Spoken @ 360|Flex 2011

On Tuesday, April 14th I gave my presentation “Seriously, You Can Do Cool Things: Getting Advanced with the Text Layout Framework” at 360|Flex 2011. I want to again thank everyone that came to the session and stuck around till the end. Double “thank you” to the folks who left some of the nicest feedback on Twitter. You guys totally made my day.

Just a reminder that you can give an in-depth review and rating of my (and others’) session at apps.360conferences.com.

I have uploaded the slides to SlideShare and am linking a PDF version at the bottom of this post.  All of the code for my examples as well as continuing work on TLF is on github.  I am going to be expanding examples, trying out new TLF experiments, and adding documentation in the future so please check back or put a watch on the repo if you are interested in more of my TLF madness.

360|Flex has definitely become one of the highlights of my year as a developer, and we have such a fantastic community. Wonderful seeing you guys again and meeting new people. Already can’t wait till next year. Incredible job done by John and Nicole Wilker. You guys totally rock. Please keep up the great work.

“Seriously, You Can Do Cool Things: Getting Advanced with the Text Layout Framework”, Slides (635KB)

I be speaking @ 360|Flex 2011

Just writing to let everyone know belatedly that I will be speaking at 360|Flex 2011 in Denver, CO. My talk is entitled “Seriously, You Can Do Cool Things: Getting Advanced with the Text Layout Framework.” Once again I will be tackling things TLF. This time I will focus less on the background and mechanics of the TLF and more jumping into more advanced topics and how to do… yes, cool things. It is not hard to find ill-will and smack talk about the TLF on the tubes, and I share some (if not many) of those complaints and criticisms. However, if you put some sweat and time into, the TLF can provide you with a foundation for creating interesting features and components. My main goal is to share my experiences and strategies and ideas for making this happen.

So if you are going to 360|Flex 2011, please think about stopping by and having a look/listen.

Spoken @ 360|Flex DC

I want to thank everyone who came to my talk, “Typography + Text Editing in the Text Layout Framework.”  Text formatting and layout is not the sexiest topic in the world so I was glad to see that people were interested.  I also was glad to get folks asking questions, looking like maybe they would be interested in using the TLF themselves.

I have uploaded my slides to both this site and slideshare.  In regards to the example code, I have a GitHub repo and also have attached a zip of the code to this post.

I will be updating the slides soon to add references and adding comments.  In the near future, I may write follow-up posts discussing in detail how I implemented some features I added to the example code, especially one or two that I did not go over during my session.

Would love to hear from folks who have questions or just want to knock heads on the TLF.

Thanks again everyone for coming.

Typography + Text editing in the Text Layout Framework (PDF, 299KB)

TTTLF Code (ZIP, 598KB)

[UPDATE: I changed the github repo so the URL is different. Also I have created a library for TLF-related components that I have done for examples and may do in the future.]

Speaking @ Capital Flash Camp

So now that I have extracted my head from my hindquarters, I am v. belatedly making note of the fact that I am speaking at Capital Flash Camp TOMORROW on good ol’ Greenthreading.  I am completely lame for missing out on my blogging duties and can only point to my month-long head-in-hindquarters-itis as a lame excuse.

If you can, please join us tomorrow in the District.  :)

360|Flex Presentation: Slides and Code

Today was my presentation.  I tried to re-edit and a few more new things to my talk on Greenthreading from CFUnited.  I even managed to drum up a multi-greenthreaded example a little before presentation time.

As promised I have updated slides and code here:

Slides (PDF, 1.1MB)

Greenthreading MSNBC Data Set Code (3MB)

Multithreading Code (5.4MB)

A huge thanks to everyone who showed up.  Really appreciate all the comments and the chance to give this presentation. I want to reiterate that what I am presenting is just a package of the great work of other people, namely Charlie Hubbard, whose library and great series of articles I use for this.

Again I am just really glad I got a chance to talk to you guys and present you with something that I hope you will find useful.

Please feel free me to ping me with comments, suggestions, or just to say hello.

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