Thanks to all who attended the Degrafa talk at the 360|MAX set up for the Unconference at Adobe MAX and the Degrafa Birds of a Feather. Tom Gonzalez and I (Juan) weren’t really sure what to expect with the turn out, but it was really great. We started with one person who was really amped to see the new stuff to a packed room by the time we finished.

There was a ton of stuff to cover with the new Beta 3 release and the new site. I was making samples right until we had to go up on stage and having a blast doing it. This new release makes things so easy, whether you’re a designer, developer, artist, etc.

Below are the slides from the talk and I’ve uploaded the majority of the samples from the talk to the Degrafa Samples page. We’re going to try to see if Jason Hawryluk and I can give the same talk at MAX Europe. With Jason there, if we can set up a talk it will probably be the best Degrafa talk ever. Or, if there’s a user group who’d like to help us get set up, that would be great. Enjoy the slides.

If you were able to make it to 360|Flex Atlanta, swing by the EffectiveUI booth and grab a “limited edition” Degrafa shirt. It seems there’s been a lot of swag floating around at the conference, but the Degrafa shirts are a limited run of 200. Pick one up while you can and be sure to wear it to the Degrafa session on Wednesday. A big thanks to EffectiveUI and 360Conferences for sponsoring the shirts!

We mentioned your entries might come in handy for something (besides the Degrafa Derby) being announced soon. Well, that something is the 360|Flex API Contest and you can use your Degrafa Derby entry for the Community category of the API contest.

The prize to the winner of the 360|Flex contest gets a PlayStation 3, which means you could really clean up if you win both contests. There are also prizes for usage of the Ribbit and Ebay APIs. The official contest site for the 360|Flex API contest will be up soon.

Get more info about the 360|Flex API Contest