells!
Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta
Tueday, September 11, 2007 - 7:00 PM
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Ever wish you were in the Rich Media advertising game? Ever think it might be easy to get there? The folks at EyeWonder have arranged for Toolbox No. 9's Jason Rhoades to show us how Rich Media Advertising with Flash CS3— ads containing animation and video — are in the reach of Flash designers and developers everywhere.
Adobe eXperience Design User Group of Atlanta
Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 7:00 PM
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Design Patterns! Designers have heard about them and read about them. See what Roundbox Global's Brian Hochhalter says about what you can do with them.
Atlanta Flash and Flex User Group
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 6:30 PM
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Ever build an application that needed to be rapidly developed and wish there were ways to test builds just as rapidly? John Mason is going to show us the way by using Unit Testing and Test Driven Development (TDD) for Flex & ActionScript 3.0.
Adobe User Group of Atlanta
Thursday, September 27 - 7:00 PM
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We've felt guilty about not providing proper Illustrator meetings for quite some time. This month we make up for it by having Dee Sadler present the New Features of Illustrator CS3. Want to see what you are missing since CS2? Want to see the new features working? Want to see new work flows? Here's your chance!
Also Upcoming:
Atlanta ColdFusion User Group
Wednesday, October 3 - 6:30 PM
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Atlanta ColdFusion User Group
no meeting currently scheduled
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Atlanta April and May Upcoming Events
There are a lot of great events coming up in Atlanta for the months of April and May! Here's the rundown:
April 10
Adobe Flash Platform User Group April 2007 Meeting
Kenny Bunch presents Time Shifting Entertainment
Atlanta InDesign User Group
April 12
Atlanta Adobe Experience Design (XD) User Group April 2007 Meeting
April 18
Atlanta Flash & Flex User Group
April 19 - 20
Atlanta Java User Group Special Event
The Practice of Java in Atlanta - an Open Space Event
$75.00 for this two-day event
April 26
Adobe User Group of Atlanta April 2007 Meeting
Greg Rewis and Stephanie Sullivan present CS3 Web Workflow and CSS with Dreamweaver CS3
(this is a special event, so please send an RSVP)
May 17
Atlanta ColdFusion User Group Special Meeting
Ben Forta/Scorpio Tour (this is a special event, so pay attention to the instructions)
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Adobe Experience Design User Group Thursday Night January 11, 2007
There is an Adobe Experience Design User Group starting up tomorrow night here in Atlanta.
In this premiere event, Michael Hagel will be hosting a meet and greet at Deardorff Communications, inside King Plow Arts Center (follow the link for meeting details, directions, and parking information).
I am very excited about this group and about the Atlanta experience design (XD) movement. If you are serious about design, I hope that you will be attending this meeting. Roundbox Global will be hosting these events in the very near future, along with the Adobe User Group of Atlanta, the Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta as well as other local user groups.
If you are in Atlanta for a visit, give me a shout — there might actually be a meeting going on that you would enjoy.
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