Maritz Learning in St. Louis Missouri has several needs for some Multimedia talent, with both freelance and full time opportunities available.   Specific needs we are looking for is someone with a creative interactive and media-rich Flash interactivities and animation background.

If you’re interested contact

Barb Steen
636-827-4612
barb.steen@maritz.com.

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The Program

The Adobe Developers of Idaho and the Boise Adobe Users and Graphic Design Group have come together to start a new program called <dev>. <dev> offers non-profit companies an opportunity to work with a team comprised of user group members to develop a Rich Internet Application (RIA) for their organization. RIAs are web-based or desktop-based applications that allow for a more user-friendly and interactive experience than traditional websites or applications. When they sign up, interested organizations should describe in detail the type of projects they would like to have developed. Projects should not be time-sensitive or mission-critical (critical for keeping the organization in business).

The Developers Group of Idaho is also looking for experienced individuals who would be interested in developing and designing RIAs that fulfill non-profit organizations’ needs.

The Purpose

Non-profit organizations will receive a quality end-product, gain insights into the benefits of new technologies, and build useful networks with local developers and designers.

Rich Internet Application (RIA) development involves a team-based environment. User groups are an excellent way to meet and collaborate with other skilled developers who share an excitement for Adobe tools and RIA Technology. Throughout the project, team members will gain useful experience while providing a quality end-product for selected non-profit organizations.

The Process

Interested non-profit organizations should fill out an application describing the organization and the types of projects that might benefit the organization. Also, spread the word to other organizations that might benefit from this development opportunity.

Interested developers and designers should fill out an application, describing their qualifications and experience in detail. Project teams will be organized based on qualifications and availability. Each team will ideally consist of the following: one Project Manager, one System Architect, a programmer for client-side scripting, a programmer for server-side scripting, and one or two designers.

Throughout the project, teams will be expected to document project progress through a journal or blog. Help will be available and should be utilized. When each project is completed, the team and the finished product will be evaluated by the user groups.

The limitations and expectations of the program will be discussed with team participants as well as the non-profit organizations. All team members will need to address how they would like to handle intellectual property (IP) and creative licensing before the project commences.

We expect this to be a fun way for our group members to sharpen their skills while contributing to the community. We invite all to get involved by applying at http://adidaho.org/devRIA.php.

Adobe Developer Week 2008 showcased Adobe end-to-end web development tool suites and solutions. Speakers for this week-long event delivered 20 eSeminars on the latest topics and trends in the developer community, covering Adobe AIR, Flex, Flash, Mobile, ColdFusion, and Dreamweaver technologies. Thank you to everyone who participated and presented in this year’s event.

While Developer Week 2008 is now over, each session is available for viewing as an OnDemand recording at Adobe’s site: http://www.adobe.com/communities/developerweek/

Adobe released a  press release today for Adobe Photoshop Express .

This looks like a pretty cool Rich Internet Application that allows you to share and edit your photos. They also give you 2GB of disk storage with their free account. Definitely worth taking a look at. I wonder if they’ll have an API? Here is the link: http://www.photoshop.com/express

We watched the presentation for the Flex 3 and Air launch.

https://admin.acrobat.com/_a40120448/p55794966/

Here’s the white paper on Air Security
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/air/air_security.pdf

For those working with Flex and BlazeDS. Bugs can be viewed and reported here: http://bugs.adobe.com/

Adobe has a link to a PDF of an API reference guide for Flex 3 and Air here.

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/atp_ria_guide.html

March 24-28, 2008

Over 20 different complimentary online sessions covering Adobe products will be available including Air.

Learn from the experts and get a first look at some of the hottest new products and solutions available from Adobe.

Register Here for the event.
Learn More >>>

For those of you using Flex for education purposes visit this web site.

http://www.flexregistration.com/

Justin Kay with Northwest Real Estate Capital is the host and the address is 210 W Mallard Dr. in Boise. Here is a Google Map.This group is for individuals interested in any aspect of web application development, whether it be a designer, programmer, novice, expert, project manager, or DBA. Plan on coming to network, learn, and share. As a group we are better than any one individual. Of course, as you can tell by our name, it will have a strong focus on Adobe products and solutions.