The Adobe MAX 2008 website has been posted http://www.adobemax08.com/. There is not much information up there yet except for the dates and location, but there is a sign up for the mailing list to recieve updates as more info becomes available. This year's (North American) MAX conference will be held November 16-19 in San Francisco, CA. Mark your calendars!

Join Adobe to see what the buzz is all about in this one week long event
with 20 sessions covering AIR, Flex, Flash, Mobile, ColdFusion and
Dreamweaver technologies.

FYI- Remember that the times on the seminars are posted in Pacific Time so add 2 hours. 

http://adobe.com/go/2008_developer_week

Our next AMMUG meeting is planned for Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:00AM in Extension Hall Rm. 67 (CTU Conf.). The spring semester Adobe Certification Study Group will meet Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 5:00PM in Extension Hall Rm. 67 (CTU Conf.). See you there! Troy Hahn will be discussing the use of Google's Webmaster Tools and an overview of how you can start using Connect!

Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in illustration, the 49th annual Communication Arts Illustration Competition. Any illustration first printed or produced between March 14, 2007 and March 11, 2008 is eligible.

Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be published in the July 2008 Illustration Annual. Over 70,000 copies of the Illustration Annual will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

As a service to art directors, designers and art buyers, a comprehensive index will include addresses, email and telephone numbers of the illustrators represented.

For submission guidelines and FAQs, visit:
http://www.commarts.com/Competitions/illustration

To download an entry form go to:
http://www.commarts.com/download/entryForm_illus.pdf

Attendees will be entered to win Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, but you must be present to win.

All attendees will receive a FREE CS3 Video Workshop CD.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Meet & Greet: 6:00pm
Event Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm

You may be interested in a FREE InDesign and Photoshop seminar being offered by EBSCO Media on February 14th at the McWane Center in Birmingham.

February 14th, 2008
McWane Center
200 Nineteenth St. North
Birmingham, AL 35203

Attendees will be entered to win a FREE copy of Adobe CS3, but you must be present to win.

Free parking in the parking deck, adjacent to the facility on 2nd Ave. N. (between 18th Street and 19th Street). Park on level C and enter through the Special Events Entrance.

"Showcase your design and development skills, give back to a nonprofit organization, and connect with other Adobe community members."

This looks like a good project for our group and it's for a worthy cause. If any of you are interested in participating, please email John Hartley. Thanks.

Using the new Spry accordion menus, Adobe has redesigned and reorganized the developers' center into the new Adobe Developer Connection. You'll definitely want to bookmark this site.   

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/

"Adobe signed a definitive agreement to acquire Virtual Ubiquity and its groundbreaking online word processor, Buzzword. Explore this web-based word processor, a Flex-based RIA, that represents the future of online collaboration."

http://www.adobe.com/special/buzzword/faq.html?promoid=BKGAR

All the Google APIs listed on a single page. Very Cool.

http://code.google.com/apis/