Tag Archives: Adobe

Want to join the Platform Evangelism team?

Following my post yesterday about my new role as a Product Manager for Flash Builder, my departure from the Platform Evangelism team opens up an opportunity for us to hire a new evangelist. Whilst we’re not yet listing the opportunity … Continue reading

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New role at Adobe

Over the last couple of years I’ve had the pleasure of being part of the Platform Evangelism team at Adobe – a smart, diverse and unique group of people who care passionately about Flash and who genuinely like helping others … Continue reading

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Adobe schwag @ FOTB

Every year for ‘Flash on the Beach‘ our marketing team manages to outdo themselves in terms of what can be Adobe branded – we’ve had stickers, badges, rock and T-Shirts over the years; in an exclusive i-happen-to-be-in-the-office-today shocker I can … Continue reading

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Video interview with founder of TweetDeck

Just over a week ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with Iain Dodsworth, founder of TweetDeck – one of the most-downloaded applications that have been built using Adobe AIR. In this video Iain talks about how and why … Continue reading

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Flash on your TV today

Following a recent operation on my back to correct a slipped disc I’ve had to spend a considerable amount of time laying down; this in turn lead me to really use some of the TV catch-up and on demand services … Continue reading

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Flash Platform blog launched

The official Adobe Flash Platform blog launched last week and is definitely recommended reading for those wanting a regular feed of the latest Flash-related news and information – you can read it here or grab the RSS feed. As an … Continue reading

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Upcoming webcast featuring Morgan Stanley "Matrix" RIA

If my earlier post regarding the Morgan Stanley Matrix application was of interest then I’d recommend that you sign-up for a free webcast entitled “Transcending the client experience” which is being hosted by Finextra and Adobe next Monday. The 75 … Continue reading

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Flash Platform Tools presentation – videos from UK launch

Last Friday I delivered a pre-launch briefing to UK journalists on today’s announcements around new Flash Platform tooling, specifically the beta release of Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder. In addition, we invited web design and development agency howard/baines to talk … Continue reading

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Tutorial: Building a data-centric app using Catalyst and Builder betas

As part of my learning process with the beta releases of Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder I created a simple version of the Employee Directory application that we use inside Adobe to find information about employees. I’ve written up the … Continue reading

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Adobe CEO talks about Flash and new technologies on FT.com

There is a three part video interview with Shantanu Narayen, Adobe’s CEO, up on FT.com today as part of their “View from the Top” series, in which they talk to CEOs about news and trends within their respective industry. In … Continue reading

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