At MAX 2009 we announced the ability to create native iPhone applications using Flash CS5. And now fellow Adobe Platform Evangelist Lee Brimelow has posted a superb video tutorial explaining how to do just this.
MAX 2009 attendees were treated to a sneak preview of Avatar (which is due in theaters worldwide on December 18th, 2009). And now the Avatar AIR desktop application is available for you to download! CNET calls the app a must-see, and I agree!
The current alpha of Flex Builder for Linux has a hard-coded expiration date of December 1st, 2009. To enable Linux users to continue using Flex Builder past that date, the Flex team has announced an update (no features changes, just the expiration extension).
A few weeks ago I mentioned ChessJam , a Flex/AIR/ColdFusion/LCDS app built by Greg Wilson and some of his pals. Greg has since posted technical details on how the app works. (He actually posted this last week, but I missed it while on the road).
Rob Wood teaches ColdFusion to kids in Bayfield High School in New Zealand (using the free for education ColdFusion license). He has posted links to his students work online.
The newly formed CFUG.nl is hosting its second meeting this week at the Adobe offices in Amsterdam. Details are posted online .
Fellow Adobe Platform Evangelist Tom Krcha has written an article for ADC entitled Using peer-to-peer applications on the Adobe Flash Platform in which he explains Adobe Stratus and Adobe LiveCycle Collaboration Service.
Title says it all. AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 are now both live on Adobe Labs.
As mentioned at cf.Objective(ANZ) yesterday, the ColdFusion 9 EULA has changed to allow for development, testing, and staging servers. See this great thread on Terry Ryan's blog on the subject.
AIR 2 adds support for the detection of storage volume mounting (for example, when your digital camera is plugged in). Kevin Lynch demoed this functionality at MAX last month, and now Christian Cantrell has posted a demonstration that shows how this all works.