Partners serving it up for the Adobe Developer Community

Tweet What is your favorite thing to eat? When someone asks me that question, I immediately think of lobster. However, when given the choice, I don’t always order the lobster. After all, I love to try new things. It also makes sense to consider the cost, as well as what the chef is recommending. When...

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ACP Application Process for 2011

Tweet Right now the Adobe Community Professionals are completing their application to become an ACP in 2011. There are no guaranteed seating for past members. If you are interested in the program and you think you have what it takes, contact either a current ACP, Adobe Evangelist, or an Adobe Staff member. You must be...

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DEVOXX – Day2 University Day (+ some BOF recordings)

Tweet Just a quick Update Post-DEVOXX. Previous DEVOXX Day1 Blog Entry here: http://bit.ly/da0Ook Below is a collection of MP3′s while at the conference. BOFs are not normally recorded at DEVOXX, so I make no claims about the quality of the recordings…in other words — turn the volume to “11″ to make the most of this...

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DEVOXX – REDUX (RIAs, Mobile, and a Community-Revisited)

Tweet This week I am on the road to Antwerp, Belgium. There is a very popular Java Developer Conference here every year in November run by the Belgian Java User Group.  Adobe is a Premium sponsor again this year; and, it is my pleasure to be able to return to this very cool community driven...

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A “MAX” Experience @AdobeMAX 2010

Tweet It was great to be part of the Adobe Community Team at my first AdobeMAX conference.  My first event with both developers and designers in a whole new community eco-system since coming over to Adobe from Sun Microsystems (6) months ago.  The communities are surprisingly very similar.  Adobe puts a lot of energy and...

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AIR is EVERYWHERE Desktop Background

Tweet Download the ADOBE AIR is EVERYWHERE Desktop Background. All the cool kids are doing it! Can you find all the easter eggs? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4876167/air_everywhere_background.jpg

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The Community Team at Adobe MAX

Tweet Image by Richard Cawood via Flickr Adobe’s annual conference, MAX is amost upon us. The team will all be flying into Los Angeles and we’re extremely excited to go. MAX is the single largest face-to-face gathering of Adobe community annually – at least 200 Adobe User Group managers and Adobe Community Porfessionals will be...

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The Future of Developer Communities: Some Thoughts

Tweet Lately, I’ve noticed an increasing amount of discussion about the role of the “platform agnostic” developer – a developer who is equally comfortable across a range of languages and technologies, switching from one to another as each new project or customers requires. To call out just a few examples, Seb Lee-Delisle has been talking...

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Inside look at Community Building at Adobe

Tweet Earlier this year, I was approached by Dan Wilson, organizer of the NCDevCon event to do an interview for Dzone. I had fun talking about what community means to Adobe and how we all benefit from a healthy community. See the full video. http://css.dzone.com/videos/look-inside-adobe-ugs-building

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Flash and Flex Camps report

Tweet It was a great summer for Flash Camps and Flex Camps. We had our first two Flash Camps in China, in Hangzhou and Shanghai! For those of you who aren’t familiar with Flash Camps, Flex Camps and ColdFusion Camps , they are technical events, organized by members of the Adobe community, that introduce people...

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