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One of our stops in Europe last week was in Liège where Serge Jespers and I presented at a local RIA event. While there, community members Cyril Hanquez and Steven Peeters interviewed me briefly for their local usergroup. They have now posted that video interview online:

Interview with Ben Forta on March 9, 2010 in Liege, Belgium from CFUGBE on Vimeo.

17-Mar-10
US Census Bureau Failure Part II

I mentioned the upcoming U.S. Census recently, and noted my disappointment at having to mail back forms instead of filing them electronically which would save money, encourage greater participation, ... whoops, that was the other post.

I was going to leave the topic alone, but, I can't. Last week I received a letter in the mail letting me know that the Census form would be coming. And sure enough, this week the form showed up, with a prepaid envelope to return it. Three mailings. But nope, that's not enough. I just received a postcard from the US Census Bureau reminding me of a toll free number available for help filling in the form!

Apparently, 120,000,000 letters were sent out ahead of the form to announce its pending arrival, and another 120,000,000 postcards were mailed afterward as a reminder!

The waste of $s is truly sickening, even by government standards!

PCQuest On ColdFusion 9 And ColdFusion Builder

India based PCQuest has published an article on getting started with ColdFusion 9 Using Adobe ColdFusion Builder.

Thanks David Dharmaraj for sending this one my way.

16-Mar-10
Google Nexus One Now Supports AT&T 3G

Title says it all.

I still wish they'd not have created multiple versions. But, I'll take it anyway.

Check Out The New Design And Web Blog
	Fellow Adobians Paul Gubbay (Sr. Director Engineering) and Lea Hickman (Sr. Director Product Management) from the Creative Suite, tools, and services teams, have launched the Design And Web blog to discuss product plans, technology prototypes, and even broader topics around industry trends.

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Adobe Flash Platform Summit - Beijing, China		21-Apr-10 -22-Apr-10
	I visited China several times last year, and am planning multiple trips this year, too. China is home to the second largest population of Flash and Flex developers, and it's high time those developers had the opportunity to take part in a full-blown Flash Platform conference of their own. So I am excited that we're hosting a 2-day Adobe Flash Platform Summit, a mini-MAX of sorts, in Beijing. The exact agenda and speaker list is still being worked out, but I do plan on attending, and am really looking forward to the event!

2010 Creative Suite Developer Summit - Seattle, WA		03-May-10 -06-May-10
	The Creative Suite Developer Summit is geared towards assisting Enterprise and In-House IT staff in their efforts to use Adobe Creative Suite Products to create information authoring and distribution solutions. The summit will focus specifically on tools and SDK's for Creative Suite, and is limited to 200 in-person attendees. This four-day conference is free to attend, and will be of most interest to strategic product planners, information architects and technical managers. I am scheduled to present a session on getting started with Flash Builder.

CFUnited 2010 - D.C. Metro Area		28-Jul-10 -31-Jul-10
	CFUnited is the premier ColdFusion & CFML specific conference. I've presented an opening keynote for several years, and plan to attend again this year.

Adobe MAX 2010 - Los Angeles, CA		24-Oct-10 -27-Oct-10
	For Adobe MAX 2010 we are heading back to Los Angeles where we hosted the wildly successful MAX 2009.

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