At Flash on the Beach in Brighton this week I spoke with a number of Flash designers and developers, asking what they wanted to see for the Flash Platform in the future – here is what they had to say (3 minute video):

At Flash On The Beach in Brighton this week my colleague Andrew Shorten talked to a number of Flash designers and developers, asking their thoughts on how Flash Catalyst might impact their workflow for producing rich Internet applications. Here’s the video from those conversations.

Every year for ‘Flash on the Beach‘ our marketing team manages to outdo themselves in terms of what can be Adobe branded – we’ve had stickers, badges, rock and T-Shirts over the years; in an exclusive i-happen-to-be-in-the-office-today shocker I can reveal this year’s FOTB Adobe schwag is…

The Adobe Flash Platform Rubik’s cube:

and Adobe Flash Platform chocolate:

Be sure to stop by the Adobe stand next week to pick-up your schwag, chat with a number of the Adobe people who are attending (including myself, Serge Jespers, Mark Doherty, Mark Anders, Richard Galvan, Lee Brimelow, Robin Charney, Marcus Lynch and Thibault Imbert) and see demos of Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder and the Creative Suite products.

With Flash On The Beach and MAX fast approaching, it’s about time to start prepping my multi screen development session and lab for both events.
Before I can get started though, I need to come up with a good idea for a multi-screen application and I need your help in deciding which direction I should go.
So… [...]

2 weeks ago, I opened up the “Future of Flash Midsummer Giveaway”. I asked you guys to look in to your crystal balls and tell us where you see the Flash Platform in 5, 10 or even 20 years from now. I must say that some of you have a very vivid imagination
To be [...]

I have two full conference tickets for Flash On The Beach in Brighton (worth £359 each), one copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional, a bunch of Flex books, t-shirts and other goodies and I’m giving it all away!

How do you win? Easy! Take out your crystal ball and take a look in to the future [...]

Although Flash On The Beach is only 4 years old this year, it has already become a highlight in the Flash community. There something about FOTB that makes this one of the “must-go” conferences of the year. And it seems to be growing year after year!
This is going to be the first year that I’m [...]