We're happy to announce that O'Reilly Media is now sponsoring our group.  We'll have some promotional items soon, and they are offering a discount on books purchased directly at oreilly.com.

Group members receive a 35% discount on O'Reilly, No Starch, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin products purchased directly from O'Reilly.

The discount code you should use is DSUG. Orders can be placed online at http://www.oreilly.com/store/ or by calling 800-998-9938.  ACtive members are also entitled to a discount on O'Reilly conferences and tutorials.

The Pearl Street Grill & Brewery is now sponsoring the Buffalo Flash Platform User Group meetings! Located in downtown Buffalo, their location will be central for our membership from all over WNY, and they have ample meeting space for our growing group. (They also happen to have some great beers!) For more details about the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery check out their website: http://pearlstreetgrill.com/

Adobe announced today that they have decided to extend the 20% discount in their store until May 31st, 2009!  If you need the code to make a purchase, please send me an email or pm so that I can give it to you.  The code will only be released to active user group members.

The guys running FITC Toronto were kind enough to provide us with a 2 free passes, as well as a discount code good for 20% off the price of a delegate pass for their upcoming conference. The event is occurring from April 25th - 28th in Toronto, Ontario Canada. With a broad variety of sessions there is something for everyone from developer to designer. Were going to be giving the two tickets away at our next event (currently TBA). IF you cant wait, the discount code is: BUFFLEX  

Head on over and get your tickets today!!

http://www.fitc.ca/event_detail.cfm?festival_id=79 

At 7:30 p.m. on March 3 at Pearl Street Grill & Brewery in downtown Buffalo, Steve Poland, originally from Kenmore, NY will be hosting BarCamp Buffalo.

There, attendees can use provided big-screen TVs and present their projects or anything related to tech in Buffalo/WNY.

The goal of BarCamp Buffalo is to get the technology community in Buffalo closer together; to forge relationships among those working in tech fields in Buffalo.

More info http://barcamp.org/BarCampBuffalo

I came across this article by Christophe Coenraets on the Adobe AIR developer center while searching for something else today.  It describes several methods of integrating SQL Lite into your AIR application.  Pretty handy if you have little experience with any of these models.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/articles/sqlite_db_api_in_air.html

A nice article from Adobe Open source about when to use [Bindable], why you might not want to use it, etc.  Definitely worth reading.

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Conventions+for+Bound+Properties

Adobe is offering the Buffalo Flex Users Group members special pricing on Adobe software. Place your order before March 2, 2009, in order to save 20% on all Adobe products in the North America online Adobe Store.

Here are the simple steps required to get your discount:
1) Visit http://www.adobe.com/go/cspartners and fill out the form. You must enter the Association Name AUG and the Member Number 72360 when filling out the form.
2) A custom Adobe Store URL with an embedded coupon code will be e-mailed to you.
3) The custom URL can be used only one time, and only by the requester. Additional program terms and conditions are detailed at the URL referenced above.

If you have additional questions or would prefer to place your order by phone, contact Adobe at 800-585-0774.