# For those in San Fran area **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847 "2003-03-18T18:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reverendflash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@reverendflash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/reverendflash)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/1 "2003-03-18T18:27:19Z")
This just in from the SFMUF: (a very good place to see amazing Flash related speakers for next to nothing… plus they give away prizes and pizza) Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) San Francisco Macromedia Users Forum This email includes: MEETING INFO FOR TUESDAY MARCH 25TH _ **Note that this is not the usual Tuesday meeting date** _ MEETING LOCATION ADMISSION INFO MEETING SCHEDULE PRESENTER BIOS GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS _REMINDER_ Submit your link for consideration in Lynda Weinman’s Flash critique at this meeting on the 25th to: [mailto:lyndasfmmuf@artzest.com](mailto:lyndasfmmuf@artzest.com) (Please also include two sentences about you and two-four sentences about your Flash work.) # MEETING Flash Critiques and “Flash Trends” by Lynda Weinman! Lynda Weinman, the celebrated pioneering multimedia educator, will be going out of her way with a rare appearance especially for us! She will be presenting on “Flash Trends” and giving Flash Web site critiques. Lynda co-produces the exciting Flashforward conference! She is a world renowned author in the multimedia field. She also produces many outstanding multimedia training CD-roms. Lynda has worked professionally in design and animation for about the past 20 years, and has been teaching digital design for about 10 years. We are lucky and thrilled to have Lynda back again --the day before Flashforward! WHEN: Tuesday, March 25th _ **Note that this is not the usual Tuesday meeting date** _ MEETING LOCATION Macromedia Headquarters, 1st Floor Conference Room 600 Townsend Street (corner of 7th Street), San Francisco 94103 Door to door directions: [http://www.sfmmuf.org/directions.htm](http://www.sfmmuf.org/directions.htm) Register to be a member: [http://www.sfmmuf.org/register.html](http://www.sfmmuf.org/register.html) URL: [http://www.sfmmuf.org](http://www.sfmmuf.org) ADMISSION INFO: $5 (covers pizza, sodas & misc. association expenses) - Exact change is appreciated! MEETING SCHEDULE: 6:00 - 7:00 Q&A with John Dowdell of Macromedia 7:00 - 7:50 Lynda Weinman “Flash Trends” Presentation 7:50 - 8:00 Announcements 8:00 - 8:30 Pizza and good conversation 8:30 - 9:20 Lynda Weinman Flash Critique 9:20 - 9:30 Prize Raffle PRIZES (please support our sponsors): ~Macromedia’s new Contribute software - [http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/](http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/) Empower content owners to update website content quickly and easily themselves, while you maintain control over layout, style and code. ~ScreenTime Media’s SWF Desktop - [http://www.screentime.com/SWF\_Desktop?s=blurb1](http://www.screentime.com/SWF_Desktop?s=blurb1) a new (and the very first) application enabling Flash designers to easily create Windows wallpaper enlivened with FlashMX. Besides converting Flash into wallpaper, with SWF Desktop you can create wallpaper containing hyperlinks, XML feeds, rich applications, and web services. ~Multimedia Resource Group - [http://www.multigroup.com/](http://www.multigroup.com/) (Macromedia Certified Training Facility) ~lynda.com - [http://www.lynda.com](http://www.lynda.com) (All three of Lynda’s Flash MX Training CD-roms!) ~No Starch Press - [http://www.nostarch.com](http://www.nostarch.com) (books) ~PeachPit Press - [http://www.Peachpit.com](http://www.Peachpit.com) (books) ~New Riders - [http://www.Newriders.com](http://www.Newriders.com) (books) BIOS Lynda Weinman - Flash & Multimedia Pioneering Educator Lynda has taught at Art Center College of Design, San Francisco Multimedia Studies, American Film Institute, UCLA, and at numerous conferences and workshops throughout the world. Lynda is also the author of a popular series of books sold nationally and internationally on web design, and writes for numerous magazines, including: MacWorld, How, Adobe, Step-by-Step Graphics, Web Techniques, Dynamic Graphics, Animation, Full Motion, New Media and Diem. Above all, Lynda loves to teach! She has also conducted private classes for many corporations, including MSNBC, Capital Group, CBS, NBC, Genentech, and Apple Computers. John Dowdell - Resident Guru at Macromedia John will be available to answer questions and discuss technical issues related to the implementation of Macromedia technologies within the field of multimedia. This is a great opportunity to discuss technical issues with some of the top developers in the Bay Area, of which John is highly respected as one of the best. The members of the group consider it a privilege to have John as a regular supporter of our group. Come with questions or just to listen and learn. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/2 "2003-03-18T18:28:57Z")
hey… when is the Flash Forward Fair? Isnt that supposed to be in San Fran? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/3 "2003-03-18T18:31:09Z")
sometime in May, I think… $500/person… look for Flashforward on the web… I’m not going unless someone fills up the “Send Rev to Camp Fund” Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/4 "2003-03-18T18:32:01Z")
haha - if everyone sends you a dollar than you could go 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/5 "2003-03-18T18:32:59Z")
that’s a thought… j/k Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/6 "2003-03-18T18:33:10Z")
set up a paypal and beg, i think i am going to do that…lol…but when it comes back to new york… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/7 "2003-03-18T18:33:48Z")
[flazoom.com](http://flazoom.com) did just that last year… how pathetic… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/8 "2003-03-18T18:52:21Z")
Rev, I think Flash Forward is the end of this month if I remember correctly, I could be wrong… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/9 "2003-03-18T18:57:16Z")
you could very well be right… I know that I am not going… 3d-iva is supposed to go, I think… Are you coming up? Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/10 "2003-03-18T19:05:26Z")
I was suppose to attend, but since I quit my old job, I’m no longer going with them. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/11 "2003-03-18T19:14:38Z")
well, maybe you should come up anyway… we could drain a couple of vodka bottles, see a couple of people play guitar… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/12 "2003-03-18T19:46:02Z")
Hmm…that sounds like a good idea, spring break is coming up and I could use a vacation so don’t be surprised if I show up at your doorstep with booze. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/13 "2003-03-18T20:21:59Z")
Say it with me… Ketel One… 🙂 Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/for-those-in-san-fran-area/15847/14 "2003-03-18T20:34:00Z")
i will come too! yeah! _runs off to find plane ticks…_