Ted On Flash: August 2008

The 360Flex "Sessions" Video Project

DIGG IT! 5 Comments Published Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 11:52 AM .

I haven't been sleeping so well and the stress is due to the popularity of the video we have been posting online. My team, developer communities, decided to record all 60 sessions at 360Flex and we have posted 16 of the sessions online. The videos are pretty popular and this graph should give you a glimpse a how much:

Since launching the sessions project we have served over 2 TB of video and the last 3 days have been a very strong spike in traffic.

Wooops...
Got to run the servers are melting...

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Creating Reusable Components by Ben Clinkinbeard

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published at 11:16 AM .

This session will talk about what to keep in mind when creating components that go beyond a single use. Whether your goal is something that is useful across projects, suitable for a company component library or for distribution to the general development community, there are certain tactics that can help make your efforts a success. Part discussion and part code, this talk is aimed at intermediate level developers. Topics covered will include: motivations, modularity, encapsulation, default behaviors, default styling, events, metadata and more.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Ticketmaster Kiosk by Kevin Fauth

DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published at 11:12 AM .

A high-level overview of the new Ticketmaster Kiosk. Covers items ranging from internationalization, security and other items.

Ted :)

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DIGG IT! 2 Comments Published at 10:35 AM .

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CHEERS,

TED :)

ps. sorry for yelling but everyone always emails me when they miss the deadline. :)

Hello FlexBot!

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM .

The evangelist team in India has been working on a new search robot called FlexBot. Flexbot is a software robot that does searches automatically against Adobe's ION search engine index containing all documents, articles, forum posts, and blog posts. We will be opening access to FlexBot in a few days time on the Adobe Flex/AIR Forums as a trial.

Here is how FlexBot works:

1. Post a question to a forum.
2. FlexBot reads your post
3. FlexBot obtains the keywords
4. FlexBot returns a set of optimized search results.

RESULTS: FlexBot Practicing on the Forum

Only new forum posts will get a response from FlexBot.

This is very powerful as by majority forum posts are most often questions that have been answered before. Better still some questions never get answered and these automated results will help all developers find what they need quickly. Flexbot allows us to send high quality self-service results to anywhere you ask questions. Initially we are putting it to work on the forums but soon it you will be able to email or instant message FlexBot and you will see FlexBot show up on forums outside of Adobe's servers, FlexCoders or FlexComponents.

We are rolling FlexBot out slowly and are tuning the quality of the search results as we go.

Keep an eye out for FlexBot responses on the forums!

Regards,

Ted :)

MAX is so hot! - A "30onMAX" Video from Randy!

DIGG IT! 6 Comments Published at 8:34 AM .

So Randy is sure to be in the MAX keynote with this sweet Guitar Hero solo! Wait is he really playing?

Great work!

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - Diving in the Data Binding Waters with Michael Labriola

DIGG IT! 10 Comments Published at 8:23 AM .

More from the 360Flex sessions! Just about everyone who uses Flex uses data binding. Now come learn what you are actually doing when you add those curly brackets to your application. Learn what the compiler is doing on your behalf when the [Bindable] tag is added to a property or class, how to optimize and abuse binding for your own purpose and finally understand some of the performance related issues that can occur with the over/misuse of this essential Flex Tool.

Go Michael Go!

Ted :)

360Flex SJ 2008 - See the Data, Be the Data by Tony Hillerson & Juan Sanchez

DIGG IT! 5 Comments Published Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 7:32 AM .

We posted another great session from 360|Flex by two great leaders in the Flex community, Tony Hillerson & Juan Sanchez. In a nutshell: Numbers, statistics, search results and focused information mean nothing without a sound way for immersing a user in exploration.

Also make sure to press the full screen button (lower right). These videos are 1024x768 and look great full screen. :)

Be the ball danny!

cheers,

Ted :)

MAX NA Early Bird Registration Ends in 6 Days

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published at 7:19 AM .

The title says it all. There are 6 days left to save on Adobe MAX NA early bird registration.

REGISTER NOW

Also to convince your boss, send her/him this MAX Overview PDF!

cheers,

Ted :)

360Flex Day 1 Keynote by Mark Anders

DIGG IT! 1 Comments Published Monday, August 25, 2008 at 12:06 PM .

Here is the 360Flex Day 1 keynote by Mark Anders. If you want to know where we are taking Flex 4 and fully understand the additions in Flash Player 10 arriving soon, I would watch the video. You can also watch this on the 360Flex AMP channel on the right.

Cheers,

Ted :)

Dear Google Finance,

DIGG IT! 8 Comments Published Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM .

In your charting on finance it seems you recently started using Flex Builder ActionScript project to compile the SWF files, yeah! On the site there is a subtle blue flash which is due to the background hex setting on the SWF file. To change the background SWF color to White do the following:

In Flex Builder under Project Settings > Compiler Tab add the following under additional compiler arguments:

-default-background-color #FFFFFF

Like so:

Tada, no blue!

Cheers,

Ted :)

Adobe Media Player, GeoLocation, and 360Flex

DIGG IT! 3 Comments Published Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM .

It seems that there are geo-location restrictions in Adobe Media Player due the content supplied with AMP. The geo-location restriction is currently in the AMP badge during installation and this is why many are not allowed to install AMP. AMP will be adding support in a future release for other geo-locations but the time frame to that release is distant. Had I known in advance about the geo-restriction, I would have gone a different route in preparing syndication of the 360Flex content.

The team is actively working on a plan to correct the issue. We want this content to reach as far and as wide as possible and any type of geo-restriction is not an option.

Stay tuned, we are working around the clock to get this fixed.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360|Flex Sessions - Media RSS Feed

DIGG IT! 8 Comments Published Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM .

Some folks are encountering issues with AMP feed subscription via the badge. Here is how to do it manually:

1. Install AMP
2. Click "My Favorites" menu at the top.
3. Click "Add RSS Feed" at the bottom.
4. Paste: http://sessions.adobe.com/360FlexSJ2008/feed.xml

You will then be subscribed to the AMP feed and all videos will show up in "My Favorites".

We are adding the 360Flex AMP Feed into AMP Search now so this will get easier to find. Also all videos posted are under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Feel free to embed the videos directly into your blog from the feed itself.

Cheers,

Ted :)

360|Flex - 15 Sessions Posted

DIGG IT! 5 Comments Published at 8:00 AM .

I am onstage at the 360|Flex conference in the day 3 keynote. I am pleased to announce that we have posted 15 1 hour sessions to the AMP channel below. Simply click the badge to install Adobe Media Player and subscribe to 360Flex Channel.

Cheers,

Ted :)

Recording 360|Flex - Free Full Sessions on AMP

DIGG IT! 15 Comments Published Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 6:49 AM .

I have been heads down working on a new video project, codenamed "Hyperdrive and aka "Sessions", with a small team at Adobe. The project is a hosted video service for AdobeTV and AMP which will contain your application demos, your tutorials, and your conference sessions. Note the keyword is your, this isn't Adobe's content, it is your content.

To kick-start the project we decided to record the 360|Flex Conference in San Jose in its entirely in HD screencasts (1024x768). Today we are releasing the first 5 sessions on AMP and we will post more sessions today and over the coming weeks. All content has been posted under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License with the original work credited to the presenter.

Here is the 360Flex AMP install badge:

Add to your blog:

Sessions Posted:

TicketMaster Kiosk by Kevin Fauth
Flex Accessibility by Giorgio Natili
Reading the Flex source code by Jonathan Branam
Project Workflow by Axel Jensen
Creating Reusable Components by Ben Clinkinbeard

Special thanks to the team at 360|Flex and to the entire team at Adobe who made this happen.

Enjoy the show!

Ted :)

Want to be in the MAX keynote? "30onMAX"

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9:49 AM .

Would you like to be in the MAX Keynote? We are putting together a video project of your videos called "30onMAX" and we will be highlighting selected videos in the Adobe MAX keynote in North America, Europe, and Japan. Here is how it works:

1. Make video on: WHY MAX?

2. Upload to youtube.com

3. Tag it with "30onMAX"! (This is how we find it)

The 30onmax team will aggregate the videos for use in the MAX Keynote and throughout the conference. To assist us with "30onmax" we have recruited world famous director/actor Phillip Kerman to assist with the project.

Here is one of Phillip's earlier creations on Adobe MAX:

Now go grab your camera, costumes, and make a video!

Cheers,

Ted :)

MAX Early Bird Pricing - 19 Days Left!

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 11:32 AM .

There is a discount for MAX for early registrations. These discounts end in 19 days for MAX North America and 33 days for MAX Europe.

Register for MAX!

MAX is going to be an amazing event this year and I am very pleased with how the event is turning out.

See you at MAX!
max.adobe.com

Ted :)

FantasticContraption.com

DIGG IT! 3 Comments Published Monday, August 11, 2008 at 6:34 AM .

A coworker passed me a link to FantasticContraption.com and I am suddenly hooked on building all sorts of contraptions to win each level. Last night I was up pretty late playing this game. I decided to nominate FantasticContraption.com for a MAX 2008 Award. If you know of a game/site/application that is worthy, nominate it here.

To win each level you build contraptions to deliver the red ball into the red box. It sounds easy but the levels get harder as you go. Below is a screencast where I build a small cart to cross this "Gap" to win the level.

WARNING: You can waste your entire day on this site. I know several people who have played this game non-stop for 3-4 days straight trying to solve the basic levels. It is that fun.

See you at MAX!

Ted :)

MAX 2008: Adobe Roadmap Sessions

DIGG IT! 0 Comments Published Friday, August 08, 2008 at 8:08 AM .

At MAX 2008 we giving roadmap sessions for our key technology markets. These sessions are being given by the teams leading development in these markets and missing them would be a huge mistake. With Adobe Labs we began opening our roadmap and releasing software early to customers. At MAX we are going to talk openly about the next 5 years in each of these market segments and tell you where Adobe is headed. It will help your teams plan ahead and get in sync with our feature roadmaps and overall platform before it is delivered. It is our hope that these sessions will highlight the platform we are building and allow you to invest earlier along the way.

Adobe Roadmap: Enterprise
Adobe Roadmap: Video
Adobe Roadmap: Web Applications
Adobe Roadmap: Web Experiences
Adobe Roadmap: Mobile*
Adobe Roadmap: Cross-Media Publishing*

*To be posted soon.

I would strongly encourage you to attend one of these roadmap sessions. You will see where Adobe is headed and what we are working on. Make sure to register early for these sessions they are sure to be packed at all MAX events globally.

See you at MAX!

Ted :)

Balsamiq Mockups

DIGG IT! 5 Comments Published Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 9:11 PM .

Take a look at Balsamiq Mockups. It is a Flash based mock-up toolset for rapid prototyping UI designs. The project is run by Peldi Guilizzoni who is one of the key architects behind the Adobe Connect product line. I really like the simplicity of the UI especially allowing for text entry to drive component addition. It will be fun watching this tool take off.

Flash Flash everywhere! Go Peldi Go!

Ted :)

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