David Harris's Technology Blog - FXUG

Adobe Community Road Show Coming to Auckland!

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:32:00 -0500

This Thursday http://www.cfug.org.nz/ and http://www.fxug.org.nz/ are hosting an Adobe Roadshow event with http://www.markszulc.com/blog/2009/06/22/flash-catalyst-builder-cf-tour-headed-to-auckland-nz/,Mark Szulc. Come along to hear more about Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst and CF9! I will attempt to broadcast the meeting on http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/nzcfug/, all going well! Related Links: http://groups.adobe.com/posts/1b5f77b054 http://nzroadshow.eventbrite.com/ http://labs.adobe.com/ See you there!

RIA conference In Queenstown, New Zealand - Web on the Piste - take2

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:09:00 -0500

http://www.shadocms.com,Straker have just announced that http://www.webonthepiste.com,Web on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piste,Piste is happening again. The conference is a deliberately smaller conference of only the low hundreds of attendees available. This means you get get access to the speakers to talk to between sessions etc. The years theme is "Usability and Rich Internet Technologies" and one of the speakers that has been secured at this stage is http://www.rhjr.net/,Robert Hoekman Jr, author of the best selling book "http://www.rhjr.net/dto,Designing the http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032145345X/sr=8-1/qid=1152842482/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-1533809-8419167?ie=UTF8,Obvious" with more speakers to come. So it could be good. Last year I organized User Groups on the Piste which was a chance to get the Adobe Development community together to hang out and talk geek. If you are coming this year, keep an ear out for this event, as I am hoping to organize (or help organize) something similar again. New Zealand has 2 official Adobe User groups: - http://www.cfug.org.nz - http://www.fxug.org.nz so WOTP is a good chance to get us all together in one place!

Disclaimer: at this stage I am currently employed by Straker, but only for one more week! ;-)

Auckland Event Half Full!

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:29:00 -0500

As you are hopefully aware the RSVPs opened for a specail http://www.fxug.org.nz,New Zealand Flex User Group event last week. As of now the RSVPs are halffull for the Auckland Event and the Wellington event is not far behind. Seats are going quick, so http://nzfug.eventbrite.com,RSVP now to secure your seat! See you there!

RSVPs open for Special New Zealand Flex User Group Meeting!

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:17:00 -0500

Just a follow up on a previous entry to let all interested know that the RSVP for Wellington and Auckland are open for the special FXUG meeting at the end of the month! http://nzfug.eventbrite.com See you there!

New Zealand has an Adobe Ambassador!!

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:32:00 -0500

Just reading over my blog feeds this morning and I noticed http://blog.xsive.co.nz/,Campbell Anderson has become an http://blog.xsive.co.nz/archives/261,Adobe Ambassador! Congratulations Campbell. I have been on the receiving end of his help, and think Adobe (via http://www.flexdaddy.info,Andrew Spaulding) have made a good choice in asking Campbell for this role. Campbell's knowledge in Flex and willingness to share that knowledge has helped me out a few times my Flex forays. So go along to http://www.fxug.org.nz,NZ Flex User Group and congratulate the man in person! [Edit] Does anyone know if there are other "Adobe Ambassadors" in New Zealand? Campbell is the first one I am aware of...

NZ Flex User Group Meeting you won't want to miss!

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:11:00 -0500

At the end of February, the http://www.fxug.org.nz,New Zealand Flex User Group, in association with the http://www.cfug.org.nz,New Zealand ColdFusion User Group are having a special event! Seats will be limited, so be ready to RSVP ASAP when you can! The RSVP site will be announced soon! (promise) See http://www.fxug.org.nz and http://www.cfug.org.nz/fxug for more details! I'd suggest signing up on the Flex User Group's http://groups.google.com/group/nzfxug,mailing list too!

Flex takes on "Second Life" in the form of "Small Worlds"

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:01:00 -0500

The team at http://www.getoutsmart.com/,OutSmart have resurfaced from 12 months of self declared "Stealth Mode" according to this Blog: http://blog.getoutsmart.com/archives/2008/01/09/nz-entrepreneurs-going-to-town-on-web/,nz-entrepreneurs-going-to-town-on-web The result of this time is "http://www.smallworlds.com/beta/,Small Worlds" which is an online world, powered by http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/,Flex, produced by http://www.getoutsmart.com/,OutSmart. "Small Worlds" is 100% web based, and runs within the browser. http://blog.xsive.co.nz/,Campbell destroyed my evening last night by sending me an invite to Small Worlds. The "Small Worlds" Game/application looks very sharp and the highlight was beating Nathan at a game of pool. I have never met Nathan in the real world, but I was informed he was one of the developers that worked on the pool game! May last year they showed off early stages at the http://www.fxug.org.nz,New Zealand Flex User Group, and then provided an open demo. See http://www.harrisfamily.net.nz/devblog/index.cfm/2007/5/2/Outsmarts-3D-demo-for-all-to-see,this entry. The related links below have links to other announcements and photos. My email address is on the right, so feel free to email me if you want an invite! Congratulations and Well Done to the team at OutSmart! We all look forward to seeing your "Small Worlds" grow! Related Links: http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/?p=1238
http://blog.xsive.co.nz/archives/260
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xsive
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=713
Must.not.sign.in.to.Small.Worlds!

Binding of properties between sub components

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:34:00 -0500

On the NZ Flex UG list, (another) David posted http://groups.google.com/group/nzfxug/browse_thread/thread/70434dd8c0099af3,this question. In the process of testing what he outlined, I created a simple example, which I have posted here. The point of this example is to show how you can declare "public" variables in a component, and then access those variables as properties form the component that uses it... The example consists of 2 files: FormExample.mxml (Application File) Code:

MyForm.mxml (in the root folder of the project) Code:

Result:

My Flex Playing requires Adobe Flash Player 9. Get Adobe Flash..

Feel free to ask questions! PS: There can NEVER be enough Davids!

Learn Flex and Air and win stuff!

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:42:00 -0500

The http://www.fxug.org.nz,New Zealand Flex User Group has announced a beginners competition to create an Air application using Flex! If you have been wanting to find the time and motivation to learn http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/,Air and http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/,Flex, they are providing the motivation, so all you need is the time! See http://groups.google.com/group/nzfxug/web/1st-new-zealand-flex-user-group-flex-air-development-competition,here for all the details. [Update] You need to live in New Zealand to enter too!

Web on the Piste, the debrief.

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:01:00 -0500

Well, it's all over for this year... http://www.webonthepiste.com,Web on the Piste has come and gone.

Day 0

I flew in to Queenstown on Tuesday, and we had "User Groups on the Piste" @ 4pm - 6pm that evening. This was an event put on by New Zealand's http://www.cfug.co.nz,ColdFusion and http://www.fxug.org.nz,Flex User groups. [More]

One hour out from "User Groups on the Piste"

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:50:00 -0500

One hour till http://www.cfug.co.nz/wotp,User Groups On The Piste kicks off! Sorry everyone, I didn't get the name tags done in time! :-( Don't forget, you can attend remotely if you can't be here in person!

Less than 2 days till Web on the Piste

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:07:00 -0500

Not long now till http://www.webonthepiste.com/,Web on the Piste! The http://www.webonthepiste.com/webonthepiste/agenda/agenda_home.cfm,Agenda is set, and the flights booked. The Day Zero http://www.cfug.co.nz/wotp/, NZ Adobe User Groups event is all go, except still attempting to secure a http://www.wii.com,Wii ;-) See you there!

User Groups on the Piste: Are you going to be there?

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:58:00 -0500

In one week http://www.webonthepiste.com,Web On The Piste is happening. The evening before the event starts, the http://www.adobe.com,Adobe sponsored event http://www.cfug.co.nz/wotp,User Groups On the Piste is happening. This is a free event being put on by the http://www.cfug.co.nz,New Zealand ColdFusion User Group and http://www.fxug.org.nz,New Zealand Flex User Group.

Why?

- Learn about New Zealand's Adobe User Groups
- Learn how to be involved in the User Groups from anywhere in New Zealand (or the World)
- Meet some of the Staff at Adobe involved in these technologies
- See what is planned for these technologies in the future
- Free drinks and nibbles

When?

Tuesday, 21st August
Start: 4:00pm
Finish: 6:00pm

Where?

http://www.bezu.co.nz,Bezu
Level 2
By the waterfall on Brecon Street, Near Duke Street Queenstown
Map

RSVP NOW!

Spaces are limited, to go to http://www.cfug.co.nz/wotp/,www.cfug.co.nz/wotp to RSVP. See you there! Q. Just what *does* Piste stand for? A. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piste,here

Less than 20 days to Web On The Piste!

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:27:00 -0500

Not long to go now! The flights are booked, and my topics are decided. If you are a User Group Manager, and haven't already booked, email me (address on side bar at the bottom) for a special User Group Manager Price. If you are coming along, check out "User Groups On the Piste" at http://www.cfug.co.nz/wotp. This is an event being put on by the http://www.cfug.co.nz,NZ CFUG and http://www.fxug.org.nz,NZ FXUG and sponsored by http://www.adobe.com. http://www.flexdaddy.info/,Andrew Spaulding and http://blog.schematic.com.au/,Matt Voerman will (hopefully) be presenting, and I am looking to broadcast the event via Connect so all you guys who can make it in person can be part of the action. Don't forget to http://www.cfug.co.nz/wotp,RSVP if you are coming in person! See You There! (?)

NZ Flex User Group tonight

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:28:00 -0500

For all you Flex enthusiasts out there, don't forget the http://www.fxug.org.nz/meetings.html,New Zealand Flex User Group on tonight (in about 2 hours). If you are not in the Windy City, Wellington, you can attend virtually here: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/nzfxug/ All you need is Flash Player installed to attend. I can't make it in person tonight, but will be viewing the recording later for sure!