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May 19, 2008

Buna Ziua From Romania

I just arrived in Bucharest for two days of meetings at the Adobe offices here in Romania . No public events or customer visits here, just lots of meetings, and then I head to Brussels on Wednesday night.

WebManiacs Keynote Focused On Data Services

I just presented an opening session at WebManiacs in D.C. in the magnificent auditorium at The Carnegie Institution. Less than a handful of those present had any experience with Data Services, and so I spent the bulk of the time on LCDS, BlazeDS, data management services, and more. If you have yet...

On My Way To D.C. For WebManiacs

I am on the way to Washington, D.C., for WebManiacs which starts tomorrow. I present an opening session, and then will have to duck out to catch a flight to Europe where I have meetings in Bucharest and Brussels. There still are some slots left for WebManiacs, so register now .

Lee Brimelow On Getting Started With Flash Player 10

Fellow Adobe Evangelist Lee Brimelow has posted a video on how to get started with new Flash Player 10 functionality .

Toronto Flex Camp Data Services Presentation Roundup

Yesterday evening I presented a session on data services at a Flex Camp in Toronto. I ran through a series of demos (and ran over time, of course) and several attendees asked (repeatedly, both during the session and afterwards) for me to clarify which needed Data Services and which didn't, as well...

Flash Player 10 Beta On Labs

The beta of Flash Player 10 has been posted to Labs. New features include 3D visual effects, a new text rendering engine (which also supports right-to-left text), and more. Demos and videos have been posted, too.

John Farrar's ColdFusion 8 Book Due Out In August

Long time ColdFusion developer and community member John Farrar has written ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial which is due to be published in August 2008. Congratulations John, it's great to see another ColdFusion title, and I can't wait to see a copy.

Upcoming Events In Toronto And Washington

I'll be in Toronto on Thursday for Flex Camp , and in Washington, D.C., on Monday for the opening of WebManiacs . Registration is still open for both events.

AIR Appearances ColdFusion Flex

May 11, 2008

Flex Skin Design Extensions For CS3

When Flex 3 was launched a few months back, we also launched a series of extensions that can be used from within CS3 products to create Flex skins. These extensions (for Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator, and Photoshop) allow designers to skin controls which can then be imported into a Flex 3 project....

Amazon.com Loves My SQL In 10 Minutes Book

My Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has been a top seller on Amazon.com for a long time, consistently in the top few hundred computer books and in the top couple of thousand across all books. But I was just informed that is #3 in the Databases category on Amazon.com, and #1 in Database...