I wanted to post some additional information from my sessions at MAX 2011 for those of you who weren’t able to make it. Below you can find my slides, all the links contained in my presentation, and some of the questions (with answers) I received.
Slides
The recording of my presentation isn’t available yet is now available, but you can also just download the slides here (PDF).
My MAX 2010 presentation is now online. It’s about an hour long, and it covers the following:
There are tons of other great MAX sessions available online, as well, so go have a look.
Update: My slides are now available as a PDF, as well.
A video of my MAX 2009 presentation entitled "What’s Coming in AIR 2.0" is now online. You can also download the slides (PDF) separately.
Feel free to leave questions in the comments.
MAX is always fun, but this year is going to set a new standard. If we can have a blast in Salt Lake City (three years ago, was it?), imagine how much fun we’re going to have in Vegas.
Adobe has a lot of cool projects in the works that we’re going to showcase at MAX. Of course, I’m a little biased toward the Apollo sessions (one of which I’ll be giving). There will also be plenty of Apollo demonstrations, samples, and announcements.
Let me know if you’re going to be there. If you were ever going to attend a MAX conference, this is the one to come to. You have until October 16th to register. I’ve heard that you can even get the conference hotel rate after the conference if you want to tack on a little personal time.
I’m going to be talking about and showing Apollo at Flashforward in Austin in September, and MAX at the Venetian in Las Vegas in October. If you’re interested in learning more about Apollo, these are the places to be. Let me know if you’re going to be there and want to hang out. There will be plenty of time for talking Apollo, eating BBQ, playing blackjack, and probably getting in a game or two Halo.
I’m at Flashforward in Seattle this week, and whenever I go to Flash conferences, I’m always amazed to see all the different ways people are using Flash. I’m mostly consumed with Flex these days, so I tend to forget about all the other places Flash is appearing. In the last day, I’ve seen Flash discussed in the following contexts:
And, of course, in the browser for just about everything you can think of. Am I missing anything?
I head out to Flashforward 2006 in Seattle at the ungodly hour of 6AM tomorrow. The conference doesn’t start until Monday, but tomorrow morning’s flight was the last one available. I even called my travel agent today and begged her to pull some strings, call in some favors, anything she could do, but no luck. Why do they even have flights that early?
Anyway, I’m very happy to be heading up to Seattle for this year’s west coast Flashforward rather than across the city where it’s normally held in San Francisco. I’ve never been to Seattle, so I’m looking forward to checking out a new city. Any suggestions as to what I need to see while I’m there?
I’ve been working hard with a couple other guys on a little surprise for the keynote which is why I haven’t been blogging much lately. If you’re going to be at Flashforward, make sure you’re there Tuesday morning. If you’re not, I’ll blog about it here either in real-time if I can get a connection, or after it’s over.
Let me know if you’ll be in Seattle next week. After the keynote, I should have plenty of time to hang out.
This is my kind of town. Great food, great technology, and a great conference. I gave a presentation this morning entitled "Next Generation ActionScript", and it went very well. I’ll post the presentation and all the example files here once I get back to San Francisco.
As Scott mentioned, we ate a 13-course Chinese meal last night! I had no idea such a thing was even possible. I didn’t realize it was going to be 13 courses, so for the first few, I finished everything they served me. Eventually, I checked the menu and realized there were about 9 more courses to go. Although I didn’t end up cleaning every plate they put in front of me, I ate far more than I needed to, and didn’t eat again until lunch today.
The sessions today have been great. After my session this morning, I listened to Steven Webster talk about Cairngorm, then to Mark Blair talk about Flex Data Services after lunch. This is the hard part of the day when my body wants me to go to sleep because it’s about 11:00 in San Francisco, so I’ll grab some caffeine and hit a few more sessions before taking a walk around the city.
I leave tomorrow morning: a non-stop, 12-hour flight back to San Francisco. Fortunately, I have plenty of video and PSP games to keep me company, along with some head-to-head SOCOM with Scott.
We wrapped up MAX Korea today. This was my first time at any MAX other than US. I have to say, I was very impressed. The sessions were good, the speakers were good, the attendees were passionate, and the hotel and conference center were very nice facilities.
I wish I had been able to spend more time on Seoul. We went out for a great Korean meal last night at a place where there was live traditional music. That’s about all I saw of Korea, however, other than the conference center, airport, and what I could see from the taxi in between. Next time, I’ll try to come in a day early. Seoul seems like an amazing city, though a little cold for my taste this time of year (I’ve gotten soft since moving from Washington DC to San Francisco).
I left Seoul this morning very early and arrived in Hong Kong three hours later (three hours flies by with a PSP with SSX and GTA). Scott Fegette and I spent a good portion of the day walking around the city, drooling over various electronics. We both bought cases for our iPod videos (there are no cases currently available in the US), and I’m pretty sure I’ll end up with a new digital camera before I leave. And the best part is the Casio G-Shock store right across the street from our hotel (I’m a huge G-Shock fan).
We had a speaker briefing this evening during which I had a chance to reconnect with several people, and meet several others. Tomorrow morning, the conference begins with the general session led by Mark Anders. I will be doing an expanded version of the presentation I did in Korea called "Next Generation ActionScript". I’ll post it here once I get back to San Francisco.
So far, the trip has been great, but I’m still very jet lagged. My problem is actually more insomnia rather than fatigue. I’m usually able to stay up pretty easily, but every time I try to sleep, no matter how tired I am, I find myself wide awake again in just a couple of hours. I’ve probably slept no more than about 10 hours total since leaving, and it’s starting to take its toll on me. Hopefully I’ll be able to get over the hump tonight, and finally get a good night’s sleep. There are a lot of interesting sessions here, and I don’t want to miss any of them.
I leave tomorrow (Sunday) for MAX in South Korea and Hong Kong. I’ll be giving some talks on ActionScript 3. If you’re going to be there, send me an email, and let’s hook up. I’ll be gone for a week, and probably jet lagged out of my mind for a day or two after I get home, so I’ll be slow answering email.
My presentation contains a lot of good ActionScript 2 (things new to Flash Player 
and Action Script 3 code examples. I’ll post everything online once I get back.
