Hey MFUGers! Podcast 21 is now available! We cover our experience at FITC Chicago and the last meeting! Come, listen to our chats about Flash, Flex and much, much more!

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The great software giveaway of June was tonight! As you saw, we also received a nice new shipment of swag from Adobe! Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting.

Thanks again to the sponsor of the night, Conviva.com. You should check into a career at Conviva if you are a super talented Flash/Sliverlight Developer or even a great web-oriented professional. You can download this PDF which contains their current list of open positions. Remember to check out the PittMFUG Yahoo Group for job listings and more as well!

The Files
Wayne
Skinning the FLV Playback Component

Ben
Publishing Content for Flash Player 10 Using the Flex 3 SDK

I thought I’d share some pictures from the night’s festivities too:

Our June meeting is this Thursday, June 19th. We have two presentations planned for this month’s meeting:

Code for the Future: Compiling Flash 10 code with terminal and the Flex 3 SDK, Ben Pritchard
Does that sound hard and confusing? It’s really not. Ben will show you how to pull off publishing code for the beta Flash 10 player. Now you can play with cool Flash 10 things like 3D space without waiting for the public beta of the Flash 10 IDE.

Making Flash CS3 Skinnier, Wayne Lincoln
Need a custom video player right this second? Wayne will demo how easy it is to skin the FLVPlayback component’s controls and have a custom video player in no time at all.

Meeting details:
Thursday June 19th
6:30pm
at New Perspective
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FYI: We’ll be holding the meeting upstairs this month. If you arrive after 6:30pm the front doors will be locked and you’ll have to call the number posted on the door to get in.

Software Giveaway this Month!

That’s right, the bi-annual software drawing is upon us again. We will be holding a drawing for CS3 software suite of your choice*. Drawing will be from the last six months of meeting sign-ins and you must be present to win.

Showing up for this week’s meeting will also get you on the list for the next software drawing. That makes it even more worth it to come out.

*Master Suite is not one of the options, but everything else is fair game. You get to pick!

Flashpitt 2008 Tickets on Sale

Tickets for Flashpitt are now on sale! The first 50 tickets are available at the early bird price of $110.

We’ve also updated the site with more details about the event. Check out our list of sponsors, the basic schedule and more location details.

Suggestion Box

Do you have a topic you’d like to see covered at a PittMFUG meeting? Do you want to present at a PittMFUG meeting? Send an email to pittmfug@gmail.com and let us know what’s on your mind.

The first 10 people who answer the skill testing question “What does FITC stand for?” get a free ticket to FITC Chicago, June 22 – 23 at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago (formerly the Chicago City Centre Hotel).

Deadline to enter is Thursday, June 19 at midnight!

To enter, go to http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pBk-8Hvbj8g-tQLuXWg_Gaw&email=true

Winners will hear back by end of day Friday, via e-mail.

For complete event details, go to http://www.fitc.ca/chicago.