In the past, some of you MFUGers have expressed interest in internships available at New Perspective. Besides having the invaluable opportunity of working (dealing) with Wayne, Val and Myself (Ben) on a daily basis, you will have the opportunity to let your interactive skills shine for the world to see! If you are a college student and feel you have what it takes visit the Interactive Internship page on the New Perspective website for prerequisites and details. Those of you interested in audio and video internships can hit the main Internship page. Thanks!

There is no meeting tonight. We’ve moved our meeting to next Thursday, the 28th when we will be having a special event meeting.

Details on the special meeting are here (More details about the meeting will be posted soon)

To stay completely up-to-date on all our special events and meeting topics, use the awesome new form on the right to subscribe to the PittMFUG email newsletter list.

Our own Ian DeJesus wanted me to let you guys know about the AIGA Pittsburgh Annual Design Competition. I suggest you guys try submitting some work. They are looking for more interactive submissions.

You can get additional information at:
http://pittsburgh.aiga.org/context07/

The work will be judged by some major players which can be found here:
http://pittsburgh.aiga.org/context07/impress.html

Good luck!

Mike Chambers has the scoop on the new Adobe AIR Logo on his blog. Check out his post about the new logo.

Mike Says:

I am not going to go into a detailed analysis of what the logo represents, but I do want to point out one of the core concepts behind the logo. Adobe AIR is built on top of three core web technologies (HTML, Flash and PDF), and we wanted the logo to represent this. Thus, each corner of the logo represents one of these core technologies.

I for one love it. I made a quick wallpaper in case anyone is interested. You can download it here (click to get the full-sized version):

Mike offers vector versions of the logo as well here.

Adobe is providing a ton of free videos giving detailed information and drill-downs on much of the new software. The videos are nicely laid out and sorted in their Flex-based application. You can view the videos here.

In case you missed the LIVE Brodcast of the Adobe CS3 Launch Event you can watch it here:

Next Tuesday we will be having two major software drawings. One of them is exclusive to you loyal MFUGers. Below you can get a feel for your odds of winning. Good luck everyone!

Join us for this can’t miss meeting!

A new era in creative expression is about to unfold, freeing us to color outside the lines, to think in multiple dimensions, to engage audiences like never before. The Pittsburgh Flash Users Group will be hosting a special meeting for the official launch of Adobe Creative Suite 3!! Please join us at this special meeting that will include the recorded launch announcement from Adobe featuring presentations by Adobe executives, product demonstrations, and a chance to win one of the first copies of the new CS3 suite when it starts shipping!

Along with the new Adobe CS3 suite, the PittMFUG will be holding our drawing for the twice a year $2100 software giveaway! If you’ve made it to at least one of our meetings since our last giveaway this summer — you’re already entered. If the software giveaways and Adobe announcements don’t interest you, our buddy Joe Kromer will be giving a demo on Flash and the Wii. If you miss this one… shame on you for 6 weeks!

Come join the rest of the creative industry and be part of the buzz and excitement by participating in this very special launch event.

Tuesday, March 27
6:30 PM at New Perspective

- Wayne

The next meeting will be March 27th – a Tuesday!
The date has been changed for a good reason – come and find out. We will be having two large raffles of software for all you MFUGers as well! It should be a very exciting night. To find out what we CAN tell you at this point please listen to the podcast.

Podcast
Our latest podcast is out! Episode 14. We have some big announcements in the podcast as well as info about upcoming events in the Flash community.

iTunes users: Click here.
Direct Feed URL: http://www.pittmfug.com/podcast/podcast.xml. If you don’t listen to podcasts or subscribe you can always download the mp3 itself here.

Hey – some of you podcast listeners know about the contest we mentioned on the podcast. Well, on that note – here a combination entry. Wayne, Val, Joe and myself worked on the holiday card for New Perspective. Hope you guys like it!

Now, shoot Wayne or I an email with your submission and we will post a link to it here. We have a nice little prize to give out this Thursday at the meeting.