Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 06:48:53 -0500 (EST) From: John C Shockey Subject: MacTechGrp Meeting - January 3, 2001 Straight from the keyboard of our fearless leader, Owen: MacTechGrp Meeting January 3, 2001 7-9PM Room 395 Bldg E51 MIT Sloan School Flash!! Robin Johnson will be discussing the web animation, content creation and interactive tool, Flash. Here's a full description: >PRESENTATION: Macromedia Flash 4: Efficient interactive web site / interface >functionality, applicable to virtually any bandwidth circumstance. > >* I'll discuss what exactly "Flash" is and how it compares and relates with > other web content authoring tools like Adobe Illustrator / Macromedia > Freehand, Adobe PhotoShop / ImageReady, Adobe LiveMotion, and HTML. > -including Server-side and Client Side requirements > -Cross-browser issues >* I'll give an overview about how Flash works--the "Higher Abstraction, > Better Interaction" way of thinking, familiar to most programmers... > -includes complexity Vs performance considerations > -how to get around performance bottlenecks > >* I'll give examples of Highly successful uses of Flash on the Web. Examples > will range from the simplest applications, to the more advanced > "Generator-enabled" sites. > -exemplifies how necessary JavaScript AutoDetect code and backup HTML > code is to Flash sites. > >* I'll talk briefly about tying database interactivity into flash interfaces > by using Macromedia Generator. > -Includes combining traditional HTML into Flash movies The usual suspects will be rounded up for exciting Macintosh jabbering, of the sort you love, and we hope you'll participate. Please bring your whole mind, a quart of jabber, and any Macintosh news, questions, or rumors to MIT building E51 Wednesday night, and let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons and necking in the parlor. Note: The room number is 395, but we often move to a room with a better projector, so 395 is often just a pointer to our real address. I always write the real room number on the blackboard in 395, so just dereference that. ************* Longtime MacTechGrp members will be saddened to learn that former MacTechGrp member Martin Minow passed away suddenly just last week. Although Martin had gone out to Apple in California, he still came back occasionally to the MacTechGrp. He was always very helpful to programmers everywhere, and he will be missed. ************* You can get a map showing building E51 at http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?oldstate=2&off.x=4620&off.y=1640&hi=bldg_e51 &zoom.x=89&zoom.y=38 You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant (excepting Alice). The MacTechGrp always meets the first Wednesday of the month. You can get more information on the MacTechGrp (and undoubtedly out of date meeting information) at http://www.codewell.com/mactechgrp To contact the unindicted co-conspirators irresponsible for this group, email owen@ids.net or sgs@codewell.com. Set your subject line to "Make Money Fast!!!!!!" so we'll know it's you. *** Do you aspire to someday speak before the august MacTechGrp? Whether you're a new programmer or an old pro, you probably have something interesting you could tell the rest of the group. Fear not, your lucky day could be at hand. Send an email to eric@slosser.net with your proposed topic.***