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Flex London User Group January Meetup with James Ward and Serge Jespers

Jan 2008 24
Thu 6:30 PM
Location
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Estimated attendance
 180  people attended.
4.00 4.0047

A special one this time, Serge Jespers (http://sergejespers.c...) and James Ward (http://www.jamesward....) are coming to speak to us about Flex 3, AIR and Vega.

This is a FREE event, there is no charge on the door, but you do have to register for the event. Please register with your FULL name.

There will also be demos of some projects that people from the UK are working on.

Format:

19:00 General intro (Serge Jespers)
19:15 Flex Builder 3 (Serge Jespers)
19:50 Open source (James Ward)
20:00 Data services (James Ward)
20:35 Q&A (and presentation from the community)
21:00 Drinks (free beer, thanks Adobe!)

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Richard
    Posted Jan 24, 2008 10:34 AM
    Richard
    I'm so excited I can barely compile any code today. I just sit and stare at the beauty of it all.
  • Mark Clarke
    Posted Jan 23, 2008 10:54 PM
    Mark Clarke
    looking forward to meeting fellow geeks. We're bringing our Flex app if anyone would like a look. It's aimed at the fitness market and has AI built-in to give dynamic training programmes, link to a Flex shopping cart etc. Critical evaluation & feedback would be most welcome. Worst critics have to buy us a coffee ...
  • Chester Chipperfield
    Posted Jan 21, 2008 11:51 AM
    Chester Chipperfield
    Thanks Kev, the venue is great, just trying to sort out the beer now!
  • Big Kev
    Posted Jan 21, 2008 11:36 AM
    Big Kev
    Welldone Chester think that will make a lot of people happy :)
  • Chester Chipperfield
    Posted Jan 21, 2008 11:16 AM
    Chester Chipperfield
    New location!!! We can fit over 400 now...
  • Chester Chipperfield
    Posted Jan 16, 2008 11:18 PM
    Chester Chipperfield
    Please read the message board or check your email for any updates on the location. Currently it looks like we will be holding it near Warren Street tube, but we are looking into a bigger venue at the moment.
  • JCRobinson
    Posted Jan 16, 2008 9:48 PM
    JCRobinson
    Hello, is there any news on location or am I missing something??
  • Chester Chipperfield
    Posted Jan 16, 2008 7:51 PM
    Chester Chipperfield
    There may be some seats available on Friday, I have asked everyone that has RSVP'd "Maybe" to make up their mind by then so please keep checking back.
  • Posted Jan 16, 2008 3:42 PM
    Tommy
    Flex rules big time!
  • Chester Chipperfield
    Posted Jan 16, 2008 3:03 PM
    Chester Chipperfield
    We have now increased capacity to 130, please RSVP as soon as you can to avoid disappointment!
  • Posted Jan 11, 2008 8:55 AM
    Martin Reynolds
    Should be good

Who attended?

  • 180 attendees
    • “ Could have started 7pm instead of 7:20... Adobe guys should have focused on Flex3/AIR more Good event anyway! ”
    • “ way too noisy with the open bar in the background, a real disturbance ”
    • “ great event - great speakers - somewhat spoilt by the continuous nattering of the folks in the bar area at the back - really they should have been told to shut-up or leave - since they were clearly not interested in listening to the presentations - having the mics up loud is not a compensation. I'm sure part of the purpose of the event was to promote mingling - but surely not during the presentations ??? Otherwise really good ”
    • “ Very lively and fun meetup. Also good information and interesting presenters. ”
    • Ignacio (+1 guest)
      “ Just a small critic about having the presentations and the bar at the same place at the same time, it made it hard to understand the speakers. ”
    • “ Good speakers; nice to see so many people there; too much noise from the bar spoiled it - James put up with it well, but it was a shame that he couldn't be heard properly all the time; it didn't start on time and so I missed the end as had to leave to get a train. Did anyone get given that free copy of FB3 or CS3? ”
    • “ It was good but if you can handout some info related to speaker and what they suggest during meeting should be in that handout paper. ”
    • “ The bar should have been closed during the sessions as there were a lot of people talking while Serge and James were presenting. ”
    • George Cook (+1 guest)
      “ thanks for putting it on. would've been much better if you have either: a bar and no presentation a presentation and no bar. ”
    • Big Kev (+1 guest)
      “ brilliant shame about the noise from the bar at the back! ”
    • “ presentation sometimes drowned out by noise from the bar ”
    • “ A great presentation, really exciting stuff ”
    • “ I may be biased as I'm more interested in the database interaction side of things but I thought the second talk was far more informative and useful. My only gripe about the evening was that it was difficult to hear the speakers with the noisy bar right behind us. ”
    • “ Good mix of people - great to meet the Adobe guys and fellow Flex enthusiasts - good buzz. ”
    • “ Great beer ”
    • “ Interesting content but either at very detailed or slightly glossy. A more systematic overview would have been appreciated. ”
    • ed
      “ Presentations were good, but by the end the noise from the bar made listening to the speakers nigh on impossible. ”
    • “ Late start which meant I had to leave before the end but otherwise interesting. Quite motivating too. ”
    • “ Too much noise at the back. Couldn't hear much. ”
    • “ The talks given by Serge, and James were for a daytime conference, I feel they would have got their ideas across much better if they had tailored their talks for an evening audience, involving more engaging ideas and visuals, something to inspire its listeners after a hard days work. ”
    • “ Too many people standing at the back talking loudly whilst speakers were giving presentations. There should be no free drinks until after the speakers have finished. How many people only turned up because of the free beer? ”
    • David Rutter (+2 guests)
    • Bob
    • mark young (+1 guest)