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MAX 2007, Done. MAX 2008, Coming Soon!

DIGG IT!     40 Comments Published Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 9:00 AM .

I started working on MAX 6 months ago and I have to say it was a blast to contribute to the events in Chicago, Barcelona, and Japan. Overall 2007 marked a great change for MAX as we focused on the community and scaled up the MAX conference in size. Worldwide we reached over 7,000 customers at the 3 events. MAX was great this year because of the community participation and the amazing sessions provided by MAX speakers, for this I need to thank everyone who attended and contributed to MAX. It was a real pleasure to join the MAX team as there are some amazing people who worked really hard to make MAX great. I am looking forward to working on MAX 2008 and I am sure it is going to be a great year.

Over the past month since MAX Chicago we have been compiling a ton of feedback about the events. One of the real problem areas for MAX was the unions in Chicago. There are many complaints about the lack of staff and technical issues and most if not all of these fall into the union management of McCormick place. I wish the situation was different but we couldn't even plug in a power cord without an electrician and union rep. These issues were non-existant in Barcelona and Tokyo and it was very frustrating to me to see work politics derail well laid plans.

Even with these side efects MAX was still the best event that Adobe/Macromedia has ever had with record attendance and community participation. I am very proud of the results and what we accomplished in a very short time. We have some great changes in store for MAX 2008. I look forward to seeing you in San Francisco and other parts of the globe, Amsterdam or Bangalore sound interesting?

Thanks for your attendance!
Thanks for your participation!
Thanks for all the hard work!
MAX 2007 was a blast!

Time for some much needed diving!

Ted :)

40 Responses to “MAX 2007, Done. MAX 2008, Coming Soon!”

  1. # Blogger aSH November 14, 2007 10:11 AM

    Thanks to you for all the hard work. Amsterdam sounds great to me for MAX Europe! Regards,  

  2. # Blogger luca mezzalira November 14, 2007 10:15 AM

    Sure!
    I'll come to San Francisco and maybe in Amsterdam!
    I can't miss Adobe MAX!  

  3. # Blogger peter November 14, 2007 11:37 AM

    great job Ted -- definitely coming to San Francisco, Amsterdam is just round the corner and any excuse is good for me to go to India ;)  

  4. # Blogger Rich Tretola November 15, 2007 10:09 AM

    Bring back Richard Cheese!  

  5. # Blogger Beau Scott November 15, 2007 12:44 PM

    MAX Chicago was a blast. It was great to meet you (and all the other Evangelists that were there).

    I'll be there for San Fran, as well. One thing I would really like to see more of are the advanced, real-world, nitty-gritty sessions and product showcases. The spectrum of showcases that were there not only illustrated the variety of ways Flex has been used, but also a lot of the different (and often weird) approaches people took in developing their apps. The more of that, the better.

    Thanks again, and awesome job!

    Beau  

  6. # Blogger Arul Prasad November 17, 2007 10:56 AM

    bangalore, yea!  

  7. # Anonymous Mrinal Wadhwa November 17, 2007 12:12 PM

    MAX Chicago was amazing ... great job from you and your team .. Congratulations !

    Its great to know that you guys are considering bangalore for next year ... there is a lot of support for this within the indian community ... check out this thread from some time back http://groups.google.com/group/flex_india/browse_thread/thread/e1822bf6c8cdea2e/

    Hope to see you in Bangalore next year.. Cheers !!  

  8. # Anonymous Mrinal Wadhwa November 17, 2007 12:16 PM

    Blogger trimmed my link ... let me try again http://groups.google.com/group/flex_india
    /browse_thread/thread/e1822bf6c8cdea2e/  

  9. # Blogger Amol November 17, 2007 10:14 PM

    Its just been an thought for me and many of my friends in India to attend and experience MAX conference, as we could not see MAX in India. I would vote for Banglore being the next destination for MAX 2008, as we are really eager to experience MAX. :)  

  10. # Anonymous Anonymous November 17, 2007 11:11 PM

    Bangalore!!!!! Count me in....!!!  

  11. # Anonymous udayms November 17, 2007 11:18 PM

    count me in if max is in Bangalore!!! :)  

  12. # Blogger saurabh November 18, 2007 1:46 AM

    1000 votes from my side for bangalore!!!!!!  

  13. # Anonymous hassan November 18, 2007 4:36 AM

    make it Amsterdam !!  

  14. # Blogger Satish November 18, 2007 9:12 AM

    I vote for Bangalore!! And it is the right place this time. I bet MAX will have overwhelming response from flex community in INDIA.

    Regards,
    Satish  

  15. # Blogger Anish Kumar November 18, 2007 10:48 AM

    My vote for Bangalore...Flex rocks in bangalore..!

    -Anish  

  16. # Blogger Ammar Mardawi November 18, 2007 3:57 PM

    Amsterdam... I'll definitely be there!  

  17. # Blogger Vinay November 18, 2007 8:29 PM

    WE vote for Banglore!!!
    MAX organized in India will bring dreams into reality for lot of passionate developers and Entrepreneur  

  18. # Blogger kishore.v November 18, 2007 9:31 PM

    My Vote For Anywhere in India....it is the right place this time. Welcome to INIDA .....  

  19. # Blogger Abdul November 18, 2007 10:06 PM

    Bangalore for sure :)  

  20. # Blogger Subbu November 18, 2007 10:31 PM

    Bangalore... please...  

  21. # Blogger Anupam November 18, 2007 11:14 PM

    Banglore for sure :)  

  22. # Blogger Martin Selva November 19, 2007 12:34 AM

    Bangalore!!  

  23. # Blogger Zaki November 19, 2007 1:07 AM

    It would be great if we have one of the MAX 2008 in Bangalore.....great audience can be expected.  

  24. # Blogger treevivek November 19, 2007 1:14 AM

    love to see here :)

    cheers
    vivek  

  25. # Blogger flex November 19, 2007 4:42 AM

    Banglore please.........  

  26. # Blogger Jensa November 19, 2007 4:42 AM

    Boy... that sure is three great cities? I assume you meant "all of them", not Amsterdam OR Bangalore?

    J  

  27. # Blogger ravibharathi November 19, 2007 7:48 AM

    Bangalore! Bangalore!Bangalore!
    Waiting for Max 2008 in India  

  28. # Blogger Mayur November 19, 2007 8:19 PM

    Ted,
    count my vote for MAX-2008 at Bangalore  

  29. # Anonymous Anonymous November 19, 2007 9:04 PM

    Bangalore Please..  

  30. # Blogger Oviyan November 19, 2007 9:59 PM

    Great..........

    Count me too..

    We will rock on MAX 2008 @ bangalore  

  31. # Blogger manju100 November 20, 2007 2:24 AM

    Please please please MAX 2008 in Bangalore  

  32. # Blogger Thaisie November 20, 2007 3:02 AM

    Amsterdam will be great!  

  33. # Blogger poonam November 20, 2007 5:30 AM

    Voting for MAX 2008 in Bangalore!

    Regards
    Poonam  

  34. # Anonymous Cyril November 20, 2007 7:16 AM

    Would love Amsterdam (so close...) ! India would be great also, huge community over there...  

  35. # Anonymous Rick Smith November 20, 2007 8:25 AM

    /casts vote for Amsterdam. I'm looking forward to seeing official dates and places. Thanks Ted!  

  36. # Blogger Flash Of Scarlet November 20, 2007 8:51 PM

    Bangalore! Bangalore! Bangalore.. YEEEEEEEEEHAAAA :)  

  37. # Anonymous Anonymous November 22, 2007 3:01 AM

    Bangalore !!!  

  38. # Blogger offshore Devlopment November 27, 2007 3:10 AM

    BANGALORE MAX 2008  

  39. # Blogger toufee March 18, 2008 3:19 AM

    bangalore, banglore.. please bangalore  

  40. # Anonymous Avery April 8, 2008 8:44 AM

    nice thank you for sharing.  

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