We hosted a "sneak peak" session yesterday afternoon here at MAX, engineers from all the product teams (in bee costumes, don't ask) used the opportunity to showcase cool stuff they were working on (stuff that may, or may not) make it into future products. Mike Nimer presented for the ColdFusion...
I am collecting pictures and video of the MAX 2003 Day 1 Keynote (the first morning when I presented), stuff taking by attendees in the audience. If you have anything you can share please comment, thanks.
Lots of the impromptu chats I have been having here at MAX have been focused on Flex, and specifically how it relates to ColdFusion. So, no, Flex is not a ColdFusion killer, it is not even a ColdFusion competitor. The truth is that I don't think we've done an adequate job yet of articulating the...
Finally, a few minutes of blogging time ... MAX 2003 has been a blast thus far - there is incredible excitement, attendees seem excited and enthusiastic, the facilities are great, and everyone seems to be having fun. That's a good thing. The Day 2 keynote was hilarious, our very own Tim Buntel and...
During this morning's MAX 2003 keynote I announced that the next major version of ColdFusion is in the works, the product is codenamed "Blackstone". I also listed the high level themes for this future product, and just so things are clear, this is the text from the slide I showed: Key themes for...
What an adventure (and I use that term somewhat loosely). There are no non-stop flights from Detroit to Salk lake City, and so my flight Monday was on Continental via Houston. I arrived in Houston as did a major storm system (complete with torrential rain, lightning storms, tornado warnings, and...
Christophe, welcome back to Macromedia, and welcome to the blogsphere! Christophe Coenraets is the new Technical Evangelist for Macromedia Flex, his new blog is at: http://www.markme.com/cc/.
It's official, the product formerly known by the codename "Royale" will be named "Macromedia Flex". Flex is a standards based server product that allows developers to build rich user experiences all in code (in an XML based language). Flex is designed to leverage existing and standards based...
If you love Looney Tunes (who doesn't?) then you absolutely *need* (yes, need) the new Looney Tunes Golden Collection, a 4 DVD set (Disk 1 is Bugs, Disk 2 is Daffy and Porky, Disks 3 & 4 feature Tweety, Speedy, Leghorn, Taz, and more). In all, 56 of the best animated shorts of all time that,...
The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) describes itself as the "nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United...