I've been blogging Flex Camp announcements for a while, and have spoken at many too (the next one I plan on attending is May 15th in Toronto). Flex Camps are fun, informative, educational, and great networking tools, too.

If you're interested in hosting your own Flex Camp, visit this Flex Camp page at flex.org and download the Host Your Own Flex Camp Guide. You'll find all the details you need, as well as information on how Adobe may be able to help fund your event.

Oh, and then don't forget to invite me! ;-)

TorontoFLEX is scheduled for May 15th, 2008 at MaRS Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Registration is FREE and now open. I am planning on attending this event, and hope to see you there!

I am on the way to Cleveland for Flex Camp tomorrow (posting this on my cell phone from a rest stop on the Ohio Turnpike). I had originally planned to present an opening session and take part in a closing Q&A panel, but I'll have to miss the Q&A as I have to be in San Francisco next. I understand that attendance for Flex Camp Cleveland is up around 150, which is great, and I am looking forward to meeting everyone in the morning.

I just finished my session at the RIA Architect Summit here in Bangalore, India. I presented an introduction to Flex, AIR, and Data Services (BlazeDS and LiveCycle DS) - all in about 1 hour. Fortunately, I speak quickly, and everyone here understands and speaks English, so I was able to get through the content without problems. Oh, and I did a PowerPoint-free session, that saved time, too. Lots and lots of questions, so many that we had to cut them short - we'll have a Meet The Team session later today and will be able to take more questions then. James Ward is on stage now demoing Flex connectivity and plumbing, picking up where I left off. Other speakers today will cover Flex best practices, AIR development, and more.

I arrived in India early Wednesday morning (very early, just before 1:00am) and finally got to my hotel after 2:00am. And with the massive time zone difference and having just flown for close to 20 hours, I barely slept at all. And then we spent a full day with the local Adobe team, customers, and partners talking about Flex, AIR, ColdFusion, and more.

It's now early Thursday morning here, and we just arrived at The Chancery Pavilion, the venue for today's RIA Architect Summit here in Bangalore. The staging is pretty cool, there is seating for about 500, and (as usual) James Ward and I are sitting on the side working on the content that we're due to present shortly. And we're running out of time, I had better get back to it ...

Just landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport where I change planes and then on to Bangalore for all sorts of meetings and the Adobe RIA Architect Summit 2008.

I am in the Rio de Janeiro airport, waiting for my flight back to the U.S. (I'm home for the weekend and then head to India next week). This morning I presented Flex 3 and AIR and a launch event here. And like the events in São Paulo and Brasilia earlier this week, this one was a winner. A standing room only crowd of close to 200 packed the auditorium for a lively and highly interactive event (bringing the total attendance for the launch events here to over 700!). Brazilians are a lively and passionate bunch, and are most definitely not shy. The questions and comments came hard and fast, and good questions and comments at that. 3 hours flew by, and once again I had to omit about half of my content. The rest of the day was spent meeting with customers and partners, right up until I had to head to the airport.

So, 4 days (with no more than 5 hours sleep each night), 3 launch events, 2 press interviews, 5 partner meetings, 8 customer meetings, 1 video shoot ... all fueled by more cans of Guaraná Antarctica than I can count.

Tchau, Brazil. And muito obrigado!

I just arrived in Rio de Janeiro, several hours later than planned. I spent the day today in Brasília, first meeting with customers and partners, and then presenting at the Flex 3 / AIR launch event. Over 160 people crammed into the hotel conference room for 3 hours, and the event was amazing! The crowd was so involved and interactive that half way through our allotted time I had to ask them to stop asking questions, I was still on my opening slides - I don't think I have ever had to do that before! The energy and enthusiasm at this event was truly incredible, this will be a tough one to beat. Although, we'll try - we do it again here in Rio de Janeiro in the morning.

I just wrapped two jam-packed days in São Paulo. Yesterday started early, my flight from the U.S. landed at 6am, I got picked up from the airport at 7am, arrived at the Adobe office at 9am, in time for my first meeting at 10:0am. Then back-to-back meetings and presentations (and even a video shoot) until after 9pm! I asked the local team to fully utilize my time in Brazil, and they took my request really seriously!

This morning I presented Flex 3, AIR, and Data Services at a 3 hour launch event. Almost 200 people filled the room, and another 150 joined in via Connect from 5 other Brazilian cities (ones I'll not be visiting). As I have come to expect from the crowd in São Paulo, the event was lively, highly interactive (despite the language barrier), and I did not even get through all of my prepared content. This was my 5th trip to São Paulo, and the city has never disappointed me.

It's now after 11pm local time, and we just arrived in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Tomorrow morning we host a similar launch event here, and then I'll meet with several customers and partners before flying to Rio de Janeiro to do it all again there on Thursday.

If you plan to attend the events in Brasília or Rio de Janeiro, here are details.

I am in Brazil, my 5th visit here. I arrived in São Paulo a few hours ago for a full week of events here in São Paulo, and also in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. For the next 4 days it'll be non-stop customer meetings, partner visits, press interviews, and three public Flex 3 / AIR presentations. It's great to be back here!

The Adobe MAX 2008 site, with dates and locations, is online. Registration is not open yet, but there is an option to sign up for a mailing list so you'll know when registration opens and more.

MAX Japan has been scheduled for January 29-30, 2009 in Tokyo. Details to follow.

James Ward and I will be in Bangalore, India, later this month, and will both be presenting at the Adobe RIA Architect Summit 2008, a free full day event dedicated to Flex, AIR, Data Services, ColdFusion, and more. Registration is now open.

I am in London for the very first CFUnited Europe where I am presenting an opening keynote. I am looking forward to seeing whether the event does as well here as it does back in the U.S. See you there!

Building on the success of last year's FlexManiacs, the new WebManiacs is 3 events in one - CFManiacs, FlexManiacs, and AIRManiacs. Over 50 speakers, more than 200 sessions, hands-on sessions, and much more, May 19-23 2008 in Washington, D.C. And early-bird discounted pricing closes on March 14th, so register now.

Later this month I'll be presenting Flex 3 and AIR at a series of events in Brazil:

• March 25th: São Paulo
• March 26th: Brasília
• March 27th: Rio de Janeiro

Details online, and Registration for all three events is now open.

Flex Camp Cleveland is a full day event on Monday, April 7, 2008, for the nominal free of $25 (lunch included). I plan to attend (assuming I get back from India in time). Registration is now open.

I am in Atlanta to take part in 360Flex starting here tomorrow morning. I previously presented at 360Flex in San Jose and Seattle and both were amazing events - so I am looking forward to this first East Coast venue. Matt Chotin is presenting the opening keynote, and both Greg Wilson and myself will be helping him out with that. And then I present a session on ColdFusion Powered Flex. Oh, and Matt has some fun content prepared, so don't miss the opening keynote (and yes, I know it's at 8:30am!).

Wayne Sutton is Community Content Manager for WNCN in Raleigh, NC. When I was in the area for the Flex 3 / AIR pre-launch usergroup tour, I had the chance to sit down and chat with Wayne about AIR, Flex, and more. He has posted the video online.

I am in Memphis, waiting for my connecting flight to Nashville for tonight's Flex 3 / AIR Pre-release presentation.

Last night's presentation in Raleigh was incredible! Almost 120 attendees packed the room (many had to stand or sit on the floor), and the event run for close to 3 hours! A lively crowd, great questions and feedback, excitement and enthusiasm - the one was lots of fun.

There are still lots more presentations and lots more venues, so be sure to check the complete location list.

Last night's Flex / AIR Pre-Release Tour presentation to the Adobe Developers of Greater Orlando group went really well. And tonight we do it again in Atlanta (well, I am in Atlanta, but others on the team are presenting in Zürich, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, and San Jose - all today). Right now I am parked in one of my many regional offices (aka Starbucks). The full tour location list is online.

Building on the success of last year's FlexManiacs, the new WebManiacs is 3 events in one - CFManiacs, FlexManiacs, and AIRManiacs. The WebManiacs 2008 conference schedule has been finalized, and registration is now open. Early bird pricing ends January 31st, 2008. With over 70 speakers and 130 distinct topics (including several hands-on sessions), WebManiacs looks to have the most comprehensive coverage of ColdFusion, Flex, and AIR, at the lowest price.

I am on my way down to Orlando for tonight's Flex / AIR Pre-Release Tour presentation to the Adobe Developers of Greater Orlando group. The full tour location list is online.

In anticipation of the upcoming Flex 3 and AIR launches, the Adobe Platform Evangelist team is taking part in a massive usergroup road-show. I'll be presenting sessions in Orlando, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Nashville, and presenters in other locations include Adam Lehman, Andrew Shorten, Danny Dura, Dave Gruber (an honorary evangelist for the occasion), Duane Nickull, Enrique Duvos, James Ward, Kevin Hoyt, Mike Potter, Ryan Stewart, Serge Jespers, Ted Patrick, and Tim Buntel. And this is not just U.S.A. and Canada, we also have events throughout Europe, and more locations are going to be added (Australia is being scheduled right now, and I'll be in Brazil at a later date). This is your chance to see and hear about the exciting new releases of Flex 3 and AIR, plus we'll be giving away some special Flex and AIR branded goodies (as well as free software - Flex Builder 3 Professional and CS3 Web Premium). The full list of venues and dates is online.

Adam Lehman and I met ColdFusion users in Dayton, OH, this evening for an event at Books and Company. About 20 attendees showed up for a session on "Lesser Known ColdFusion 8 Goodies", and then we hung out at the pub next door for a while.

Tomorrow morning we drive up to Cleveland for an afternoon usergroup event. If you are in the area, please drop by!