February 23, 2004
G'day mates
Today MXDU is on in full force. It's lunch time right now, and I'm not entirely sure what I'm eating, but whatever it is, it's really good! I think I can really get used to Australian food.. There's also wireless access at the Star City Hotel, which is enabling me to enter this quick update.
I just finished giving my presentation before lunch, and I think it went rather well. The problem with OOP is that there's just so much to cover. It's hard to fit all of the concepts into a single hour session. I did my best, though I think I talked a little fast and skipped around a bit at the end. I didn't get to show as many examples as I would've liked, but after the conference is over I have a lot of example files to share with everyone to help them in understanding the information.
Branden's presentation this morning on being a pragmatic ActionScripter was great, as always. He talked a lot about using all of the tools you have available and picking the best tool for the job. In the end, you get paid when it works and the project is complete, so use what you have at your disposal to make development as easy as possible for you. Re-use code where you can as well.
Well, that's it for now.. I have to finish lunch and get to another session. If you see me, say hi! I'll try and post some pictures tonight when I get to my hotel room...
Comments
I had the same problem bro, couldn't fit 10 gallons of content in such a short time span. Thankfully, your at a conference full of geeks, so make the most of it; glad it went well!
Posted by: JesterXL at February 23, 2004 10:00 PM
It was a great presentation Darron. Plenty of good comments on the way out. Anyway, gotta pay attention to Scott Meberson's Central presentation.
Posted by: Ben Bishop at February 23, 2004 10:15 PM
Yo! Thanxs for the update! Really appreciated. It seems that your presentation rocked da house ;) Congrats!... A little sad here because I missed your conf and MXDU :/
Looking forward for your reviews... and thanxs again for keep us informed... and... h a v e f u n !!!
regards, aSH
Posted by: aSH at February 23, 2004 10:43 PM
Are you planning on posting your presentation? I'd love to see it.
Posted by: Sue at February 24, 2004 12:21 AM
Sue, I believe my slides will be avaialable on my session page on the MXDU site when the conference is over. Also, my examples will be there in a .zip file to be downloaded as well. I think they're also planning on using Breeze and synch up my presentation (it was recorded) and my slides, so you can listen to me explain the slides just like you were there. :-)
Posted by: darron at February 24, 2004 03:25 AM