I’ve enjoyed Japanese cartoons for as long as I can remember. It is unsurprising that Japanese style and creativity along with a significantly larger choice of characters has led to a very different visual language for emotions:
http://club.pep.ne.jp/~hiroette/en/facemarks/index.html
http://www2.tokai.or.jp/yuki/kaomoji/

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Laszlo Systems has developed a server technology, the Laszlo Presentation Server, designed specifically for developing and deploying “rich internet applications.” I

Making Data Easier to use with Flash

Will be looking at two new ways to work with data and Flash. The first presentation will be given by Paul Gubbay, during which we will get to see some of Macromedia’s latest techonology, the Firefly Components. The second presentation by Sarah Allen will showcase Laszlo’s platform for building Rich Internet applications.

Although this may sound like a highly technical meeting, both of these presentations will show new technology that enables an ever wider audience to work with complex issues easier. If you are just starting to work with more complex websites and applications or would like to learn how to simplfy your work flow, then you should check out what these solutions have to offer.

MEETING LOCATION
Macromedia Headquarters, 1st Floor Conference
Room 600 Townsend Street (corner of 7th Street),
San Francisco 94103 (directions)

You may registerto be a member of the SF Macromedia User Forum, but feel free to come even if you are not a member

ADMISSION INFO: $5 (covers pizza, sodas
& misc. association expenses)
– Exact change is appreciated!

MEETING SCHEDULE:
6:00 – 7:00 Q&A with John Dowdell of Macromedia
7:00 – 7:50 Paul Gubbay – Firefly Components
7:50 – 8:00 Announcements
8:00 – 8:30 Pizza and good conversation
8:30 – 9:20 Sarah Allen – Laszlo
9:20 – 9:30 Prize Raffle