Phoenix Rising: The Director Podcast is coming back baby!
If you haven't gotten down to that funky beat you haven't really celebrated the magic which is the Director Podcast. MagicGate's Director Podcast is a celebration of all things Director. The entire community mourned when the podcast stopped appearing at the start of 2007 and one of the first things on my mind when I started serving as Director Evangelist was getting Skip Kimpel to re-establish the coolest Podcast in his arsenal.
I'm thrilled to report that Skip confirmed today that the Director Podcast will return to service in a matter of days. Its the perfect chance to download any back issues you may have missed and get caught up as Skip revamps the format and preps the podcast for its reintroduction to the community.
Skip said that he is still inundated with constant requests for new editions of the podcast every week and that he's thrilled to be able to roll the production back into action in celebration of the upcoming release of Director's new version from Adobe. As most folks know the Director / Shockwave FAQ is reporting that the announcement will come next month - which means the launch must be soon thereafter.
I'm personally thrilled to see this Podcast returning to service, yet another sign of Director's growing momentum as we build toward the launch of the next version. Adobe Director users have often been working with this amazing engine for nearly 20 years and they are generally very excited that Adobe is releasing a new version of Director. The release couldn't come soon enough for hungry developers and authors anxious to port projects to the rumoured new operating systems.
So welcome back Skip! We've all missed you. I can't wait to see what mysteries you have in store for us.
Comments
Skip rocks. You should join forces - for the coolest B2C communication ever. :)
Posted by: Thomas | January 23, 2008 02:32 AM
Ahmm i guess the million dollar question is.. a new Director release, for when?
The team I work for only as Intel Macs, it's a bit annoying running Director MX 2004 and the performance of the shockwave driver under rosetta is... sluggish at best..
Posted by: Carlos Gavina | January 23, 2008 04:01 PM
Heard about this new Director blog. Dope, I always wondered when we'd hear more from the Director camp.
Posted by: Chris Charlton | January 29, 2008 02:02 PM
Director Podcast Episode 29 Posted:
Hey Director Podcast Fans!
Just wanted to let you know that a NEW episode of the Director Podcast was posted today after an absence of almost a year!
If you are subscribed in Itunes already, just update your podcasts and you will find our new episodes there for your listening pleasure.
For those of you that do now know about our podcasts, please visit http://director.magicgate.com
This episode we discuss the upcoming release of Director 11 so don't miss out on the fun!
We have also implemented a new search engine for searching through our podcasts. Once again, check out the podcast page for more information.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Skip | February 4, 2008 10:28 PM
Hey Skip,
Welcome back! I've been constantly watching the iTunes list and the site hoping to see the podcast come back, and here it is!
Now into things here, to begin with, I'll let you know that I have stuck with Director through all this but I do have to qualify that statement that I have NOT upgraded (permanently anyway) from Director MX9 to Director MX 2004 for the simple reason of compatibility. I am a game developer (More specifically, a multiuser game developer) and I have some very large director files that would take too long for practicality to port, so on that front the compatibility upgrade is very welcome. Now, to get into the inevitable complaint of this message. IF, as you say, they are leaning towards the gaming development, or even for that matter, anything at all that can benefit from a live multiuser experience.. The Multiuser Xtra and Program NEED to come back to life. I cannot and will not use the Flash Communications Server for my purposes, and for some reason *cough*marketing*cough* the latest batch of Shockwave players refuse to operate with a fully functioning multiuser environment (gotta love browser crashes on exit. Don't even get me started on projector crashes in the same sense when using Director MX2004, thus I'm still on MX9) and, while I know I seem to just be ranting, you seem to have something of a direct communications link with Adobe's team and I honestly think that they need to either bring back the Multiuser Server xtra/program back and continue upgrading it, or at the VERY LEAST make it compatible again because it has honestly killed my ability to even consider using Director for my development process (I did start looking into other programming languages/programs because of this limitation)
In any case, I just wanted to pass on my 2 cents (well, with the rant length there, it's more like $2.52 but you get the idea.)
Thanks Skip!
Johnathon
Posted by: Johnathon Stevens | February 10, 2008 01:58 AM