Mike Potter

April 20, 2006

Reminder about LiveCycle 7.1 Overview Session

Just a reminder that if you're interested in learning more about Adobe LiveCycle Designer, Forms and Print 7.1, we're hosting an online Breeze meeting on May 3rd, at 12:00 Noon Eastern. The session will be held online, and will give an overview of changes in LiveCycle Designer 7.1, what's new in LiveCycle Forms 7.1, including performance enhancements, API enhancements and new rendering types, as well as an introduction to LiveCycle Print 7.1. This is also a chance to ask questions directly to product managers, and get their input into the products. They are also extremely interested in hearing from you regarding development with LiveCycle. The Breeze session can be accessed online. The session will be recorded and we'll put it up on the LiveCycle Developer Center for all to see. See you May 3rd!

April 18, 2006

Flex Developer Derby Extended

Adobe has extended the deadline for entries to the Flex Developer Derby by 30 days. You now have until May 31st, not May 1st, to get your entries in. If you haven't got your entry in, then you should. I've seen a few so far, and they've been excellent, but there's still room for more. If you enter with a compelling application, you've got a great chance at winning a new plasma TV and XBox 360. Check out the Flex Developer Derby contest page for more information, or email dev_info@adobe.com with questions.

(I'm noticing that the Developer Derby webpage hasn't yet been updated with this new information, but it should be shortly).

April 10, 2006

Like Java? Like Adobe? Work for us!

The Developer Relations team here at Adobe is looking to hire a Java evangelist. You can check out the complete job description at our jobs website, but here's the initial text: "The Developer Relations Team has an immediate opening for a highly qualified individual with software development, architecture and software marketing experience to take on the role of technical evangelist, focusing on the Java development community. The successful candidate will play a critical role not only in shaping and evangelizing Adobe technology to the Java and enterprise development community, but also in ultimately driving the adoption of Adobe technologies in that community. The successful candidate will take a leadership role in designing and delivering high impact, high quality presentations covering a variety of Java-centric topics. A solid understanding of Java, JavaScript, J2EE, Windows, AIX, Linux, and other programming languages and platforms is required, as well as knowledge of Adobe products, including Adobe LiveCycle, Flash, Flex and ColdFusion."

Sound interesting? Apply online using the link on the job description page.

April 07, 2006

Live Scoring on Masters.org Using Flash

I was looking for scores on the Masters today, and headed to the official site at masters.org. (Go Mike Weir!) I was pleasently surprised that they have gotten rid of their Java scoring applet for one built with Flash. Head to the front page, then click on "Scoreboard" on the left hand side. And didn't I see Flash being used over at ESPN for scores as well the other day? Combine those changes with news that Flash is now available on mobile phones, and the future looks very good. If anyone at the Masters wants help in getting their scores onto mobile phones, I'm willing to help drive that relationship in exchange for a pair of tickets to next year's event. :)

Presenting Flex and PHP to Boston PHP UG

For those of you near or in the Boston area, on June 1st I'll be presenting Adobe Flex and how it integrates with a PHP backend using AMFPHP to the Boston PHP User Group. I'll show off Adobe Flex Builder, the integration with a backend PHP system with AMFPHP, as well as demo the Adobe Flex / AJAX bridge. If I have time, I'll show off Adobe Flex Data Services as well. I had a great meeting with Mark Withington, who runs the group, yesterday at Linux World. I'm looking forward to the talk. If you're in the area, drop by. More details on the Boston PHP UG website.