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Following Adam’s lead, again, I thought I would post the link to the feedback provided by people who attended my session last week in Atlanta. Tom and John rock the transparency vibe pretty hard so I figure its fitting for the speakers to do the same. This was my first time presenting at a conference and overall I was pretty happy with the outcome. I think the feedback stating it focused on FlexMDI a bit too much is probably valid and I apologize for that. My intention was simply to use it as a vehicle to illustrate the concepts I was discussing, I didn’t mean to showcase it in any way. I’d also like to repeat that I was/am not the only developer of FlexMDI. It was a joint effort between myself, Brian Holmes and Brendan Meutzner.

View the feedback

Thanks to everyone who attended, even if you didn’t provide feedback! Though I really like those of you who did :)

I have posted a PDF of the slides from my presentation earlier today. The topic was Creating Flexible Components for Reuse and Distribution and we covered some things to keep in mind when creating components that you want to use across different projects and/or release to the public. There was a really good turnout and the material seemed well received. These slides aren’t very detailed because I am a big believer in minimal amounts of text on slides but I think there is enough to make them worth posting. I settled for PDF because the rest of Keynote’s export options kind of suck and its late. I’m tired. If anyone wants to add them to something like SlideShare feel free to do so and send me the link.

In just under a month, the amazing Tom and John will, once again, orchestrate what is sure to be an amazing conference. If you have any desire at all to improve your Flex skills, meet fellow developers, find a Flex job, hire a Flex developer or just have a really good time with lots of smart, cool people you should definitely attend. For $480 you can’t beat it with a stick.

As the title implies, I will be speaking at the conference. My session is titled “Creating Flexible Components for Reuse and Distribution” and will discuss just that. I will be covering considerations and practices that are useful when you want to create something that will be useful beyond your immediate need or project. Most of the main ideas will be accompanied by examples from flexmdi since reuse and flexibility were main goals of the project, but the concepts will definitely be widely applicable. I would consider it an intermediate level session so you don’t need to be a guru to attend, but hopefully the content will be interesting to developers of all skill levels, including you rock stars out there. Last time I checked I was speaking opposite Ben Forta so if you’re a CFer I will understand if I don’t see you. Otherwise come join me! The session will be pretty free-form and casual; if people want to shout out questions (or insults, whatever) in the middle thats fine by me. In fact, I hope there will be audience participation in the form of questions, comments, alternative approaches, etc. Should be a good time.

So I hope to see you in the audience, but even more so I hope to see you at the conference. Tom and John put on amazing events, have amazing passion for our industry and deserve nothing less than a stellar turnout. If you’ve never been to a 360 event, you owe it to yourself to experience it firsthand. Its awful friggin’ cool. So come out, learn something, meet someone or just enjoy the ATL. I promise you won’t regret it.

The awesome guys from 360Conferences have just announced that the next installment of 360Flex will be an even better deal than it already was. They are offering a full day of Flex 101 training the day before the conference begins, meaning even if you have no Flex experience whatsoever, you can spend 4 days in Hotlanta and come out with some serious knowledge. Back in August I went to my first ever tech conference: 360Flex in Seattle. I was immediately hooked. The small size combined with great sessions makes for a really amazing conference and community experience, and for their prices you really can’t beat it. They charge approximately 50% of what most other conferences do.

So do yourself a favor and head to 360Flex in February. Whether you’re a Flex n00b, novice or ninja it will be worth your time and your career will probably thank you for it. I hear they even have some pretty sweet new speakers this time around. :)

See you in Atlanta!