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Adobe removes all restrictions on SWF and FLV specs

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:16:38 +0000

Adobe has announced the Open Screen Project http://www.openscreenproject.org/, an initiative dedicated to driving consistent experiences across all devices including mobile phones, personal computers, consumer devices and more

Specifically, this work will include:

Removing restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications
Publishing the device porting layer APIs for Adobe Flash Player
Publishing the Adobe Flash® Cast™ protocol and the AMF protocol for robust data services
Removing licensing fees – making next major releases of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices free

I wonder how long it will take to see various open source flash players?!

More info here http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/

Raising money for charity with Adobe AIR!

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:42:25 +0000

Visit www.visionair.info

I hope you can help me out and also help a good cause.

We are having a competition to raise the most $$$ for the “Fred Hollows Foundation” which gives the gift of sight to those in the developing world who could not otherwise afford a simple cataract operation.

It only takes $25 to bring the operation to one person or just $250 for ten people.

Please help this very worthy cause and help me and my team “visionAIR” win this competition.

To donate, please visit http://www.visionair.info between 4.30 pm Thursday 10 April and midday Friday 11 April.

This is tax deductible (depending on your location) and you will be issued with a receipt for tax purposes so please dig deep.

If you can encourage your friends, family and work mates to do the same. If you are able to encourage the company you work for to pledge/donate as well, that would be fantastic!

We’ve also written an AIR application as a widget so you can track the progress of the team! I’ll provide source code after the event.

Slides and demos from my presentations

Andrew Spaulding — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:51:28 +0000

Slowly but surely I’ll release a series of posts covering content from presentations I’ve given online and at Adobe events during the past few months.

Some of the content includes:

Using Flex with PHP
Branded applications with AIR
Showcasing local industry applications (customer presentations)
Using ColdFusion messaging gateways with Flex
Integrating MS Exchange with ColdFusion and Flex

We’ve also just finished a 4 city tour around Australia with CFCAMP where I introduced Microsoft Exchange server integration and how to bring this into Flex and AIR.

Slides and demo files for everything over the past month and more will come shortly.

Enjoy!

EDIT (12/12/07) - I’m currently traveling in the US so there’s been some delays in tidying up the demos… but they’ll be ready in time for Christmas!

CFCAMP Australia is more than just ColdFusion

Andrew Spaulding — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:17:24 +0000

In the coming weeks get set for a FREE mini-conference for ColdFusion developers by ColdFusion developers. And better yet we’ll have renowned ColdFusion expert Ben Forta joining us along side long time CF’ers Mark Blair, Nick Watson (UK) and the many community experts here in Oz.

Here you’ll see more than just ColdFusion. How about powering your Flex applications and targeting desktop applications with ColdFusion? I think it’s sounds like a winning combination! And that’s exactly what i’ll be presenting on.

Interested in learning more? You’ll want to be there - REGISTER NOW!

Event dates:

November 20th: Sydney
November 21st: Brisbane
November 22nd: Melbourne
November 27th: Perth

Check out the wiki, vote for the community driven sessions, and come along and network with other developers interested in the latest for the Web, RIAs and desktop apps with AIR.

Hope to see you there (whether that’s in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth)!

Adobe Refresh Australia, learn about MAX 2007

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:24:35 +0000

Adobe Australia are holding a “Refresh” event for the local developer communities. This is your chance to hear first hand the latest news and announcements surrounding Adobe’s developer technologies! I promise you will not be disappointed! So come and spend an afternoon with your local Adobe crew including myself, Matt Voerman, Mark Blair, Mark Szulc and many others.

Click here to register.

Details:

Join us for an opportunity to connect with the local developer community, whilst refreshing your knowledge on the latest from Adobe at Adobe Refresh 2007.

Over the course of an afternoon, you will hear from the local Adobe team as they present on what’s new and what’s happening in AIR, Flash Professional, Flex, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and ColdFusion.

There’ll be summaries from the Keynote Presentations at Adobe Max 2007, as well as Community Expert Tables and plenty of time to socialise.

When:

Tue 30 Oct 07
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
13:30 - 17:00

Wed 31 Oct 07
Telstra Dome, Melbourne
13:30 - 17:00

Hope to see you there!

RIA Comic - Barely Out Of Beta # 3

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:08:43 +0000

Well the third strip in this series is here with “Barely Out Of Beta #3“. Great work team Nectarine!

Have you missed the previous episodes? Check them out here:

Barely Out of Beta # 1
Barely Out of Beta # 2

Also check out Barely Out Of Beta #4 - one for the game designers!

RIA Comic - Barely Out Of Beta # 2

Andrew Spaulding — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:09:15 +0000

Part 2 of “Barely Out Of Beta” went live last week… remember to keep checking back for part 3 and 4 of this series.

Thanks again to Minty @ Nectarine!

Have you missed the previous episodes? Check them out here:

Barely Out of Beta # 1
Barely Out of Beta # 2

Barely out of Beta - New RIA comic!

Andrew Spaulding — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:17:40 +0000

The dudes over at Nectarine have released the first of a short series of comic strips around RIA. The first story comes from the recent happenings at Web on the Piste where Adobe and Microsoft had a friendly showdown at the speaker round table.

This comic strip is going to make me famous!!! “Internet” baby yeah!

“Barely Out Of Beta”

Check out many of the other awesome animations at animation.nectarine.com.au

Wanna be a moviestar? With H.264 you can be!

Andrew Spaulding — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:31:52 +0000

The latest Flash Player 9 update, codenamed “Moviestar” adds support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio, just to name a few. There’s a series of examples over at Flashcomguru.com, with downloadable source, that demonstrate the new HD video codec in Flash Player.

Very cool! Bring on the competition hehe.

Fuze Instant Messaging built on AIR

Andrew Spaulding — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:26:17 +0000

Check out the FUZE all-in-one instant messaging app built on AIR. I’m yet to try it because the install badge isn’t working correctly with the Flash Player 9 Update (Moviestar) installed, so it looks like I’ll need to downgrade.

If you’re using the application, please leave a comment and let us know your thoughts.