Category Archives: Adobe AIR

Thinking in Flex with Bruce Eckel

Last year at JavaPolis Bruce Eckel, Christoph Rooms, and I did a keynote about Flex. That talk has been posted on Parleys.com (which btw is an awesome Flex app!). You can watch it there, in their Adobe AIR application, or right here using the new Parleys.com Share (beta) widget. If you have any problems watching [...]

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Podcast about Adobe AIR, Flex and BlazeDS / LCDS

A podcast I recently did with Chariot Solutions has just been published. Let me know what you think.

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Atlanta JUG and Chicago Flex and AIR Developers Group

In a few weeks I’ll be stopping by the Atlanta Java User Group and the Chicago Flex and AIR Developers Group: Atlanta – August 19, 2008 – Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java Chicago – August 20, 2008 – The Future of Flex, Flash Player, and AIR Hope to see you there!

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Upcoming Conference Presentations: GeoWeb, OSCON, and LinuxWorld

Over the next few weeks I’ll be presenting at a few conferences: GeoWeb – Map Based RIA Development Using Adobe Flex and AIR with Duane Nickull OSCON – Flex: the Open Source SDK for RIAs also with Duane LinuxWorld – Building Rich Internet Applications with an Open Source Stack I hope to see some of [...]

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The RIA Puzzle: Shaping the Future of the Internet with Adobe Platform Technologies

Recently I did an interview with Anthony Franco, President of EffectiveUI, about Flex, Adobe AIR, and Rich Internet Applications. Check it out and let me know what you think.

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This Week: Europe JUG Tour and SAP / Adobe Nanoconference

The last few weeks my wife and I have been tromping around the Alps (and we climbed Mont Blanc!) Now it’s time to get back to work. This week I’m visiting a few Java User Groups to talk about the usual topics: Adobe AIR and Flex Here is the schedule: July 7 – Zurich Java [...]

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Need a QuickFix? Try Google App Engine, Adobe AIR, and Flex

Last week I spent a few hours with Dick Wall of the Java Posse working on an application which combines Google App Engine, Adobe AIR, and Flex. This was a fun experiment that turned into a pretty cool application. The application, named QuickFix, sends an image to Google App Engine which does an “I’m Feeling [...]

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Two Great Flex / Adobe AIR Articles

Just a quick note about two great articles which were recently published: ActionScript Collections and Functional Programming by Bruce Eckel In this article Bruce provides examples and insights into the functional pieces of ActionScript. He also covers some of the lesser known things about Collections. I learned quite a bit from this one! InfoQ Case [...]

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Flex and Adobe AIR Interview from QCon SF 2007

InfoQ.com has posted an old interview I did with Jon Rose at their QCon SF 2007 conference. In this slightly dated interview I talk about the usual Flex, Adobe AIR, and RIA topics. Makes me wish I still had my beard. Gosh I was sexy. ;)

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