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September 08, 2008

September efug

We have a stellar lineup for September's efug, commencing on Monday, September 15th, 2008 @ 7:00pm.

As per usual:
The Billiard Club
10505 82 Avenue NW
Second Floor of the Historic Post Office Building

Come get the skinny on 2 killer projects that have recently launched out of our local community:

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Christopher Caldwell: Caldwell Creative

Case Study: Cricothyrotomy
A look at the development process of an online surgical simulation.

This case study will take a brief look at the process, learning methodology, development, co-ordination, and resources required to create an e-learning application developed for the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. This application contains multimodal instruction, illustrative support, audit trails, surgical activities and simulated procedural competencies required to augment existing medical training. This simulation is designed to provide third year medical students a safe way to become proficient at procedures that are not commonly encountered in a traditional teaching environment.

Check it out.

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Ryan Matsikas / Nick Johnston: gskinner.com

DIRECTV SUPERCAST SHOWCASE (Adobe / Blitz / DIRECTV / gskinner.com)

Are you a die-hard NFL football fan? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch live NFL games on your Macbook, or 30" cinema display? As a DIRECTV customer, you can gain access to real-time video (in both fullscreen and mini mode), near real-time highlights, and game stats in a clean UI.

From building custom animations using a combination of programmatic code (GTween/TweenLite) to using Flash & Flex assets deploying to both AIR and the web, the overall goal for this presentation is to discuss techniques used to embed assets and give a brief under-the-hood look at the app which uses the Pure MVC framework.

DIRECTV SUPERCAST

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As always we'll be enjoying five-buck appies, happy-hour drink prices and swag giveaways to lucky attendees.

Hope to see you there, invite your friends and colleagues!

Additionally, I'd like to extend an invitation to an industry event that is occurring in Edmonton (free of charge) on September 23rd, once at 9:00 am and then again at 10:20 am at:

Centre for Excellence in Print Media
NorQuest College
10135 109 Street, Edmonton, AB

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Paul Trani: Adobe Systems
Assets in Motion: Cross Media for Print Professionals

In the future, successful printers will need to adopt new business and growth strategies in order to prosper. Ways to connect more meaningfully with new and existing customers. In this session, Adobe will discuss the latest trends in communication and show how the tools available in the Adobe Creative Suite will enable you to put your assets in motion -- extending your print communications to the web, video and beyond

Paul Trani is a passionate and knowledgeable 15 year veteran of the interactive design and development scene as well as a respected speaker nation-wide on all things Adobe. Paul has spent many years as an Adobe Certified Instructor, courseware developer, and trainer. He is also an Adobe Community Expert who contributes weekly through numerous forums, blogs, and Adobe online and live seminars, reaching thousands annually. Using his degree in Illustration, a background in Motion Graphics Design and ability to write high level code, Paul has created first-class cross-media projects for diverse clientele such as Bacardi, Neutrogena, Adobe, Best Buy, Hallmark Channel, Qwest, Western Union, Lucent Technologies, IBM, and Sprint.

When Paul is not inspiring the community through online or live events, he can be found at Starz Entertainment where he is the Senior Designer leading a talented design department to create award-winning experiences across multiple media. Paul’s blog can be found at http://www.designupdate.com

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If you are planning on attending Paul's session, register here to get your free lunch:
Assets in Motion

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