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If you can answer yes to the following questions, then you should sign up for the INTERNET EXPO DANMARK 2009 on the 25^th-26^th February 2009.

1. involved in the internet business
2. in Copenhagen on the 25^th-26^th February 2009
3. doing nothing on the above dates
4. speaks Danish

Check it out…
http://www.easyfairs.com/DK/show-640/internet-expo-danmark-2009-k%C3%B8benhavn-danmark-business-services-2009-februari/detail.aspx

“T-SHIRT HELL… where all bad shirts go” is signing off… after nearly 8 years of selling the most obscene and nasty t-shirts in the world, the creator has decided to stop messing around and do something else… as he reasons… “I’m not selling out to some douchebag corporate entity. No, we’re not being sued by any of the over 40 companies that have sent us cease and desists over the years. No, I’m not going to jail (yet) and no, it’s not because of the economy.”

He continues with the actual explanation… “I just don’t feel like dealing with idiots anymore”.

Check it out…
http://www.tshirthell.com/goodbye.php

Mike Chambers has published an ActionScript 3 Reference for the iPhone… so when you find yourself getting involved in a those heated debates in beer-bars about the arguments for the mx.binding.utils.ChangeWatcher constructor, you can quickly check the reference to prove your point… thanks to Mike for providing this great tool / toy…

Check it out…
http://www.mikechambers.com/as3iphone/

…or install it from here…
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302952929&mt=8

Thanks to Rico Tijsen for the heads up and remembering me to install it when he points to my inadequate knowledge about the flash.display.NativeWindow

I have not intentions of adopting the Zachman Framework for my software development effort, however as with many other things it’s always a good idea to keep a birdseye view of the business and allow inspiration from other domains and disciplines to flow freely… exactly for this reason have I been looking a framework such as the Zachman framework which really doesn’t make a lot of sense to adopt unless you’re a contractor for the US military, General Motors or something similar.

The Zachman Framework is a framework for enterprise architecture, which provides a formal and highly structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise. The Framework is used for organizing enterprise architectural “artifacts” in a way that takes into account both:

1. Who the artifact targets for example, business owner and builder, and
2. What particular issue for example, data and functionality is being addressed?

These artifacts may include design documents, specifications, and models.

The Framework is in essence a matrix and is named after its creator John Zachman, who first developed the concept in the 1980s at IBM.

The Zachman Framework summarizes a collection of perspectives involved in enterprise architecture. These perspectives are represented in a two-dimensional matrix that defines along the rows the type of stakeholders and with the columns the aspects of the architecture. The framework does not define a process for architecture. Rather the matrix is a template that must be filled in by the processes specifically required by the organization. If these processes do not exist already, the framework helps identify these gaps in the architecture.

The framework is a simple and logical structure for classifying and organizing the descriptive representation of an enterprise. It is significant to both the management of the enterprise, and the actors involved in the development of enterprise’s systems. While the framework is focused the application oriented area of enterprise architecture, it’s scope include non-IT components such as people, processes, and time, making it an appropriate addition to the overall IT Strategy toolkit for CIOs.

Furthermore the Zachman Framework provides a common context for understanding a complex structure. The Framework enables communication among the various participants involved in developing or changing the structure. Architecture is the glue that holds the structure together. The Framework defines sets of architectures that contain the development pieces of the structure.

Check out the article at Wikipedia…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachman_framework

Earlier this evening there was a pre-festival interview with Papervision3D co-founder Ralph Hauwert. He will be doing the pre-festival workshop on PV3D where he will illustrate his work with PV3D, however he will also have a session during the festival where he will be introducing Papervision3D X (Papervision3D for Flash Player 10) presenting its new architecture… its been totally restructured and has been redesigned from the bottom to use all the cool stuff now available directly from the Flash Player.

Check it out…
http://www.actionscripthero.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131:recording-available-fitc-amsterdam-pre-interview-with-ralph-hauwert-papervision-3d&catid=42:aug-online-meetings&Itemid=81

As announced earlier, on the 2nd of February the Flash User Group Norway is having a Flex Camp.

Yours truly has been invited to come and speak about Adobe Flash Catalyst.

I will be doing a speech discussing workflows between Designers and Developers based on the Creative Suite 4, Flash Catalyst and Flex Builder tool suite.

If you happen to be in Oslo on this date, please do come by and check it out… you can read more about it here…
http://www.flexcampnorway.com/#/events/flex-camp-oslo-09/

If you are in Norway or interested in Flash Platform development, don’t hesitate to check out the FUGN website as well…

Flash User Group Norway
http://www.fugn.com/

If you happen to be in or around Indiana in the end of May… you might want to check out 360|Flex !

360|Flex is a community driven event. The sole purpose of the show is to bring the best of the Flex community together in one place to share war stories from the trenches and to allow the experts to share their deep technical knowledge to a large group. Another benefit is finally being able to put a face, voice and personality onto the bloggers, flexcoders and article writers that you’ve come to depend on.

Check it out…
http://www.360conferences.com/360flex/

Inspired by Atlassian’s “2009 Email Brevity Challenge”, I will attempt to limit every work-related email to 5 lines of text. I believe I shall call it the…

5 line rule for emails

Fortunately I have Xobni to assist me in counting the lines and presenting me with an average… so the only thing left for me to determine is if it actually provides value to refer to brevity, however I do believe that readers of my emails might think it’s a great idea… brevity can sometimes be something that does not come by itself, but has to be assisted.

Anyways… check out the Atlassian “2009 Email Brevity Challenge”…
http://blogs.atlassian.com/news/2009/01/2009_email_brev.html

Now Copenhagen has an official Flex User Group!

On the Adobe Groups website, it’s now possible to find the Copenhagen Flex User Group… being an affiliate of Danish Flash User Group (DFUG), we intend to extend the excellent work of DFUG in Aarhus… now here in Copenhagen.

Check it out…
http://groups.adobe.com/groups/769a3f976e/summary

The Copenhagen PHP Meetup Group has arranged an evening about Flex/AIR and integration with PHP.

Check it out…
http://groups.adobe.com/posts/cd45515742
http://www.meetup.com/copenhagenphp/calendar/9478141/
http://flashforum.dk/events/flex-air-og-php