So, what do baby showers and Flex have in common? Not a whole lot. But the Target Gift Registry and Flex have a lot in common! My fiancee and I were shopping for a shower gift for a couple who are registered at Target. I fired up the the registry kiosk and there it is, the ubiquitous Flex loader! The application itself was put together quite well and the usability was excellent. The only part of the process that I didn't like was selecting a state.

360Flex is headed back to where it all started, San Jose and the eBay Town Hall Center on August 18-20th. I've had the opportunity to speak at both the inaugural 360Flex as well as 360Flex Atlanta and will be speaking once again this time around in San Jose. This time I'm teaching a half-day Flex 101 class on ColdFusion and Flex the Sunday before the conference, focusing on using Flex applications to manage the data in your database.

Well, I know I'm a little late with this, but I feel it worth mentioning. If you haven't already read it somewhere else, cf.objective() was an amazing conference. The quality of the content was great and so was the food! Jared and everyone else did a rock star job putting the conference together. Thanks again to everyone. I'll be heading back there next year for sure and I hope to see you there. If you're wondering where the code from my presentation is, well, click on this link.

Since I'm in Atlanta, I decided to attend the Atlanta Flash/Flex User Group. It was a good time, I got to talk to Josh Adams and Charlie Arehart about my opinion on Slugworth and BlueDragon. They didn't convince me that my opinion is wrong. But, opinions are like assholes, everyone has got one and they usually stink. Now, on to the title of my post. Cliff Hall, who's teaching the Flex class that I'm taking demoed his new framework, pureMVC, during the show and tell portion of the meeting.

In my pursuit to become an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flex (already am for ColdFusion) I'm in Atlanta this week for Flex training. One of the requirements to become a Certified Instructor for Flex is having to take the classes. The first class is Flex 2: Developing Rich Client Applications. So far, it's pretty basic stuff. We've covered the IDE, Layout, MXML Components and event handling. Already knowing this stuff, I think it's a pretty good class for someone wanting to learn Flex.

I'm sorry this is so late, but I've been extremely busy. Here's the code from my Flash Remoting (AMF) vs. Flex Data Services (FDS) preso that I gave at 360Flex about 3 weeks ago. Flash Remoting vs. Flex Data Services If you have any questions about the code, please feel free to email me. Here's a couple of pictures as well. Me and Ed Sullivan Me and Ben Forta Some signs I pay attention to... Others I don't...

360Flex is over and I must say, it's one of the best conferences I've been to. I'm taking the next two days in San Francisco with my lovely fiancee, so I'll have my full report up, pictures, and my preso slides and code later this weekend. I know, it'll be yesterdays news by then, but you'll just have to wait for my riveting recount. In short, Tom, Ted and John did an absolutely awesome job. If these guys do it again, which they have plans to, don't miss it.

I'm getting really excited about 360Flex. I'm putting the finishing touches on my presentation. I'm presenting late Wednesday on Flash Remoting vs. Flex Data Services (FDS) and when you would want to use one vs. the other. I'm leaving Saturday afternoon and am staying until the following Saturday. My fiancee and I are taking some time to tour the Bay Area. She's been there before, but I haven't been north of LA, so I'm looking forward to seeing the Golden Gate bridge.

I've been really busy lately, but here's a few more upcoming conferences that I'll be speaking at. At cf.objective() I'll be speaking about ColdFusion and Flex integration. This will be my second time speaking there and I'm looking forward to visiting Minneapolis again. This is a great conference, period. It's definitely worth the trip. At CFUnited I'll be speaking about ColdFusion and SMS message integration. This is my first time speaking at CFUnited and I'm very excited.

Welcome to <blog:FlexInABox>! Here you'll get to read my musings about Flex and ColdFusion. So, a little bit more about me, because I know you are just dying to know. I'm a member of Adobe Community Experts for ColdFusion as well as an Adobe Certified Instructor. I love to write and have written articles for the Adobe Developer Center as well as a few books on ColdFusion for Macromedia Press. I also, along with Rich Tretola, manage the Indianapolis Flex Users Group.