AirFare, developed by Joe Johnston, with the Kayak AS3 API that I wrote, has been announced as a Checkpoint 1 winner of the Ribbit Killer App Challenge. Joe has put a lot of hard work into this app. It's a great example of what Universal Mind's new XD team can do with RIA technologies. Congratulations, Joe, and keep up the good work!
Head over to the Killer App Challenge page if you want to submit your entry and try for one of their cash prizes.
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I attended my first 360|Flex earlier this year. It was in my own backyard, in downtown Atlanta. Well, now 360|Flex is returning home to where it all begain: San Jose, CA.
The only thing I can say about 360|Flex is that it is, hands down, the most intense collection of Flex talent you will ever see in one place. Maybe you're looking at your 2nd half conference schedule and trying to decide where to go....you can't go wrong with 360|Flex. The sessions are great, the people are great, and the locations are generally pretty great too. Beyond the intense sessions that you'll see ( they're all damn good ), the interaction you'll get with the rest of the Flex community can't be beaten. You get to hang with people like:
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OK, so I admit my design skills suck. Even though it won the 360|Flex API Contest, the design of my Hotel Search and Call App was virtually nonexistent. Thankfully, Jeff Bouley stepped up to the plate to give the app the styling love it desperately needed over this past weekend.
Jeff did some crazy stuff with the icons, colors, layout, and just generally made it look a hell of a lot better than it did. Thanks Jeff!
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I talked to John & Tom over at 360 Conferences asking what the outcome of the API Contest was.... They told me I didn't win. Well damn, I had pimped the hell out of my entry. Oh well. I went on with my day, a bit disappointed and resolved to the staking out of Target to buy a Wii.... If they're ever in stock.
Well, fast forward to today when Ben Clinkinbeard IMs me and asks me if my name is Tony Fendall. I was puzzled, to say the least, so he gave me a link to the contest winners.
Looks like my app, but not my name. So I think I won the contest for the Ribbit category. Stay tuned to see what really happened.
P.S. I don't know who you are Tony, but I'm sure you're a nice guy and a damn fine developer too.
[UPDATE] It was a typo, and I did, indeed, win the Wii.
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