360Flex Indy - Day One reaction

Reflecting on my day yesterday at 360Flex Indianapolis, I am happy to have attended all of the regular 360Flex events. This has been the most consistent conference I have been able to maintain. It might also be because it is my favorite.

The Flex Show was kind enough to sponsor my way to this event and allow me the opportunity to be an onsite reporter for their ongoing podcast. After doing live interviews with about six people, I think I am getting comfortable hearing my voice outside my own head (well maybe not). At the very least, I am meeting some very cool developers and becoming even more jazzed about how the community is growing and moving forward.

Michael Labriola with Digital Primates did a session on arrays and ArrayCollection in Flex that was my favorite session so far. But Degrafa (w/ Juan Sanchez) was worth the look; and I am happy to see the new licensing model for products (Licensing and Encryption for Flex).

The Charity Code Jam seems to have gotten launched with good attendance. There were like 20 people in a little room giving their time away to help the The Leukemia & Lymphoma society. The particulars are all here.

We ended the day after mingling with lots of great people at Rock Bottom Brewery (and playing Rock Band) for the second night... some of us were here Sunday for the pre-show training (very cool)... in the hotel restaurant with some scintillating conversation on ColdFusion and Universal Healthcare (??). Almost like real people and not just a bunch of geeks, no?

Well, I'm off to another day of sessions and interviews for The Flex Show. It just doesn't get any better than this!

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