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Flash video kicking major ass!

Posted by Serge Jespers on Oct 31, 2008 in Flash Player, Industry | 1 comment

According to the latest comScore statistics, the market share of Flash video on the web continues to grow. The numbers are pretty impressive and clearly show that Flash video is the best way to deploy video on the web. Especially interesting about these stats is that it is the AUGUST report, which includes all of the online Olympics coverage in North America including the much talked about NBC coverage that Microsoft promoted so heavily for Silverlight.

Top secret details about MAX Milan keynote

Posted by Serge Jespers on Oct 30, 2008 in MAX2008, Video | 2 comments

MAX Milan is fast approaching now and so we’re starting to finalize all the details for the keynotes and sneak peak session. The other day, Enrique Duvos, Andrew Shorten and I got caught on camera discussing the top secret details for the MAX Milan keynote…

[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whGDU-A9UJk]

For more details and registration, check out http://max.adobe.com/eu/! See you in Milan!

SlideRocket out in the open

Posted by Serge Jespers on Oct 28, 2008 in Cool stuff, RIA | Comments Off

SlideRocket is definitely one of my favorite Flash-based RIAs out there. It’s been in private beta for quite some time but today it has opened up to the public. The online tool allows you to create stunning presentations, manage them intelligently, share them securely and then measure the results — and the AIR client allows you to use your presentations offline.

“SlideRocket also includes an online marketplace where you can find all the content and services you might need to make your presentations great. SlideRocket goes beyond traditional presentation tools by harnessing the power of the Internet and making everything available to you in an integrated and intuitive online interface. SlideRocket is provided in a software-as-a-service model in a variety of price points starting at free.”

Weekly blend is back: The Photoshop-AJAX-Analytics-iPhone-AIR edition

Posted by Serge Jespers on Oct 25, 2008 in Weekly blend | 1 comment

A couple of weeks ago at Flash On The Beach, someone Paras Sheth asked why I dropped the “Weekly blend” posts. I promised him that I would pick them back up and so here’s the first one. Instead of going for a weekly theme, I decided to just post links to cool sites or articles that I come across every week. Hope you enjoy it.

Ultimate Collection of Photoshop Actions
This is a truly amazing collection of Photoshop actions. Excellent for when you need results fast.
50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials
A great collection of very useful tutorials. Everything from building shopping carts to building auto completing text fields and much much more!
Google Analytics gets major upgrade and API
Besides the API, I really like the fact that you can now create custom reports
U.S. House of Representatives dumping Blackberry for iPhone?
Interesting to see that they may be dropping Blackberry in favor of the iPhone. Oh… And if you’re in the US, make sure you vote!
60+ Useful Adobe AIR applications you should know
Title says it all. I use many of the AIR apps in this list on a regular basis.

My favorite Flash Player 10 apps and examples

Posted by Serge Jespers on Oct 22, 2008 in Cool stuff, Flash Player | 4 comments

Last week, we launched Flash Player 10. It’s amazing to see that people pick up on all it’s new capabilities so fast and there are already some really cool applications and examples floating around. Here are some of my favorites: