Photo Mosaic of RIAction

March 2nd, 2009 / Comments / by jwong

In the spirit of celebrating Rich Internet Applications and the technologies that are used for developing them, here is a photo mosaic of the event last week implemented RIAction-style: using Silverlight Deep Zoom technology.

You will need Silverlight installed to view the photo mosaic properly. If you don’t have it installed, you can get it here.

Try to spot yourself below!

Hint: Use your mouse and scroll wheel to navigate around…

(Photos and deep zoom application courtesy of Neng Giin)

To try out Silverlight Deep Zoom for yourself, here is a good place to start.

RIAction Agenda is now available

February 24th, 2009 / Comments / by shunjie

RIAction Agenda and Topics now available on the Agenda page

Check out the Agenda to plan your topics during RIAction!

View HTML Timetable OR download PDF Timetable

e27 coming on board as RIAction participating partner

February 23rd, 2009 / Comments / by shunjie

We are very excited to have e27 coming on board as a participating partner for RIAction and for their kind blog entry on RIAction!

e27 has been very active in pushing the local developers and entrepreneur community, assisting and networking them in various ways. Since 2006, they have been pushing various high profile events from the recent MobFest to Unconference Singapore. e27 has now become a default platform for developers and entrepreneurs alike to come together. We salute to e27 and will like to extends a big thanks to them for their presence in RIAction!

About e27
Founded in 2006, E27 is a community for passionate individuals with fresh, visionary mindsets on the Asian consumer web/mobile industry. Based in Singapore, we have a regional outlook and are committed to growing the industry through support for entrepreneurship and specialized events with corporate and public organizations.

See some Action at RIAction with XBOX 360

February 13th, 2009 / Comments / by shunjie

See some Action at RIAction at our XBOX playground. Thanks to Microsoft Singapore,  we will be setting up a XBox 360 playground for our attendees during RIAction. 

So if you are tired after hours of RIA goodness, go get some button smashing action before going up for the next RIA track!

RIAction video is up!

February 11th, 2009 / Comments / by shunjie

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Thanks to Seesmic’s users, my colleague Thomas, FUG Friends and Creativecrew friends for taking time in helping to make this video. This video is well, about RIAction.

Help us spread riaction by putting the embed code on your site!

Embrace the first RIA event in Singapore

February 3rd, 2009 / Comments / by shunjie

The Singapore Flex Usergroup is very proud to present Singapore’s very first RIA ( Rich Internet Applications) Event - RIAction! Taking place on the 26th February 2009, RIAction will see speakers from Google, Microsoft, Adobe, together with community leaders, coming together for a day of technological updates, roadmaps and application showcase! 

Why RIA ? In the recent years, we have see a proliferation of RIA applications, ranging from Instant Messaging on the Web, to image / video editing. Users now achieve desktop functionality with nothing but just a web browser. Client technologies like Adobe Flex, Adobe AIR , Microsoft Silverlight, and the maturing of Javascript Frameworks like JQuery has enabled end-users to enjoy never before desktop-like features on web applications. Together with the lowering cost of server solutions enabled by Cloud technologies like Google Apps Engine and the access of various web services like Google Maps and Google Contacts, the industry and the end-users are seeing more and more quality and engaging Rich Clients that enable them to purely use the browser to access functionality that was previously ruled by Desktop applications. On the other hand, desktop applications can now access various web service easily, creating a new range of occasionally-connected applications. Many of these has already creeped into our lives. Users using Twhirl, built with Adobe AIR for the access to Twitter, Friendfeed and Seesmic services. Users using Microsoft Silverlight technologies during Olympics period  to view live cast. Users using Photoshop  Express built on Adobe Flex to edit their photos online. Users finding their ways to their next destination using Google Maps built on Javascript AJAX. The possibilities are endless!

Thus, RIAction, targeted to showcase these different technologies, as well as to provide a single platform for all the vendors to come together to answer all your questions. Whether you are a software developer, a web developer, student, or a business-owner looking for the next creative way to awe your clients, RIAction is for you.

RIAction will be executed with multiple tracks, ranging from in-depth technical presentations to future roadmaps and various effective project planning methods for RIA projects like Agile and Scrum. Attendees will also see current showcase of applications built with these RIA technologies, as well as to meet and network with the community leaders and like-minded peers. 

We are very glad to have the support of Microsoft, Adobe and Google for RIAction and with their huge support, RIAction.sg will be available FREE to all participants. So what are you waiting for ? Register for RIAction.sg now! 

RIAction.sg
26th February 2009
Microsoft Auditorium
1 Marina Boulevard #22-01 One Marina Boulevard Singapore 018989
Nearest MRT : Raffles Place  MRT

Ticketing Cost: FREE

Organized by the Singapore Flex Usergroup
Contact: Hu Shunjie , 90487415 

 

For Usergroup Leaders or Topic Suggestions, kindly email to go@riaction.sg