Source control for Flash (19:00 - 20:00) - Juan Delgado
Source control is probably the very base of software development. This is going to be a very practical session to get you started on SVN where we will go through the basics: creating a repository, check out, commit, revert, diff, etc.

Developing Flash Content For Mobile (20:15 - 21:15) - Dave Williamson
With the increased interest in the mobile internet I will to provide practical tips and information on how you can leverage Flash Lite Player on Mobiles and how that content can cross to other devices.

Prizes for the free raffle
1 copy of Essential ActionScript 3.0 donated by Adobe.
3 Adobe Air Launch T-Shirts by eboy donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by Adobe.

When/Where
Date: 31st July 2008 (31/07/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

Slide Framework for Flex (19:00 - 20:00) - Peter Hall
Slide is an application framework for projects built in Flex 2 or 3. Using familiar design patterns, Slide provides a robust MVC structure, view state management decoupled from view implementation and a flexible approach to model and controller access, eliminating need for singleton classes.

Flex/AIR: Developing for Large Datasets (19:00 - 20:00) - Johannes Nel
Some examples of using branched development techniques that allow you to use a single code base whilst deploying for both AIR and Flex applications and strategies for large complex data sets touching upon OLAP, AMF, SQLIte and deployment for both scenario’s.

Prizes for the free raffle
1 copy of Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and 3 Developers donated by friends of ED.
1 Adobe Air Launch Poster by eboy donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by friends of ED.

When/Where
Date: 19th June 2008 (19/06/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

Flash CS3 Components (19:00 - 21:00) - Tink Ltd
This session will take you through the component life-cycle, bugs you might come across, how to use them in AS 3.0 projects in Flex Builder, skinning both in the Flash IDE and with code, and extending the components to add your own functionality.

Prizes for the free raffle
1 copy of Foundation ActionScript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex donated by friends of ED.
6 Adobe Air Launch Posters by eboy donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by friends of ED.

When/Where
Date: 29th May 2008 (29/05/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

Hardware Hacking for Software Scripters (19:00 - 20:00) - Matt Biddulph
With cheap open-source hardware platforms like Arduino, it’s now possible to design and build electronic devices in your own home. Even more importantly, working with hardware is starting to look more and more like scripting with software. In this session, Matt will give a tour of what can be done when you apply a background in building web applications to a box of electronic components.

Hardware Hacking with Flash and Arduino ( 20:15 - 21:15 ) - Alias Cummins
Have you ever wanted to build your own custom controller for your Flash applcation? Wired up your home of the future to a bunch of sensors and lights? Build your very own army of robotic ninjas? Now you can!
Alias will be talking about some of the possibilities of using Arduino and Flash to build your own electronic and interactive projects using cheap, commodity electronics and the neat and inexpensive arduino board. Using some simple examples, we will go through the basics of starting out with hardware sketching, and being creative with electronics and electricity.

Prizes for the free raffle
1 Arduino Beginners Kit donated by Tinker.it!.
1 copy of Essential ActionScript 3.0 donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by Tinker.it!.

When/Where
Date: 27th March 2008 (27/03/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

Successful Flash Games (19:00 - 20:00) - Iain Lobb
A rapid-fire exploration of the Flash games scene. If you want to create a hit Flash game, this talk will tell you what to make, how to make it, where to promote it and how to make money from it. I’ll cover platforms and devices, genre, graphical style, branding, playability, control schemes, localisation, distribution and promotion. I’ll also go into detail about technical issues, such as making your game pausable, making save-game functionality, optimising performance and creating multi-user games. I’ll also give real-world examples of why certain Flash games are successful - including games I’ve made and games I just love playing.

Practical Particle Effects with Flint ( 20:15 - 21:15 ) - Richard Lord
Flint is an open-source particle system written in Actionscript 3. Flint is easy to use and enables the rapid development of particle systems through the reuse of existing particle behaviours and a simple interface for adding custom behaviours.
This session will look at the code behind Flint and the techniques that lead to its versatility, ease of use and speed. It will also cover the basics of creating a number of particle effects using Flint including rain, fireworks, smoke and fire.
Flint is available at http://flashgamecode.net/flint

Prizes for the free raffle
1 copy of a Foundation Flex for Designers donated by friends of ED.
1 copy of a Foundation Flex for Developers:
Data-Driven Applications with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and LCDS donated by friends of ED.
1 copy of Essential ActionScript 3.0 donated by Adobe.

We will also have some Adobe rock candy and stickers.

Sponsored by friends of ED.

When/Where
Date: 28th February 2008 (28/02/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

Thermo - The Thermo Team (Steven Heintz, Ethan Eismann & Rob Adams)
An introduction to Thermo followed by an open discussion on Thermo and Flex workflows.

Thermo - Adobe Labs

Prizes for the free raffle
1 copy of a Foundation Flex for Designers donated by friends of ED.
1 copy of Essential ActionScript 3.0 donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by friends of ED.

When/Where
Date: 21st February 2008 (21/02/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

PureMVC (19:00 - 20:00) - Paddy Keane
In this session, Paddy will explain the advantages of using the PureMVC framework, giving it an overview, covering best practices and expound his experiences thus far in using it. He’ll go into the purpose of frameworks, an overview of PureMVC, comparisons to other frameworks and examples of PureMVC in use.

The 3rd Way: Handling 3D on the Web ( 20:15 - 21:15 ) - Rob Bateman
In this session, Rob investigates how the available 3d possibilities on the web have shifted since the outbreak of open source 3d engines in Flash (Papervision3d, Away3d and Sandy), and compares the relative merits between them and other current competing 3d formats. He goes on to analyze what constitutes good use of 3d, illustrating by example how things can be done well, what happens when 3d is abused, and how the application of 3d can be approached in order to create a compelling and intuitive experience.

Prizes for the free raffle
2 conference passes to FiTC Amstedam 2008 donated by FiTC.
1 copy of Essential ActionScript 3.0 donated by Adobe.

We will also have some Adobe rock candy and stickers.

Sponsored by FiTC.

When/Where
Date: 31st January 2008 (31/01/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here.

Piss-up
Come and join us for some beers and smokes to celebrate this thing called Christmas!

When/Where
Date: 20th December 2007 (20/12/2007)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Venue: The Dragon Bar, 5 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4AQ (click for map)
Nearest Tube: Old Street

You don’t need to register and sign-up but a list of who plans to attend would be helpful. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of this post here.

Touching the Future (19:00 - 20:00) - Richard Leggett
In this session, Richard will take a look at computing in 2012. Not too far away at all, but far enough for things to have become a little bit more interesting, especially in the world of Flash and HCI.
There’ll be prototypes, videos and hands on demonstrations all in order to try to get a feeling for the kind of things we will be making and using in the near future.
The session will not be too technical in its nature, but explanations will be given as to how everything is made, with room for questions to get into a little more detail.

Collaboration in Education ( 20:15 - 21:15 ) - Elmer Zinkhann
In this talk Elmer will show us the current results of his research on how digital media may be used to enhance face-to-face communication between pupils as well as exploring ways how devices can interact with eachother. As a part of his post-grad studies in Industrial Design Engineering he will deconstruct the design process through examples and illustrations which led to a product-service solution parts of which are prototyped using Flash.

Prizes for the free raffle
Adobe ‘Flash on the Beach’ T-shirts donated by Adobe.
Essential ActionScript 3.0 books donated by Adobe.

We will also have some Adobe rock candy and stickers.

Sponsored by Adobe.

When/Where
Date: 29th November 2007 (29/11/2007)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here.

Beyond Flash: Computational Design with Processing (19:00 - 20:00) - Karsten Schmidt
This talk will be focusing on the role of code as general design language & open source tool making to enable more creative freedom of expression as well as give us access to different approaches for solving design issues. We will be looking at numerous work examples and uncover the processes behind. Most of the work is created in Processing but the conceptual side equally applies for Flash users.

Creating T-shirts with Flash ( 20:15 - 21:15 ) - Zoltan Csaki
Outlining the process behind the ‘Muslim Jesus’ t-shirt, Zoltan will talk about using Flash in a non-traditional way as well as the personal project that inspired the illustration in the first place.

Prizes for the free raffle
2 copies of Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art donated by friends of ED.

Sponsored by friends of ED.

When/Where
Date: 25th October 2007 (25/10/2007)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here.