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30 days of me – days 12 to 20

by kai 26/10/2010

Ok, as everyone was able to see, my participation in “30 days of me” has somewhat stalled. Here are days 12 to 20 – just for the sake of getting a bit further towards completion…:)

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30 days of me – day 2

by kai 10/09/2010

Today is about the meaning and the heritage of the name of this blog.

Back in 2003 Marcus (AgentM) and I were both working at msg at.NET – a Macromedia Solution Partner in Germany at that time. I was mainly doing CF and Java and Marcus was the resident Spectra guru (the whole Flex and AIR stuff was still in it’s early childhood days back then).

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cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 update

by kai 19/07/2010

When I posted about cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 in Melbourne (November 18-19 2010)the other week we had just put registration live and the first batch of speakers online. Just a few days later and there’s already so much more.

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Flex 4 for ColdFusion developers (and others) at cf.Objective(ANZ)

by kai 16/07/2010

cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 will for the first time offer full-day workshops on the day before the actual conference. I’m going to offer a full-day training titled “Flex 4 for ColdFusion developers”. Unlike other Flex 4 one-day training or introductions, this one will focus on the special needs of CF folks either coming new into Flex or wanting to learn more about the specifics of integrating Flex apps with ColdFusion.

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cf.Objective(ANZ) 2010 – some speakers, some sessions (and a registration system)

by kai 09/07/2010

You might have heard that our antipodean version of cf.Objective – coincidentally named cf.Objective(ANZ) – is coming back again in 2010. After the very successful first run in 2009, we’re going to be back to Melbourne on November 18 & 19, 2010 for two days on advanced CF content, networking with attendees and presenters from all over the world.

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Regular Expressions @webDU – want a $50-off voucher?

by kai 12/04/2010

This is just a quick one. As announced in February I’m going to be and present at WebDU 2010 in Bondi Beach, Sydney. Besides a conference session, I’m running a Day 0 workshop on “befriending regular expressions”.

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Speaking at webDU 2010 (May 6 and 7 2010, Bondi Beach)

by kai 26/02/2010

I’m again speaking at this year’s webDU (and it’s going to be the 8th time in a row – I think the only other people who have presented at each MXDU/webDU since it started in 2003 are Andrew Muller and Mr. Geoff Bowers himself now, yay!).

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Adobe Refresh in Asia Pacific

by kai 01/02/2010

This is just a quick reminder that Adobe is running a series of Refresh events across Asia Pacific in February. Perth and Sydney are apparently booked out resp. very close to being booked out – but there are places left for Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland.

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Aussies to invade New Zealand

by kai 15/07/2008

This is the funniest thing I’ve watched in the last year or so. The Gruen Transfer is an Australian TV show about advertising on ABC. They have a segment called “The Pitch” and agencies have to compete against each other to fulfil a somewhat “challenging” brief…. for example: A TV spot to advertise for an […]

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Adobe Ambassador

by kai 15/07/2008

Just recently, I was appointed to be one of the Adobe Ambassadors for the Pacific region – namely Australia and New Zealand. I hear you asking… “Well, what does it mean?” There’s a pretty easy and nice definition: An Adobe Ambassador is a recognised industry professional whom Adobe has approached to represent them in the […]

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