The December meeting of Acadiana Adobe User Group will be the annual dutch treat holiday social, at Sakura, 3217 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA, December 8, 2008, 6 pm.

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The only real "business" of the evening will be a preview of a few upcoming meeting topics that will start off 2009; the balance of the evening will be simply a chance to socialize and visit with your colleagues.

Oh, and there will be a raffle! The tickets we have been collecting for the last six months will be used to raffle off an Adobe CS4 suite! And there will be other giveaways, as well... the holidays are here and we promise that no one will leave without at least something!

Due to an unfortunate personal emergency, the guest speaker scheduled for a Nov. 3 appearance with the Acadiana Adobe User Group was forced to cancel at the last minute.

The meeting has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 6-8 pm, at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA.

This will be a Show and Tell evening, when we take a sneak peek at various projects recently completed or underway, to see what some of our members have been up to, what they have been utilizing in the projects, how they have been solving problems ... and we even sometimes have problems presented to the group for discussion.

So far, we have Ray Camden showing one or two of his latest projects, and James Edmunds with a pair of easy jQuery implementations used to enliven web site information. We're looking for at least a couple more, and know our members are always up to something interesting, so drop us a line at "admin AT acadiana-aug.org" (you understand what the address really is...) and we'll put you in the spotlight. We'll also have a few moments of "open desktop" for spontaneous peeks at member projects if time allows.

Remember, attending any meeting gets you into the drawing for the Adobe Creative Suite package at our Holiday Social, and there are items raffled at every meeting!

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Light refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you there!

Is there any such thing as a free lunch? At least you can count on a free sandwich (while supplies last), as the Acadiana Adobe User Group is providing poorboys for attendees of its upcoming meeting, in order to honor a special guest!

At the next meeting of the Acadiana Adobe User Group, Joey Lott, author of the upcoming O'Reilly book Programming Flex 3 will speak on "How to Architect Flex Applications," as well as answer questions! Join us to welcome this noted Flex author to Acadiana!

The meeting will be held at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA, from 6-8 pm, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.

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Remember, attending any meeting gets you into the drawing for the Adobe Creative Suite package at our Holiday Social, and there are items raffled at every meeting!

Our Oct. 21 meeting focused on video APIs. Here is a link to a page with links and code snippets from the meeting, updated from the meeting to include several items mentioned during the presentations:

OCT 21, 2008 PRESO LINKS AND SNIPPETS

Remember, the next meeting is MONDAY, Nov. 3, when we will have Flex author Joey Lott as a guest speaker! Don't worry, we'll send reminders!

Focus on video! At the next meeting of the Acadiana Adobe User Group, Ray Camden will show and explain his ColdFusion CFC for working with the YouTube API, and James Edmunds will show code for working with the YouTube javascript API, including a ColdFusion script for recording callback information. Also, a look at JW Media Player, now in version 4.0. And, some services for capturing and converting video that you find on YouTube, etc.

In addition, Karen Willingham will give us a brief look at spacetime.com, a unique new search engine service. And, as always, there will be lively discussion on tech and design topics.

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The meeting will be held at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA, Oct. 21, 2008, 6-8 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Plus, remember that just for attending the meeting you are entered in a raffle whereby you could win a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design or Web Premium in a drawing this December, just for attending our meetings (and, you can enhance your chances by being a presenter)! To set the mood, we are having a drawing every meeting for fun prizes, Adobe gear, and/or occasional books.

We look forward to seeing you there!

From ORA:

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To show our appreciation, we'll select 10 people at random to receive a free book of your choice. The drawing will happen on Friday, October 17, so you'll need to complete the survey by that date to enter. The last question on the survey will ask for your e-mail – we'll use that only to contact the randomly selected winners – and your responses will remain anonymous.

Focus on video! At the next meeting of the Acadiana Adobe User Group, Ray Camden will show and explain his ColdFusion CFC for working with the YouTube API, and James Edmunds will show code for working with the YouTube javascript API, including a ColdFusion script for recording callback information. Also, a look at JW Media Player, now in version 4.0.

In addition, Karen Willingham will give us a brief look at spacetime.com, a unique new search engine service. And, as always, there will be lively discussion on tech and design topics.

The meeting will be held at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA, Oct. 21, 2008, 6-8 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Google map to meeting location.

Plus, remember that just for attending the meeting you are entered in a raffle whereby you could win a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design or Web Premium in a drawing this December, just for attending our meetings (and, you can enhance your chances by being a presenter)! To set the mood, we are having a drawing every meeting for fun prizes, Adobe gear, and/or occasional books.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Some time ago I created a listserv for Lafayette for generic technology discussions. That listserv never really took off, and when I switched mail servers, I didn't bother setting it up again.

I was speaking with James and another person this weekend and it seemed like a good time to 'resurrect' the old listserv and set it up via Google. So with that I'm proud to announce the return of the Lafayette Technology group. You can sign up here:

http://groups.google.com/group/lafayettetech

So what's the point of this listserv? All of us in the Acadiana UG are technology buffs. We wouldn't have joined the group if we weren't. Not all of us work in the same areas, but we all like to talk about technology related topics. This listserv can be used to talk about...

• Should I buy a new Mac or PC? (By the way, the answer is Mac)
• Should I go with ATT or Cox or wait for Fiber? (Cox for now, but switch to fiber when you can!)
• How do I get into programming?
• What editor is best for development?
• What local Best Buy will have the earlier copy of the new Warcraft expansion?
• Where can I find a job using C++/.Net?

Basically, anything and everything with regards to technology. This listserv is not just for Acadiana AUG members. Anyone can join. It does make sense to for members to be from Acadiana, but I'm not going to block anyone who is interested in being a member. I plan on reaching out to a few folks at Zydetech and other places to see if we can broaden the membership.

As if you couldn't have guessed, it can now be revealed what the "Something Brilliant" is for our Sept. 30 meeting. Adobe has announced the release of its new Creative Suite 4 packages, which will be available soon!

There are tons of fantastic new features in the individual components, and gigantic leaps forward in inter-application workflows.

For our meeting on Sept. 30, we'll have some first peeks at the most exciting new features of Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash and Photoshop, including some stunning video demos.

And of course, it wouldn't be an Acadiana Adobe User Group meeting without giveaways! We'll have some cool CS4 launch t-shirts, new stickers, books and other swag to raffle off.

And remember, just for attending, you are entered into a raffle for a CS4 suite package drawing in December!

You won't want to miss this gathering that will put you in the know on the new Adobe releases -- and may even put the new Adobe releases on your own computer!

Meeting time is 6-8 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA. Light refreshments will be served.

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We look forward to seeing you there!

We've gotten through Gustav, Ike and even some summer vacations, and now we can look forward to a great upcoming schedule of Acadiana AUG events. Here's what's on tap for the fall:

Sept. 30, 2008, 6 pm

It's Going To Be Brilliant

Be one of the first to see the next big thing from Adobe. Join in to see and hear first hand how something very special will help you get to brilliant faster. Save the date and get a good look at what's to come.

Oct. 21, 2008 6 pm

YouTube and other video APIs

Focus on video! Ray Camden will show and explain his ColdFusion CFC for working with the YouTube API, and James Edmunds will show code for working with the YouTube javascript API, including a ColdFusion script for recording callback information. Also, a look at JW Media Player, now in version 4.0. In addition, Karen Willingham will give us a brief look at spacetime.com, a unique new search engine service.

Nov. 3, 2008 6 pm

Guest Speaker: Joey Lott, author of Programming Flex 3

Joey Lott, author of the upcoming O'Reilly book Programming Flex 3 will speak on "How to Architect Flex Applications," as well as answer questions! Join us to welcome this noted Flex author to Acadiana!

Dec. 8, 2008 6 pm

Annual Holiday Social

Our once-a-year social-only gathering will take on a real holiday air as we draw for an Adobe Creative Suite package as well as other loot! Location for this Dutch-treat dinner get-together will no doubt be much discussed in the intervening meetings!

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All meetings at Graham Group Interactive, 2014 West Pinhook Road, Suite 210, Lafayette, LA, unless otherwise indicated.

Remember, attending any meeting gets you into the drawing for the Adobe Creative Suite package at our Holiday Social, and there are items raffled at every meeting!