November 23, 2008
Well, two mini-me's actually. ;-) These adorable paper figurines were created by the very talented Brazilian, Cláudio Dias (the same guy who sold a Darth Vader model to help pay his way to MAX). The one on the left is me in a CF shirt, and the one on the right is everyone's favorite...
November 22, 2008
Last week at MAX we introduced Alchemy , the project that lets you compile C and C++ code to run in the Flash Player. Branden Hall of Automata Studios (aka Agent Branden from the MAX keynote) has posted an excellent post on how Alchemy works . And on a related note, Flash Magazine has a brief story...
November 21, 2008
It's never too early to start planning for MAX 2009. Earlier this week, during my Day 2 keynote, I announced that MAX 2009 in the U.S. will be in Los Angeles, at the newly renovated L.A. Convention Center , October 4th-7th, 2009.
November 19, 2008
MAX US 2008 is over, and the general consensus is that this ranks as one of the best to date. The venue was great, the content was superb, the special event is being praised by all ... I think that most people would be astonished if they knew how much time and work goes into creating and producing...
November 18, 2008
This morning I presented a 3 hour MegaLab session at MAX , 180 minutes of LCDS, CF, Flex, and AIR. And things did not go as smoothly as I'd have liked. The 400MB ZIP file that we prepared for attendees worked fine on Windows, but would not work on Mac machines. Apparently, when the ZIP file was...
November 17, 2008
Serge Jespers and Andrew Shorten live blogged the MAX US keynote this morning, and are about to do the same for the MAX Awards and the sneaks . Replay available after the event.
November 17, 2008
As announced in the MAX keynote this morning, Alchemy is a project that allows users to compile C and C++ code to run on the ActionScript Virtual Machine. With Alchemy, developers can now reuse hundreds of millions of lines of existing open source C and C++ client or server-side code on the Flash...
November 17, 2008
During the MAX keynote this morning I announced that we are working on an Eclipse based ColdFusion IDE codenamed "Bolt" to be released in conjunction with the next version of ColdFusion. More details to follow, but, visit Labs to request access to both Bolt and Centaur . Oh, and yes, the name...
November 16, 2008
Final sound checks, cue to cue, minor tweaking, security dogs sweep (yep, you read that right, it'll make sense shortly), press setting up their cameras, directors adjusting their headsets, checking the demos one last time, ushers taking positions, Ted Patrick pacing PDA in hand ... this is it,...
November 16, 2008
Tour de Flex is an AIR based desktop application for exploring Flex capabilities and resources, including the core Flex components, Adobe AIR and data integration, as well as a variety of third-party components, effects, skins, and more. Tour de Flex was announced this morning at MAX, and platform...