Hi, Just a quick reminder for those that have not been involved in the past that there will be a KiwiFlash/MacroMedia Special Interest Group meeting this evening at the Canterbury Development Corporation on the second floor in the Board room. I look forward to seeing everyone here. The meeting will begin at 5:30 and will involve the following: This month the main presentation will be given by James Wallis-Martin on the topic of Swift 3D. James and his team at nqb8r have experience working in Swift 3D as well as Flash and James is going to share some of his tips and tricks with us. Swift 3D is the industry-leading tool for quickly and easily creating high quality 3D vector and raster animations for Macromedia Flash(r), video and print design projects. This is a mid year Christmas Party so please bring something along (a friend, a present, a decoration, anything your clever mind can think of...) This month we are giving away a free copy of Studio MX 2004 - you just have to attend to be in to win. If it is your first time attending a KiwiFlash meeting your name will only go in the draw once. Anyone who has attended more than 2 times (including the June meeting) will go in the draw twice. Good Luck to everyone! Meeting Place: CDC, 193 Cashel Street (Boardroom) Time: 5:30 - 7:00 (The main speaker will be presenting for 40 minutes to give everyone a chance to ask questions and then network at the end). Drinks and refreshments will be provided Make sure to pass this email on to anyone you think may be interested in attending. Please respond to this email with either YES or NO in the Subject line to let me know if you will be attending or not (also add + how many people you are bringing if any). Read below to find out how you can get a free book, a 10$ ebook and add content to O'Reilly's latest book in development! 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We'll be covering XP in all its flavors (including XP with Service Packs 1 and 2, Windows Media Center Edition), and in all its settings (from standalone PCs to running on a WiFi network). If you have an annoyance you'd like to see solved, just email me with "Windows XP Annoyances" in the subject line. Note which version of XP you're using (with SP1? SP2? Windows Media Center Edition?) and as thanks for sharing, O'Reilly will send you a copy of "Windows XP Annoyances" shortly after publication. -- Have a computer book you don't like? Think you overpaid for what turned out to be a waste of your valuable time? Rip out and send in the copyright page from that book, and Apress will offer you an e-version of a better book for $10.00. Be sure to write the title and ISBN of the Apress eBook you would like, and a valid e-mail address where we can send your coupon to redeem for your $10.00 eBook. Please print carefully in blue or black ink. The book from which you rip the copyright page must be published January 1, 2000, or later. Photocopied, partial, or Apress copyright pages will not be accepted. Envelope must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2005. Limit one copyright page per name or e-mail address. Use of multiple e-mail addresses to obtain additional eBook coupons constitutes fraud. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be honored. Keep a photocopy of your copyright page for future reference. Copyright pages submitted become the property of Apress and will not be returned. Apress is not responsible for incomplete, lost, or late submissions. Void where prohibited by law. Send ripped-out copyright pages to: Apress Let 'Em Rip Promotion 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 219 Berkeley, CA 94710 --- Penguin Books(NZ) are looking for someone to review their Actionscript 2.0 Garage Book. I have only one book to giveaway, so the first person to email me gets the book. Please note that you have to be willing to do a 5 minute review of the book at the July meeting as well as submit a written 3/4 page review (I'll give you the book at the june meeting). If you have previously requested a review book and have not yet given a review to the group, sent in a written review or posted a review to the forum, then you cannot take part in this offer. ---- If you are interested in speaking at a future meeting, please send me an email with your topic idea and preferred month to speak. Kind regards Hamish House
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