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cf.Objective(ANZ) all set to go

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:39:00 +1000

The workshops, sessions and speakers have been announced for cf.Objective(ANZ) and it's going to be a fantastic conference. It's being held in Melbourne Australia on the 17th (workshops), 18th and 19th of November. I'll be giving a talk on ColdFusion security and risk analysis and showing how you can decide on what security features are effective and that you should implement on your project. I'll also be running a one day hands on workshop on the open source Arduino platform and how you can hook it up to Flex and ColdFusion. By the end of the day you'll have a basic understanding of electronics components, digital and anolog inputs and outputs, how to use the Arduino platform and how it can communicate with the outside world. Kai Koening is running a workshop on Flex 4 for ColdFusion developers and Charlie Arehart is running a workshop on solving ColdFusion performance and reliability issues. Early bird pricing ends 31st of August. It's cheaper than last year so you have no excuse not to come along.

Bringing RIAs and Hardware together at Webinale in Berlin

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:50:00 +1000

Here is the code and a pdf of the slides of my talk on bringing RIAs hardware together at Webinale in Berlin Germany. Flex code for all the demos and Arduino code for the demos. Download a PDF of my talk (2 Mb) or view on slide share. Any questions on my talk just comment below or email me.

ColdFusion Security at cf.Objective in Minneapolis

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:01:00 +1000

Here is the code and a pdf of the slides of my talk on Risk Management and ColdFusion Security at cf.Objective() in Minneapolis USA. Download a PDF of my talk (470 Kb) or view on slide share. More information on some of the topics covered can be found in the related entries below. I'll write up a couple of more blog posts covering the other topics in the slide deck in the near future. Any questions on my talk just comment below or email me.

Connecting Hardware up to ColdFusion at cf.Objective() in Minneapolis

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:15:00 +1000

Here is the code and a pdf of the slides of my talk on connecting hardware to ColdFusion at cf.Objective() in Minneapolis USA. ColdFusion code (including the Arduino and Socket CFCs) for all the demos and Arduino code for the demos. The Arduino ColdFusion socket code is up on RIA Forge. Download a PDF of my talk (2.2 Mb) or view on slide share. Any questions on my talk just comment below or email me.

cf.Objective(ANZ) dates and venue set

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:24:00 +1000

cf.Objective(ANZ) dates and venue have been announced. The conference will be on 18th and 19th November in Melbourne Australia at the Rydges Hotel. so mark the dates in your calendar now! The official call for speakers and ticket prices will be announced soon.

360|Flex San Jose 2010 Review

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:46:00 +1000

It was my first 360|Flex event that I've attended (other than speaking at the 360|Flex unconference at Adobe MAX last year) and it met all my expectations and more. My hands-on connecting hardware to Flex all day session on Sunday was filled to capacity (40 people) I got great feedback from it and everyone got to take home an Arduino and a components kit (thanks to the sponsors of 360Flex and SparkFun). So anyone who was on the course tell me what you've done with it or what your plans are and if you need any help or inspiration contact me. [More]

Connecting open source hardware to the web at the Sydney Web Standards Group

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:58:00 +1000

Here is the code and a pdf of the slides of my talk on connecting open source hardware to the web at Web Standards Group in Sydney Australia. Here is the ethernet Flex code, the LED Flex code and the Arduino code for demos. Download a PDF of my talk (1.4 Mb) or view on slide share. Any questions on my talk just comment below or email me.

cf.Objective(ANZ) is on again later this year

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:13:00 +1000

cf.Objective(ANZ) will return to Melbourne, Australia in late 2010. I'm on the cf.Objective(ANZ) committee and along with Kai Koenig will be organising the sessions and speakers. There no exact dates at this time and this is not an official call for speakers but if you're interested in speaking on any of the topics below (or even something else) get in touch with me. [More]

Controlling tooltip display in a Flex PlotChart

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:48:00 +1000

Tooltips are a great feature of the Flex charting components but it's an all or nothing affair either all your points display them or none of them do. Here a way so only the points you decide show tooltips when you mouse over them. [More]

How to fix Flexlib WindowShade resize issues

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:24:00 +1000

I'm involved in a project that is using the flexlib WindowShade component and it generally works well unless its content is resized. Here's a simple fix for this. [More]

Setting up access to Flex Remote Objects without access to WEB-INF directory

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:42:00 +1000

When creating a project in Flex Builder if you select the application server type as J2EE you need to have access to the WEB-INF flex folder of the server and the services-config.xml configuration file of the remote server. So what do you do if you don't have access to the WEB-INF flex folder? [More]

Speaking at Web Standard Group in Sydney in February

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:04:00 +1000

I'll be giving a talk on open source hardware and the Arduino platform at the Web Standards Group in Sydney on the 24th February. If you want know more about the Ardunio platform and how easy it is to connect open source hardware to the internet come along.

Remote ActionScript Dynamic Endpoints

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:40:00 +1000

When using remote objects in Flex (for BlazeDS) you may want to change the endpoint (server, port and context root) and switch between servers. This is useful if your development environment contains both testing and production servers (as it should). The usual way is to define these settings in the Flex/Flash Builder project when the project is created but this is not easily changed once it's been set up. [More]

I'm now a Adobe Community Professional

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:41:00 +1000

Adobe announced today the name change of the old Adobe Community Experts program to the shinny new Adobe Community Professionals program. They also announced the list of the people who are in the program and I was one of them. It's great to see a strong Flex and ColdFusion presence in the list (about a 3rd of the total) and I'm looking forward to being a part of the program and helping out in any way I can. A few other locals made it on the list as well. So congratulations to Kai Koenig, Campbell Anderson, Dale Rankine, Geoff Bowers, Andrew Muller and Mark Mandel. (If I've left any local ColdFusion or Flex people off that list many apologies.)

Speaking at Webinale in Berlin in June

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:27:00 +1000

I'll be speaking about Arduinos and RIAs at Webinale in Berlin in June. Thanks goes to Kai Koening who's organising the RIA stream for the conference. I've not been to Germany before and don't speak a word of German so it's going to be an interesting experience and i'm looking forward to it. The tracks and sessions are starting to fill out. Some of them (including mine) will be in English (thankfully).