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August 27, 2008 - Students are arriving back on the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw Community College's campuses this week. Be sure to get the word out about our meetings! We're hoping to increase member participation this upcoming schoolyear and continually welcome new members.
It's official! We're now registered with Lynda.com as a user group. What does that means for you? First and foremost, discounts!
http://www.lynda.com/usergroups/resources/UGflyer_Store_0108.pdf
http://www.lynda.com/usergroups/resources/UGflyer_OTL_0108.pdf
Lynda.com offers a lot of really good titles for various topics as well as courses to learn new skills. Check them out!
August 22, 2008 - Hello everyone!
As we have many things happening in September and it is the week
before a holiday, we are going to forgo the August meeting. However,
there are a few things I would like to make sure everyone everyone
knows about:
- Again, the August meeting is canceled due to the upcoming holiday, students returning back to classes and also having several group things happening in September.
- I received the following email:
I have several staffing needs for ActionScript, Flash developers!
Margie Butler
Technical Recruiter
Judge Technical Staffing
2550 S. Telegraph Road, Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302
(248) 253-9500 x 1239
(800) 360-4474 x 1239
mbutler@judge.com - The Michigan Flash Festival is just around the corner! As such, we have two ways for you to save on the price of admission! There is a $25 discount that I will include in a separate message and there is also a way to get in FREE! What's that? Did she say FREE? Why yes, she did! All you have to do is show up and help us out. I'm scheduling volunteers for the day-of operations to assist with registrations, etc. I am also taking volunteers for a few specific areas, namely someone as our contact to the community. Just let all the area groups know about the festival and help with advertising. More details available on this position, just contact me for info.
- We are co-sponsoring an event in September with Refresh Detroit. Joey Lott, author of the Flash 8 Cookbook, Actionscript Cookbook and co-author of several other Flash and Flex books will be speaking on Tuesday, September 23rd from 6:30-8:00 at the Canton Public Library.
August 6, 2008 - Lisa had the following to say on her blog:
"I had the pleasure of presenting last week to the FlashFocused user group in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a lucky coincidence that my family summertime visit happened to be on the week of their monthly meeting. Yay syncronicity!
I gave them the lowdown on Flash video, of course — a topic that happened to be quite relevant for many of the members who attended. For those of you who have been waiting patiently for me to post the code examples and presentation notes, here they are!
–> Presentation [PDF] <–
–> Source files [ZIP] <–
Thanks for your patience, and for having me present to your group. And thanks to Misty for grabbing a copy of my book for a giveaway, as well! You guys rock."
July 31, 2008 - Many thanks to Lisa Larson-Kelley for speaking to our group this month! Lisa covered how to easily put Flash videos into websites and many different ways to do so. You can follow Lisa at her blog at flashconnections.com or watch her on AdobeTV when they release Flash 411.
Register now for the Adobe MAX Conference coming this November in San Francisco, CA. More information can be found at the Adobe Event site:
The Michigan Flash Festival still needs volunteers! If you're interested in volunteering (you get in for free!) or if you just want more information about the Festival, be sure to visit their site at www.miflashfest.org.
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