Whirlwind trip to BFusion/BFlex was a success

Just got back from the BFusion/BFlex conference and wanted to summarize my weekend. I joined a few local CF developers and we drove 11+ hours to Bloomington, Indiana to attend this FREE 2-day conference put on by some of the Adobe User Groups in conjunction with Indiana University.

Day 1 was ColdFusion focused, and I was in the Intermediate Track. We spent a full day of hands on training learning about the Mach II framework. This was my first formal exposure to a framework and it was great to get a recap of OO principles and see them in action.

Day 2 was Flex focused and I was in the Beginner Track. We started building a basic photo gallery application following the actual Adobe Flex course materials. I only stayed until noon as we had to get back on the road for the long drive home. Plus, I had a similar training back in April at the local Flex Camp in Minneapolis, so I don't think I missed too much.

Highlights of the trip:
- good intro to Mach II, hope to start using it on a small app at work
- my 2nd exposure to Flex, I really need to put this into a work app soon!
- met some new CFers and had a good time at The Upland Brewery restaraunt
- got started on Twitter and now following over 20 others
- scored tons of swag for giveaways at CFUG (CF tag posters, Fusion Authority frameworks issue, Flex Authority first issue, etc)
- won a new book: ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial
- arrived there and back home safely as we covered approx 1400 miles by car