Josh Sager Media: Creative Technologies Blog

This evening Refresh Pittsburgh is meeting up at the Creative Treehouse for their monthly meet up.

If you don’t know about Refresh Pittsburgh you should check it out. Picture this. Every month a bunch of amazing designers and developers get together to share secrets, techniques, and news about the industry. Admission is Free and it’s open to the public. Don’t be afraid stop by and learn something new.

I’m giving a presentation entitled “Rapid Design Techniques in Fireworks that make PhotoShop Jealous”, which is going to be a lot of fun! How do I know? I’m presenting of course : )

Val Head and Joe Kromer from the Pittsburgh Flash Users Group will be presenting “Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight. What are they and why should you care?” These are 2 of the top Flash talents in our area. I would totally pay to see them speak. Good thing we are friends.

It all starts at 7:00 pm so get there early to make sure you have a seat. Even though you’ll only need the edge!

Although I missed the September meeting physically I was able to call in my participation via a cell phone and a shaky web stream. As usually the Pittmfug is right on top of the latest and greatest when it comes to the flash world.

Val did a presentation on Flash Player MovieStar now with HD support for video. From what I have seen, the quality is amazing. And not this is good for flash amazing, it’s actually amazing. I honestly think it rivals what broadcast TV can provide. Internet video has just taken a huge step forward.

Ben released iFreelance which is a great AIR application written completely in JavaScript and HTML for tracking invoices on freelance projects. I love the slickness in interface style mixed with strong functionality. Great job Ben. Once again you have put the rest of the muffergs to shame with you mad skills.

Our resident mobile development guru, Isaac, presented on AIR-based kiosks with html and flash.

Other item of note is the release the first official PittMFUG wallpaper, a very slick design.