[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread KC Kuok
Hi Grant, I will be interested in the training in Melbourne if you do come and a bit more info on exactly why you will be covering? I already ordered 2 books online for Flex 2.0 and will probably order more later (already checked out 4 that I will get). PS: When will details of the next melb use

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Grant Straker
I've had a quick catch up with Indy and we could do 26/27th April in Brisbane for Flex training with the same details as the Sydney course. Can you email me off list if you are interested and I'll see if we can get something sorted. Cheers Grant On Apr 5, 2:30 pm, Haikal Saadh <[EMAIL PROTECT

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Blair McKenzie
I'm interested. Blair On 4/5/07, Haikal Saadh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I put my hands up for Brisbane... a lovely city ; ) > > (That's an 'interested' hand, though, not a 'commited' hand). > > Allan Browning wrote: > > Getting away from the certificate discussion, is there any show of > >

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Haikal Saadh
I put my hands up for Brisbane... a lovely city ; ) (That's an 'interested' hand, though, not a 'commited' hand). Allan Browning wrote: > Getting away from the certificate discussion, is there any show of > hands from Brisbane that would be interested in the flex training. My > hand is up. > Hav

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Allan Browning
Getting away from the certificate discussion, is there any show of hands from Brisbane that would be interested in the flex training. My hand is up. Having come from primarily an ASP background with some self taught coldfusion I am interested in learning a framework that will help me deliver clea

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread M@ Bourke
>No offense and it sounds anti-Adobe but Certifications aren't that exciting these days, Macromedia ones were kind of worthwhile but bit >fragmented nowdays (sorry). I'd disagree strongly. every job I've gotten since my certification, my certification has been brought up by the employer. they *man

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Scott Barnes
They did that, but the language still is a pain in the ass to work with :) I say well done Grant, taking the initiative and teaching the troops! :).. I'm sure if you got up to Brisbane you'd probably be able to find the numbers to accomodate. I'm currently going through some of my old emails now,

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Robin Hilliard
I have taken this offline with Dale. __ Robin Hilliard On 04/04/2007, at 3:01 PM, Dale Fraser wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send em

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Grant Straker
Hi Darren, ZoomFlex is an application that brings together server and client side development when building Flex applications. It includes a comprehensive client side Flex framewok as well as a server-side object framework. It does cost and also requires ColdFusion (which we package in through ou

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-04 Thread Darren Tracey
Hi Grant I'm sorry, but I'm not entirely up on what ZoomFlex is, does and costs. Is this training of use if, for some reason, you choose not to implement the ZoomFlex framework? (ie is it generic Flex training or specifically ZoomFlex training?) Are there any costs associated with using this fra

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Rod Higgins
: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training Are you an employer who looks upon it favourably or an employee who has had it looked upon favourable? No one has ever asked to see my certificates and I've never asked to see any. Regards Dale Fraser http://dale.fr

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Steve Onnis
Should be scheduled for the 20th so hold your horses:P _ From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 3:45 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training Sorry Steve, Is there a meeting

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Lucas
IC Cfug Meeting Robin? > > -Original Message- > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Robin Hilliard > Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 2:35 PM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training > &g

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Dale Fraser
ussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Higgins Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 3:37 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training I disagree I think certification is looked upon quite well by employers and is well worth the effort. My2c. -Ori

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Steve Onnis
Will you be in town for the VIC Cfug Meeting Robin? -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Hilliard Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 2:35 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training FYI the

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Rod Higgins
: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training Well the training is not worthless, very high quality and beneficial. But the certificate is worthless in the sense that employers seem to hold no value to it, I'm sure most here with CF certifications might agree. Regards Dale Fraser

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Dale Fraser
om Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training FYI the Adobe certified Flex courses are now being offered by Dynamic Web Training - I'm actually in Melbourne right now teaching the very first Rich Client Application course, and will be back down in a few weeks for the Data & Co

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Dale Fraser
ssage- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Muller Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 2:34 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training Dale I'm curious as to how the certified training is "almost worthless"

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Barry Beattie
sigh! time. I wish it wasn't so but what with family, work pressures, etc, staying current is hard work. which, by the way, is one important role for CFUG's / user groups generally eh my 2c. On 4/4/07, Bjorn Schultheiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Whatever happened to the good old,

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
Whatever happened to the good old, read the bloody documentation and get your hands dirty approach. * joke On 04/04/2007, at 2:35 PM, Robin Hilliard wrote: > > FYI the Adobe certified Flex courses are now being offered by Dynamic > Web Training - I'm actually in Melbourne right now teachi

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Robin Hilliard
FYI the Adobe certified Flex courses are now being offered by Dynamic Web Training - I'm actually in Melbourne right now teaching the very first Rich Client Application course, and will be back down in a few weeks for the Data & Communications course. That said, if you can make it to Indy

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Andrew Muller
Dale I'm curious as to how the certified training is "almost worthless". Andrew On 04/04/07, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Considering the certificate training will cost you 5 times as much and is > almost worthless I think it's a good deal. > > PS: How many do you need to make a t

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Dale Fraser
s.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Straker Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 2:19 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training It won't come with any Adobe certification but we will have our own certificate to hand out at the end. We have been working with and tra

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Grant Straker
It won't come with any Adobe certification but we will have our own certificate to hand out at the end. We have been working with and training Flex since Flex 1.0, so feel we know enough about it to get out a certificate with some meaning. Grant On Apr 4, 4:12 pm, "Barry Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTEC

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Barry Beattie
because you (your company) have been a respected Macromedia Alliance partner for a while now, does this training come with any recognition/magic pieces of paper/certification? On 4/4/07, Grant Straker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yep, if people are interested. > > We have a number of client

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Grant Straker
Yep, if people are interested. We have a number of clients in Queensland so Brisbane is certainly an option as is Melbourne. I'll have a chat with the guys and see if we can get some provisional dates for both locations and see if we have enough interest to run one. It is being offered in Auckla

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread KNOTT, Brian
I just house trained my dog. Cost me nothing. -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Fraser Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 1:45 PM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training Grant, That is

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread Dale Fraser
Grant, That is fantastic and I would love to send some staff on this course. However it really just isn't a good time for us. But please if you plan on doing something similar again I would be interested. PS: If you want to do one in Melbourne it would be more affordable for us and I could sen

[cfaussie] Re: Affordable Flex Training

2007-04-03 Thread KNOTT, Brian
Grant, Can this course be offered in other locatons. Brian -Original Message- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Straker Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2007 1:36 PM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Affordable Flex Training Hi All, Many people