Why... hello!

[antifuzz]

Hi All,

I've just got back from Flash on the Beach feeling all inspired, and
was lamenting the fact that there's not such a good community of Flash
bods in Bristol as there seems to be in Brighton, when lo-and-behold I
actually google it and it turns out there is one.

I've been a Flash freelancer in Bristol for the last four years or so,
but to be honest I've been festering at home a bit up until recently
when I finally got myself a desk at Spike Island. I'm currently doing
myself a new site and trying to make more of an effort to learn new
stuff and make new contacts, so it would be great to get to know a few
other local people doing similar things.

Do you lot do any kind of regular meet ups?

Cheers,
Mark.

[Chris Keegan]

Hey Mark,

The group has been quiet for a couple of months as people went off on their
summer holidays but we do try to make the effort of doing monthly meetings
and I'm keen to keep the momentum going. We usually have around 10-15 people
round a table with maybe one person giving a bit of a talk about a
particular subject before we start talking about general stuff. It's a nice
informal format.

The last time we all met there was much talk about M(odel)V(iew)C(ontroller)
theory in interactive content (fairly technical) but we've had talks on
Animation techniques in flash, 3d and building Flex applications.

I'm keen to start up the autumn season, if there's an appetite, and Evans &
Finch are your willing servants inasmuch as hosting the event is concerned!

I'm also happy to talk about MVC as its a subject close to my heart but you
may be bored hearing about my thoughts on programming AS3 by now =)

Chris...

[Nick Forsberg]

post Flash on Beach the Bristol bunch from BFUG we're pretty fired up about meeting up asap. I know Barnaby won Colin moock's 'Lost ActionScript 3.0 weekend' http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801526. Maybe we could do a geek's dvd night??? ( + a few beers)

cheers

Nick

2009/9/27 Chris Keegan <chris....@googlemail.com>

[Dave Cropley]

Hi,

I'm still really into keeping up the momentum with BFUG - lets keep the channels open and get the next meeting up and running ;)

All the best,
Dave C

[Mark Burvill]

Sounds great to me. To be honest I'd be well up for finding out more about things like MVC etc. I come at it from the point of view of someone who started out as a designer able to code simple games, but now getting increasingly more technical as I get better with AS3. I've always worked on my own with Flash so I've kind of got stuck into my own whacky ways of doing things that aren't always the best ways of working, so I'm keen to get better at things like design patterns etc.

I could possibly think of some things I could share with people too if interested - Gaia Framework... Box2d...? At the very least be good to meet some other local people to geek out with.

You lot may have done this already, but how about just a meeting over a few beers to talk about what everyone saw / thought of FOTB?

Mark

[juan kennaugh]

I didn't go to FOTB but I'm up for a drink and to find out what it was
like. Also interested in Gaia.

Juan

> <mailto:chris....@googlemail.com>>

[Sam]

Welcome Mark :-)

I'd be well up for a gathering and discussion of FOTB. Probably best
to do it sooner rather than later whilst it's still all fresh in our
minds. I had such a great time at FOTB, I learnt loads, got inspired,
met a bunch of good people and had fun. I'll definitely be going back
there. I'd be really interested in hearing more about Gaia and Box2D
also.

Cheers,

Sam

> >         2009/9/27 Chris Keegan <chris.lek...@googlemail.com
> >         <mailto:chris.lek...@googlemail.com>>

>
> >             Hey Mark,
>
> >             The group has been quiet for a couple of months as people went off on their
> >             summer holidays but we do try to make the effort of doing monthly meetings
> >             and I'm keen to keep the momentum going. We usually have around 10-15 people
> >             round a table with maybe one person giving a bit of a talk about a
> >             particular subject before we start talking about general stuff. It's a nice
> >             informal format.
>
> >             The last time we all met there was much talk about M(odel)V(iew)C(ontroller)
> >             theory in interactive content (fairly technical) but we've had talks on
> >             Animation techniques in flash, 3d and building Flex applications.
>
> >             I'm keen to start up the autumn season, if there's an appetite, and Evans &
> >             Finch are your willing servants inasmuch as hosting the event is concerned!
>
> >             I'm also happy to talk about MVC as its a subject close to my heart but you
> >             may be bored hearing about my thoughts on programming AS3 by now =)
>
> >             Chris...
>
> >             On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:11 PM, antifuzz

[Buda]

Hey all,

FOTB rocked. Russell and I are doing a presentation for our office to
run through some of the cool stuff we saw etc so maybe we can do that
again for BFUG. Hooked up with quite a few of the B-Fuggers at FOTB so
I'm sure they'll be able to contribute with stuff that we've
forgotten. At least it'll serve as a good kick-off for discussion.

Let's book a day in then and do another meet-up.

Shane

PS I've tinkered with Gaia (a while back) and would be keen to hear on
that if someone was willing to talk

PPS Went to one FOTB session by an animator on her workflow and was
massively frustrated at how lame her talk was in comparison to Dave's
animation talk! BFUG ftw!

On Sep 28, 5:03 pm, juan kennaugh <cont...@jkennaugh.co.uk> wrote:

> >         2009/9/27 Chris Keegan <chris.lek...@googlemail.com
> >         <mailto:chris.lek...@googlemail.com>>

>
> >             Hey Mark,
>
> >             The group has been quiet for a couple of months as people went off on their
> >             summer holidays but we do try to make the effort of doing monthly meetings
> >             and I'm keen to keep the momentum going. We usually have around 10-15 people
> >             round a table with maybe one person giving a bit of a talk about a
> >             particular subject before we start talking about general stuff. It's a nice
> >             informal format.
>
> >             The last time we all met there was much talk about M(odel)V(iew)C(ontroller)
> >             theory in interactive content (fairly technical) but we've had talks on
> >             Animation techniques in flash, 3d and building Flex applications.
>
> >             I'm keen to start up the autumn season, if there's an appetite, and Evans &
> >             Finch are your willing servants inasmuch as hosting the event is concerned!
>
> >             I'm also happy to talk about MVC as its a subject close to my heart but you
> >             may be bored hearing about my thoughts on programming AS3 by now =)
>
> >             Chris...
>
> >             On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:11 PM, antifuzz

[Chris Keegan]

Sounds like we need to pick dates!

How about Thursday 15th October? We can host at our offices and then maybe spill out for a drink afterwords?

Chris...

[superc...@googlemail.com]

+1 for george, are you guys still up the top of bush house?

George

[Mark Burvill]

Thursday 15th is good for me.

M.

[juan kennaugh]

+1 for juan

Juan

Chris Keegan wrote:
> Sounds like we need to pick dates!
>
> How about Thursday 15th October? We can host at our offices and then
> maybe spill out for a drink afterwords?
>
> Chris...
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Buda <shane...@gmail.com
> <mailto:shane...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> FOTB rocked. Russell and I are doing a presentation for our office to
> run through some of the cool stuff we saw etc so maybe we can do that
> again for BFUG. Hooked up with quite a few of the B-Fuggers at FOTB so
> I'm sure they'll be able to contribute with stuff that we've
> forgotten. At least it'll serve as a good kick-off for discussion.
>
> Let's book a day in then and do another meet-up.
>
> Shane
>
> PS I've tinkered with Gaia (a while back) and would be keen to hear on
> that if someone was willing to talk
>
> PPS Went to one FOTB session by an animator on her workflow and was
> massively frustrated at how lame her talk was in comparison to Dave's
> animation talk! BFUG ftw!
>
> On Sep 28, 5:03 pm, juan kennaugh <cont...@jkennaugh.co.uk

> <mailto:fishboyd...@googlemail.com

> <mailto:fishboyd...@googlemail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > I'm still really into keeping up the momentum with BFUG - lets
> > > keep the channels open and get the next meeting up and
> running ;)
> >
> > > All the best,
> > > Dave C
> >
> > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Nick Forsberg
> <seventy6.com <http://seventy6.com>
> > > <http://seventy6.com>@googlemail.com

> <http://googlemail.com> <http://googlemail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > post Flash on Beach the Bristol bunch from BFUG we're
> pretty
> > > fired up about meeting up asap. I know Barnaby won Colin
> > > moock's 'Lost ActionScript 3.0 weekend'
> > > http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801526. Maybe we
> could do a
> > > geek's dvd night??? ( + a few beers)
> >
> > > cheers
> >
> > > Nick
> >
> > > 2009/9/27 Chris Keegan <chris.lek...@googlemail.com
> <mailto:chris.lek...@googlemail.com>

> > > <mailto:chris.lek...@googlemail.com

[Nick Forsberg]

+ nick

[stefan burt]

+ stefan

I missed a couple in the past but been keeping an eye out for movement in the group, so glad there's something going on again.
I'd also be really interested in MVC and or anything OOP in terms of flash, I'm making the move from AS2 spaghetti code to AS3, so far it's a definite improvement.

Stefan

[Dave Cropley]

"PPS Went to one FOTB session by an animator on her workflow and was
massively frustrated at how lame her talk was in comparison to Dave's
animation talk! BFUG ftw!"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Aww shucks.... *Head = ZEPPELIN!* :D

Dave C

[Chris Keegan]

Ok, all good. 15th October it is! 

6pm at our offices (with the usual spread of chocolate biscuits and coffee):

Evans & Finch

4th Floor,

Bush House,

72 Prince Street,

BS1 4QD

Ring the UWE buzzer and someone will let you in.

I'm thinking an informal catch-up about FOTB (for those less fortunate souls as ourselves who couldn't make it!). Unless someone wants to prepare something?

We can usually fit 15 people around the table comfortably, which means we have 8 spaces available.

+1's so far are:

• George
• Mark
• Juan
• Nick
• Stefan
• Dave
• Me!

Maybe I'll look into sorting out eventbrite one day...

Chris...

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:13 PM, stefan burt <one.green...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Matt Duligall]

+2  Matt & Rosie

Was my first time at FotB this year.

I was at the session Shane mentioned and yes it was pretty uninspiring.  There were a couple of sessions where I wished I had read the small print a little more closely but on the whole I was well pleased with the conference.  Certainly feeling more inspired after it!

Looking forward to the 15th, feels like ages since the last meeting.


Matt

2009/9/29 Chris Keegan <chris....@googlemail.com>

[Sam]

+1 for Sam

Thanks

[Chris Keegan]

That makes 4 for spaces left...

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Sam <sam.mc...@gmail.com> wrote:

+1 for Sam

Thanks

[Buda]

+3 for Russell, Ross & me then

Cheers

On Sep 29, 6:22 pm, Chris Keegan <chris.lek...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> That makes 4 for spaces left...
>

[dvd...@googlemail.com]

+1 for David

[Leo Pitt]

+1 for Leo ... did I get there in time? :)

Leo

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BS2 8SJ

M: 0771 262 2397
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[Dave Cropley]

Sure we can squeeze you in Leo ;) 

Dave C

[Aden Forshaw]

I'm really impressed with the level of interest coming back from what i'm sure was a well earned break. I thought it'd be slow to pick up again but the quick signups are a real encouragement.

Thanks once again for Chris and Dave for hosting. If we kick off with a talk by Chris about MVC, and then open to floor for FOTB discussion. I'm still pretty gutted about not being able to make it, so it's something i'm pretty keen on hearing.

See you all on the 15th

Laters, Aden

2009/9/30 Dave Cropley <fishb...@googlemail.com>

[superc...@googlemail.com]

any chance we could fit barney in too? he's in new york atm but he'll
be gutted not to come

George

On Sep 30, 11:05 am, Aden Forshaw <aden.fors...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I'm really impressed with the level of interest coming back from what i'm
> sure was a well earned break. I thought it'd be slow to pick up again but
> the quick signups are a real encouragement.
>
> Thanks once again for Chris and Dave for hosting. If we kick off with a talk
> by Chris about MVC, and then open to floor for FOTB discussion. I'm still
> pretty gutted about not being able to make it, so it's something i'm pretty
> keen on hearing.
>
> See you all on the 15th
>
> Laters, Aden
>

> 2009/9/30 Dave Cropley <fishboyd...@googlemail.com>

>
> > Sure we can squeeze you in Leo ;)
> > Dave C
>

[Dave Cropley]

Lets have a look at numbers and see what we can do ;) - I don't like people being left out, but we do only have limited space.... 

There's usually a couple of people that drop out due to unforseen circumstances before the meet, so we should factor that into considerations.

I'm really interested to hear about flash on the beach as I've never been myself - bring it on! :D

All the best,
Dave C

[Michael Trim]

Hi,

I was at FOTB again this year and would like to come along too if
there is room?

thanks,

Michael

[Leo Pitt]

Pants, I can't make it anymore.

So that's one free space available then.

-1 for Leo

:(

Chris Keegan wrote:
> Sounds like we need to pick dates!
>
> How about Thursday 15th October? We can host at our offices and then
> maybe spill out for a drink afterwords?
>
> Chris...
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Buda <shane...@gmail.com
> <mailto:shane...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> FOTB rocked. Russell and I are doing a presentation for our office to
> run through some of the cool stuff we saw etc so maybe we can do that
> again for BFUG. Hooked up with quite a few of the B-Fuggers at FOTB so
> I'm sure they'll be able to contribute with stuff that we've
> forgotten. At least it'll serve as a good kick-off for discussion.
>
> Let's book a day in then and do another meet-up.
>
> Shane
>
> PS I've tinkered with Gaia (a while back) and would be keen to hear on
> that if someone was willing to talk
>
> PPS Went to one FOTB session by an animator on her workflow and was
> massively frustrated at how lame her talk was in comparison to Dave's
> animation talk! BFUG ftw!
>
> On Sep 28, 5:03 pm, juan kennaugh <cont...@jkennaugh.co.uk

> <mailto:fishboyd...@googlemail.com

> <mailto:fishboyd...@googlemail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > I'm still really into keeping up the momentum with BFUG - lets
> > > keep the channels open and get the next meeting up and
> running ;)
> >
> > > All the best,
> > > Dave C
> >
> > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Nick Forsberg
> <seventy6.com <http://seventy6.com>
> > > <http://seventy6.com>@googlemail.com

> <http://googlemail.com> <http://googlemail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > post Flash on Beach the Bristol bunch from BFUG we're
> pretty
> > > fired up about meeting up asap. I know Barnaby won Colin
> > > moock's 'Lost ActionScript 3.0 weekend'
> > > http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801526. Maybe we
> could do a
> > > geek's dvd night??? ( + a few beers)
> >
> > > cheers
> >
> > > Nick
> >
> > > 2009/9/27 Chris Keegan <chris.lek...@googlemail.com
> <mailto:chris.lek...@googlemail.com>

> > > <mailto:chris.lek...@googlemail.com

[Matt Duligall]

Sorry having car trouble, it was supposed to be fixed by this afternoon but no luck.  :(

- 2  for Matt & Rosie

2009/10/15 Leo Pitt <leo...@function-design.co.uk>

[juan kennaugh]

-1 for juan as well - got pressing stuff to do.

soz

juan

Matt Duligall wrote:
> Sorry having car trouble, it was supposed to be fixed by this
> afternoon but no luck. :(
>
> - 2 for Matt & Rosie
>
>
>
> 2009/10/15 Leo Pitt <leo...@function-design.co.uk

> <mailto:leo...@function-design.co.uk>>

>
>
> Pants, I can't make it anymore.
>
> So that's one free space available then.
>
> -1 for Leo
>
> :(
>
> Chris Keegan wrote:
> > Sounds like we need to pick dates!
> >
> > How about Thursday 15th October? We can host at our offices and then
> > maybe spill out for a drink afterwords?
> >
> > Chris...
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Buda <shane...@gmail.com
> <mailto:shane...@gmail.com>

> > <mailto:shane...@gmail.com <mailto:shane...@gmail.com>>>

> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > FOTB rocked. Russell and I are doing a presentation for our
> office to
> > run through some of the cool stuff we saw etc so maybe we
> can do that
> > again for BFUG. Hooked up with quite a few of the B-Fuggers
> at FOTB so
> > I'm sure they'll be able to contribute with stuff that we've
> > forgotten. At least it'll serve as a good kick-off for
> discussion.
> >
> > Let's book a day in then and do another meet-up.
> >
> > Shane
> >
> > PS I've tinkered with Gaia (a while back) and would be keen
> to hear on
> > that if someone was willing to talk
> >
> > PPS Went to one FOTB session by an animator on her workflow
> and was
> > massively frustrated at how lame her talk was in comparison
> to Dave's
> > animation talk! BFUG ftw!
> >
> > On Sep 28, 5:03 pm, juan kennaugh <cont...@jkennaugh.co.uk
> <mailto:cont...@jkennaugh.co.uk>

> > <mailto:cont...@jkennaugh.co.uk

> W: www.function-design.co.uk <http://www.function-design.co.uk>
>
>
>
>
>
> >

[Mark Burvill]

So is anyone still on?

----------------------------------
Mark Burvill

Antifuzz
www.antifuzz.com
Tel: 0117 954 4036
Mob: 07780 608 498

[Aden Forshaw]

Shame you can't make it guys, but thanks for letting us know anyway.

I think we were 2 over our numbers anyway, so now there's 2 free spots if anyone else would like to attend.

Address is up at BristolFUG.com

See you there, Aden

2009/10/15 Mark Burvill <ma...@antifuzz.com>