So, I finally have copies of all 9 books I've worked on in a single location, in case you are interested, here is a picture
Its interesting, as it maps somewhat to the path of my career over the past 8 years, from the Spectra days, till my early days of Flash, up on through the most recent ColdFusion and Flex releases.

I'm a bit late in releasing this news, but our "Flex 3 Training from the source book" was released last week, and is now available from our publisher, as well as the major online bookstores such as Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Speaking of Amazon, we are currently the #843 best selling of all their books, #15 in the Computers and Internet / Software category, and #8 in Computers and Internet / Programming. Thanks to all of you who have bought our book, and pushed the sales ranks so high.

Anyhow, I know folks have been asking me for months when this book would finally be released, and the answer is, last week.

Enjoy.

The WebManiacs 2008 conference schedule has been finalized and registration is open. Early bird pricing ends Jan 31. Consisting of a two-day ColdFusion conference ("CFManiacs") coupled with a three-day Flex conference (FlexManiacs), hosting over 70 speakers and 130 distinct topics (some of which are hands-on), WebManiacs promises to have the most comprehensive coverage of Flex, AIR, and ColdFusion at the lowest price. Seating is limited, so folks should register early in order to get into the more popular sessions.

I'll be speaking on building AIR applications in the first few days of the conference.

I've been a bit slow in getting this announcement out, as I see several other bloggers have already posted on this, but the rumors are true.  Tapper, Nimer and Associates. Inc. has teamed up with Digital Primates Inc.    Some of you may recall, it was just over a year ago that I teamed up with Mike Nimer to form Tapper, Nimer and Associates.  It's quite an odd experience for me to go from a solo propietorship to a team of 15 or so developers in about 16 months.   With all the great minds from both our companies working together, we will be able to help more customer on bigger and better projects.  

Many of you probably know Mike Labriola for his work on custom Flex Components, he has extended the Flex framework in ways that the developers at Adobe never even imagined.  He is also frequently speaking at conferences and User groups.  Both Nimer and I ran across him at dozens of speaking events across the country, and as we talked, we found there were far more similarities between us then differences. 

One of our first meetings at a conference ended up with him as a co-author on the Flex 2 book.  A year and a half of meeting at conferences later, and we were helping each other out on projects so frequently that it made sense to explore further integrating our companies.  When the opportunity for Nimer and I to join forces with him and his company, it was much too enticing to pass up.

We are looking forward to doing great work together, continuing to build cutting-edge applications for our clients, continuing to teach the world to build better RIAs, and continuing to serve the community. 

I just heard from our editor's that about a 1/3 of the content for our upcoming "Flex 3 Training from the Source" book is now available in Rough Cuts form on Safari from Peach Pit.  Obviously, as the Flex 3 product hasnt been released yet, the chapter there may change as the product evolves, but we have been working diligently to get the updates in your hands as quickly as possible.  So, for those who are dying to get started with Flex 3, you can start reading the pre-release chapters now.

While the official errata site from PeachPit press is not yet available, the authors have put together one of our own here.  Feel free to contact us with any additional problems you find in the book, and we will post them to the site.

In walking through the Max Store this afternoon, I finally saw our Flex 2 book on the shelves.  Previously, it had been available electronically,  but now you can actually get a paper copy.  At the Welcome event last night, I managed to have a few celebratory beers with co-authors Mike Labriobla and Matt Boles.   I know folks have been asking frequently when the book will be available.  The answer is... NOW.