Save the date! Well-known Flash and Flex author Joey Lott will be speaking at the September 23, 2008 Refresh Detroit http://www.refresh-detroit.org meeting. Joey is traveling across the country, from east coast to west coast, on his way to Adobe MAX in San Francisco and we're his first stop.

Thanks to the local Adobe user groups, FlashFocused http://www.flashfocused.org and Detroit Area Adobe User Group http://www.daaug.com for joining Refresh Detroit in sponsoring this special event.

Abstract

Want to know how to use your existing Flex and/or Flash skills to build applications for the desktop using Adobe AIR? In this presentation we'll look at what AIR is and is not, and we'll look at the key features of AIR. We'll go beyond the standard marketing presentation for AIR and instead focus on what is possible using AIR and what it takes to get up and running using AIR.

Joey Lott Biography

Joey Lott is one of the founders of The Morphic Group, a Flex and Flash application development company. Joey has also authored or co-authored numerous books on Flex and Flash and related technologies including Programming Flex 3, ActionScript 3 Cookbook, Adobe AIR in Action, and Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns. Joey has spoken at many industry conferences such as Adobe MAX, Flash on the Beach, Flashforward, and FITC.

When: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Canton Public Library, 1200 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, Michigan 48188. Phone: 734-397-0999. We're meeting in the Community Room. Free parking is available next to the library.

Based on the library policies, we're required to post the following disclosure: This program is neither sponsored, nor endorsed by the Canton Public Library.

For more information about Refresh Detroit, visit our website at http://www.refresh-detroit.org