The slides and sample apps for the Flex and Silverlight stack comparison talk that I gave at 360 Flex with Eric Fickes are now available. You can find them here: http://www.iheartair.com/?page_id=604
Chat is @ Thursday Feb 11th, 11:30am MST
Eric Fickes and myself will be talking to the 360|Flex guys tomorrow about our session. It’s actually going to be a back-to-back mega session comparing the latest and greatest on both the Flash Platform and the Silverlight Platform.
Come check it out and feel free to ask questions…although for the good stuff you’ll have to wait until our talks. 
Here’s the full details: http://www.360flex.com/blog/2010/02/360flex-speaker-chat-eric-fickes-and-jun-heider/
Here’s two very good reasons to attend 360|Flex in San Jose:
Reason 1:
David Hassoun and I will be co-presenting all that is cool in the world of Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Stratus, and RTMFP. It’s going to be a great presentation on some of the cutting edge Adobe technology. So register for 360 and come to our presentation:
Adobe Stratus and Flash Player 10 P2P: Enterprise Multi-user Applications Without the Need for Large Server Infrastructure
Reason 2:
I’m excited to announce that I’m FINALLY going to do my Silverlight for Flex developers talk. The scope of my original idea has changed and now it’s now evolved into a product compare/contrast, developer workflow, media delivery, and back end system talk. The cool thing is I’m bundling it up with my friend, and band mate Eric Fickes who will focus on the server side of things. So register for 360 and come to see the RIATron:
Session 1: Adobe is from Mars, Microsoft is from Uranus: A View from the Client
Session 2: Adobe is from Mars, Microsoft is from Uranus: A View from the Server
I had previously blogged about the Silverlight – First Impressions – Through the Eyes of a Flex Developer session I would be giving at the InsideRIA conference. Unfortunately, that conference has since been canceled. Hearing about the cancellation was a bummer since I was really looking forward to treading new ground on the other side of the fence and saving other Flex developers some time by doing some of their research and feet wetting for them.
That being said, I’m pleased to announce that I will have the opportunity to give this session at 360|Max! So, if you’re going to be attending MAX, are a Flex developer, and want to learn how to get started with Silverlight you should come check it out!
By the way, as a little teaser, I’ll tell you that the application will have a widget in it to view streaming video. In other words, as time allows some very basics on the difference between streaming video with the Adobe platform vs. the Silverlight platform will be covered. As always, my slides and code will be available after I present, and I’ll be kickin’ it at MAX if you feel like tracking me down for extra info. 
So get registered for MAX and most importantly, get registered for 360|MAX!
I’m really excited to annouce that I’ll be speaking at the first InsideRIA conference!
Spun off of the InsideRIA O’Reilly blog, and mixed in with a little Wilker and Ortega mojo, this is going to be an outstanding conference that knows no bounds when it comes to RIA platforms. Whether it’s Flex, Silverlight, JavaFX, AJAX, you name it, it’s all fair game when it comes to InsideRIA topics.
So what am I going to be speaking about? Here’s what I submitted to call for papers:
Title: Silverlight – First Impressions – Through the Eyes of a Flex Developer
Level: Level 200 (Flex) | Level 100 (Silverlight)
Track: Development
Description:
Are you a Flex developer with an inkling to see what the dark side is like? During this session the porting of an application from Flex to Silverlight will be discussed through the eyes of a seasoned Flex developer with no prior Silverlight experience. The main focus of this session will be to show you how a Flex developer got started with Silverlight and things and thoughts encountered during the process.
So get registered and see you in August…San Jose here we come!
