Adobe Developer Connection holds an auction for the Flex Cookbook recipes. It's not about buying! All recipes are free for all readers, as usual. Auction is for writing recipes. The rules are simple: until today's midnight (August 20, 2009, 24:00 ET - check your time zone) you claim how many recipes you will write to the cookbook. The winner is who claimed the maximium number of recipes. Then you have 30 days to write them and after that get your nice Timbuk2 bag with "Adobe Developer Connection" signature.

Please claim your bids to esulliva@adobe.com.

Ed Sullivan, who is origanizing this, and who helped at least five of our members get their Flex Builder 3 Pro, warns: prize Timbuks will be packed with surprising Flex stuff. Our experience with Ed proofs that we can trust him (recall that professional Flex Builder 3 copies)!

Wish you a luck on auction, UAFPUGGERS!

How to become a Flash/Flex Developer?

Now you can download the June FFD issue!

BTW, the winners of Three Paper FFD Magazines Raffle will be announced soon!

Folks, today I have a good news for you: the Flash and Flex magazines have reached my mailbox, I've unpacked them and saw them.Here they are:

#3/2009: How to become a Flash/Flex Developer?

#2/2009: Flash Games Programmer

#1/2009: Flash CS 4 New Features

Nice news?

I hope so :)

The question is: who will get these issues? The answer is simple: Mostly, it is the people who comented in the previous topic and told me what magazines they are interested in! Also, the last isse from this post will be raffled, to let fortune make her turn too.

Luv ya,

Rost 

Update: Done! The magazines are now ours, read here!

Hey folks, do you remember the Flash and Flex Developer Magazine we've presented you in Feb 2009?

We have another great news about it! The authors of the FFDMag give our group a four issues for free, with a tons of interesting articles:

• Model View Controller – What's the Secret Sauce?
• JSFL Quirks.
• SWX: The Native Data Format for Adobe Flash.
• WebORB tricks.
• Multi-user Applications in haXe.
• Secrets of a professional Flash game programmer.
• Interview with Lee Brimelow.
• Creating a game using WOW-Engine.
• How to monetize your game?
• So you've written your AIR application, now what? – Branding 101 for Developers.
• Bring Flash content into the social realm of Facebook.
• Getting Started with Visualizer.
• Data Analytics and Tracking User-Behavior in Flex Applications.
• How to use Yahoo! Maps in Flex.
• Flex Application Architecture.
• Google Analytics for Flash.
• Miniblog Part 2.

…and much more! I’ve selected only some topics. You can see the full details and download the free issues. Please note — this offer expires on July 6.

I’ll bring the paper copies of these magazines to our next meeting on the seashore in Crimea – I’m sure we’ll have a good time to read it loud with fun, discuss and probably raffle these great pieces of printed knowledge :)

You can preview and flip it really online: Flash Games Programmer - FFD issue #4 (2/2009)

Also, do not miss the Free Issue download from the magazine page!

As you know, 10-17 Aug 2009 we will have a big ITSea / BURAFPUG event in the in Crimea.

We carefully analyzed the best choices and collected them in one table. Now we want you to help us choose the best place to stay for 7 days and have a lot of fun! 

Yes, now we need your help: go, read, analyze and select the best place!

1. Meet others with similar professional interests (birds of a feather).
2 . Learn best practices from others (peers, experienced practitioners
and experts).
3. Help and teach others.
4. Build a network that can help you and vice versa.
5. Be able to see new things (related to core topic).
6. Significant give-aways.
7. Be inspired.
8. Learn about what is going on in your professional circle/industry.
9. Have the opportunity to give something back to the community.
10. T-shirts, pens, books, stickers...

Why do you participate the community?

Usually, we have no problems with getting speakers for meetings, but if we get into situation like this, there's an interesting idea, which was first expressed by KeithJohnson, below is my interpretation:

Speed networking

It’s like speed dating without the romance. Someone comes to stage and talks about how heor she uses flash or any questions on flash, really anything. After 5 minutes the alarm went off and another person somes to stage.

This can be a good addition to the meetings, where, for example we have 1-2 presentations. What do you think?

Folks,

with great pleasure I report to you the results of our particopation in Jan'09 Flex Cookbook contest. Ukrainian Adobe Flash Platform User Group has successfully qualified with 8 posts to Flex Cookbook. So, we've got a Flex Builder 3 Professional copy for our group.

Then we did a raffle, and here's the winner: Eldar 'PiRREST' Prilutsky, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Here's his blog in Ukrainian.

My congratulations, Eldar, and good luck in upcoming contests.

New contest is announced already, please read details in Russian!

Від сьогодні та по кінець січня дві тисячі дев'ятого року відбувається обмін ваших нових рецептів для Flex Cookbook чи AIR Cookbook на лотерейні квитки для розіграшу Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional та Creative Suite 4.

Подробиці обмінного процессу

Юзергрупа, члени якої створили 5 та більше рецептів у Flex Cookbook чи AIR Cookbook за вказаний період, отримує копію FlexBuilder 3 Professional для розіграшу між авторами поданних рецептів. Рецепти менеджерів группи також рахуються. Кожен рецепт дає один шанс на перемогу. Наприклад. Якщо Член А юзергрупи "N" написав 4 рецепти, а Член Б тієї ж юзергрупи — 2, то ця група має право розіграти копію Flex Builder, так як вимогу мати мінімум п'ять постів виконано. Член А отримає 4 квитки для участі в розіграші, а Член Б отримає 2 квитки. Розіграш буде проведено між ними двома (позаяк більше ніхто з групи не додав рецепту). Таким чином, кожен рецепт збільшує шанси на виграш. Якщо Член А напише усі п'ять рецептів сам — то він отримає Flex Builder і розіграш не буде проводитися.

Щедрість +1 (Adobe CS4)

Я якщо юзергрупа робить 10 чи більше рецептів, то вона отримає також одну копію Adobe CS4 для розіграшу між авторами рецептів. Це може бути будь-яка версія CS4 крім Master Collection. Крайня дата подачі лінків на рецепти — 30 січня 2009 р. (важливо: ваш рецепт повинен бути вже в кукбукові на цей час). Присилайте як лінки на свої вже готові рецепти в кукбукові, так і назви тем тих, що ви створюєте (щоб запобігти дублювання). Присилайте результати на гуглопошту rostislav.siryk або сюди в коментарі — як забажаєте (я б віддав перевагу коментарям, заради відкритості). Є питання? Задавайте. Та краще відразу пишіть рецепти для розіграшу на UAFPUG!

With great help from Ted and Rachel, now we owe this beautiful group space hosted on generous Adobe website.

Hello world! Welcome people of good will and wise action!