Omaha Interactive Collective

FROM PHENOMBLUE BLOG..

Joe Olsen, our CEO is giving a presentation at the March Omaha Federation of Advertising luncheon.  The event will be held at the Regency Lodge in Omaha, NE.  Doors open at 11:30AM, and the presentation will start promptly at noon.  The topic of the March 18th event will be: Interactive 2.0: The emerging trend for truly interactive brand experiences.  Below is a summary of the presentation:

While media inclusive web sites have shaped the landscape of new and immerging web technologies over the past few years, 2007 was a break out year for delivering true interactive experiences with media driven content. Bridging the gap between web and new media, the high-end interactive branding experience is becoming more the norm than the exception. The fact is, clients are asking for it and those that are not will be soon. Nearly all brands across popular industries are utilizing 3D, animation, and video delivery to give the consumer a more immersive experience with products and marketing concepts. In this session, we’ll walk through some creative examples and the behind-the-scenes strategic plans driving this change.  We’ll also look at the design industries response to demand and how to plan for future growth utilizing these technologies with clients and future projects.

Should be a great learning experience.  Joe is a recognized thought leader in the industry and his presentations are drawn from real world experience and a passion for the technology that drives his success.  Joe’s bio can be found on Linked in.

Hey everyone.  The March meeting will be held on Thursday, March 27th (6PM-7PM) at Creighton University West Omaha Campus in Old Mill.  Networking and cocktails (7PM-8PM) will follow at Granite City located at the Westroads Mall shopping center.

Joe Olsen from Phenomblue will be presenting on a topic TBD.  Hope to see everyone there for our first inaugural meeting!

Invite your colleagues by sending them to the website!

Our meeting in February will be postponed to March.  The February timeframe just didn’t pan out due to some scheduleing conflicts.  Joe Olsen of Phenomblue will still be presenting, topic TBD for March.

 Also, if you are interested in speaking, please contact us through the link at the top of this page.

Flex camp is a 1 day event for Omaha based developers working in Adobe Flash looking at learning more about Flex and Adobe Integrated Runtime.  The event will be held January 23rd, 2008, at the Regency Lodge hotel.  Admission is free. 

Here is promo direct from the Flex camp website:

Flex Camp is a FREE event sponsored by Adobe where web developers can come and get a better understanding of Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR. Flex is a framework that helps you build dynamic, interactive rich Internet applications. Flex applications are delivered on the web via the Flash Player or to the desktop via Adobe AIR. Flex Camp Omaha is a half-day event featuring some top industry experts on Adobe Flex and AIR. Come advance your Flex skills and network with local companies and fellow developers. Sessions will be geared towards developers with beginning to moderate levels of experience with Flex. There will be plenty of giveaways, raffles and swag.

INSIGHT: Adobe Flex is a cross-platform development framework for creating rich Internet applications.  Its kind of the evolution of their flagship Flash product.  Adobe Integrated Runtime (or AIR) is another Adobe development platform that allows web developers to use their existing web programming skills to create Rich Internet Applications for the desktop.  AIR applications can run on both Windows and Apple machines.