I was the Portland RIA User group manager a couple years ago. I knew with the coming of my new baby I would need more time for family. I have really enjoyed that extra time with my daughter and now that she doesn’t require someone keeping an eye on her every second, I feel like I can leave my wife some evenings guilt free.

As such I have taken back the reigns for the PDX RIA group. And as part of a new initiative at Adobe I would also like to introduce my new co-manager Chris Phillips ( http://www.cfchris.com ). Chris has been a long time member of the group attending most of our meetings. He has even presented a couple times. But I think one of the things Chris brings to the table is that he and I like different things. He is a pc guy, I use a mac. He like ajax, I prefer flash. I say take the easy way, he likes to hit his head on the wall a few more times :) (sorry inside joke). Even if you see us, he is tall and skinny… and I am not either of those things.

At any rate, we sat down yesterday and set out a schedule for the rest of the year. So we will work to get the website updated with this info. But for your viewing pleasure.

  • July - Ryan Stewart - Online/Offline Applications with LCDS and AIR
  • August - Nat Papovich - Lost art of specifications
  • September - Barney Boisvert - CF/Groovy Integration
  • October - ColdFusion State of the Union - Panel discussions talking about the CF engines in the market
  • November - Chris Phillips - Real World AJAX
  • December - Holiday Social - Gathering of friends to celebrate the end of the year.

I also want to send out a bit thanks to Ryan Miller for taking care of the group for the last couple years. He did a great job, and it was one he didnt even ask for.

Hope to see you all out to a meeting real soon.

kthxbye