Author: tpryan

User Group Tour – Clarification

A few people have asked me about the tour and the status of their city.

Allow me to explain a little more. Adobe is doing a whirlwind tour of 119 cities over two weeks. We will be talking about both Flex 4 and ColdFusion 9. Since we are going for a short intense tour, there are many of us doing our own unique tour agendas. Tours are being done by more people than I can name. If your city is not on my list, it may very well be on someone else’s list.

Luckily there is a reference of all of the stops, check out Ted Patrick’s blog entry on the tour.

User Group Tour

Ben blogged it so I guess I’m free to now.

We’re doing a multi-city tour of ColdFusion and Flex user groups. I’ll be talking about the next version of both products, currently code named Centaur and Gumbo respectively. Here’s the schedule:

  • Albany, NY – 6/16
  • Hartford, CT – 6/17
  • East Lansing, MI – 6/18
  • Bloomington, IN – 6/22
  • San Antonio, TX – 6/23
  • Houston, TX – 6/24
  • Austin, TX – 6/25
  • Dallas, TX – 6/26

Flex BugQuash 2: Wrath of Bateman

A few months back we held our first Flex BugQuash. This event brings together Flex developers and Adobe staff, both remote and local, in order to start knocking bugs out of the SDK.

It was so successful that we’re doing it again. This time it will be the day before 360Flex in Indianapolis (or May 17th)

You do need to register. You don’t have to be going to 360Flex to participate, but you do in order to be part of the local group doing it.

cf.Objective() 2009 – Here I come

I just booked my travel for cf.Objective() 2009. I’m especially excited to return this year, for a few reasons:

  • cf.Objective() was the event that got me re-energized about CF back in 2007
  • cf.Objective() did that because it is a kick ass event
  • I’m now part of Adobe
  • We’re going to be talking a great deal about Centaur and Bolt

We’re doing a few sessions:

I can’t wait to see you all in Minneapolis. Make sure you get your tickets.

Chomping at the Bit

I’ve been kinda quiet on the substantive discussions of ColdFusion as of late. I’ve been listening but not speaking too much. I boil that down to a few reasons:

  1. Being new to the evangelist job is keeping me extremely busy
  2. We’re still not really talking publicly about the next version of ColdFusion yet.

However, looking on the horizon, I see cf.Objective, webDU, Scotch on the Road, and the upcoming user group tour. I’m excited about these, as I expect the conferences themselves to be fun – being able to catch up or meet community members is awesome. But the real reason I’m happy about this is that we’ll be talking about Centaur in greater depth.

I have to admit I was afraid that seeing how the CF-sausage was made would make it lose some of its luster for me. However, I have to say it’s quite the opposite. Seeing the process has gotten me more excited than ever to talk about, tinker with, and full out application develop with ColdFusion.

I know the silence from us is making the natives of the ColdFusion community a bit restless. I get it. But hold out a little bit longer, we’ve got some leaks coming in the next two months that will show you how the next version of ColdFusion is going to set your RAD engines on ludicrous speed.

 

ColdFusion Flex Roadshow Dallas & Los Angeles

I’ll be doing the ColdFusion Flex Roadshow in Dallas and Los Angeles this coming week. The point is to give ColdFusion developers a jumpstart in Flex.

If you have always wanted to know how to get started in but haven’t gotten over the initial learning curve, this event is for you. Even better – the event is free. So come on and check out the ColdFusion Flex Roadshow.

  • April 21, 2009 9:30AM – 2:00PM in Dallas, TX
  • April 23, 2009 9:30AM – 2:00PM in Los Angeles, CA

Register online beforehand.

Adobe Affiliate Program

I just learned this today. Did you know Adobe has an Affiliate program? You can set yourself up to get some sweet commissions on Adobe software. I won’t go into the long and short of it but you can earn between 5% and 8% on Adobe software that people buy after being referred from your site. The variation in percentage is based on sales, the more paying business you refer the higher your percentage.

That means for ColdFusion Server you’re looking at:

  • ColdFusion Standard    $64-$103
  • ColdFusion Enterprise     $375-$600

Not bad, right? Also as stated in the FAQ:

Do I earn commissions on my own purchases?

When you buy products from us through your website, you earn the same commission on your purchase that you would from a visitor purchase.

So check out the Adobe Affiliate Program.

Flex Builder Free for the Unemployed

A few weeks ago I tweeted about getting free licenses of Flex Builder for victims of the current economic craptaculon. It was an informal test balloon while we got the formal plan in place. I’m pleased to announce that as of Friday, Adobe has formalized this program. Here are the details:

Today we have launched an updated https://freeriatools.adobe.com/ and it now includes a link for “Flex Builder for unemployed developers” https://freeriatools.adobe.com/learnflex/.

A cool additional piece is that when you apply you also get 60 days of free access to Safari Books’ collection of Adobe Developer Library titles.