A new adventure
November 1st will be my 4th anniversary as a Platform Evangelist… And March 2012 will be my 5th anniversary at Adobe… And what a crazy 5 years it has been! No no… This post is not to announce that I am leaving Adobe. On the contrary, I’m actually moving in to a new role… in our San Francisco HQ.
I’ve never made it a secret that I would one day love to live and work in the US and I feel truly blessed that Adobe is giving me this opportunity. In my new role as “Solutions Architect/Evangelist” I will still be doing a lot of what I’ve been doing in the last 5 years but I will also start building relationships with big name brands and work on strategic partnerships. It’s that part that’s got me really excited about this new adventure and I’m really looking forward to it!
It’s funny… While I was writing this post I saw this article in my Twitter feed. “Disrupt Yourself” is the title and that is exactly what I’m going to do. ;-) The article also says that “if it feels scary and lonely, you’re probably on the right track” and I must say that it definitely is a little bit scary… And lonely… Well… I never thought I would do this all by myself. I always thought that my girlfriend would join me but she sadly decided to end our relationship (also the reason why it’s been so quiet around here the last couple of months). But… I guess there are worst places than San Francisco to be as a single guy…
I’ll start packing right after MAX and then move some time early November. The California sun still shines in November, right? ;-)
John Warnock on innovation
John Warnock is one of the founding fathers of Adobe. John is also the inventor of Postscript, and recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, one of the highest honors bestowed on scientists, engineers and inventors in the USA. John and Chuck Geschke also were recently awarded the Marconi Prize, considered the highest honor specifically for contributions to information science and communications.
In this video, the first in a series of conversations with leaders in technology, Adobe’s CTO Kevin Lynch talks to John about innovation and how Adobe encourages it.
Video: My favorite new features in Flash Builder 4.5
Today is an exciting day. Adobe announced Creative Suite 5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5!
With Flash Builder 4.5 and the Flex 4.5 framework developers can easily develop and deploy mobile applications to more than 200 million smartphones and tablets by the end of 2011. But that’s not all Flash Builder 4.5 has to offer! In this video I’m showing my favorite new features in Flash Builder 4.5.
Click here for more information on Creative Suite 5.5.
Click here for more information on Flash Builder 4.5.
Video interview: Paul Gubbay on Adobe and HTML5
So… What has Adobe done so far for HTML5?
I asked Paul Gubbay – Adobe’s VP for product development for web, design and interactive – that very question.
Great news for developers
It’s always nice to wake up to great news!
Apple’s announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines has direct implications for Adobe’s Packager for iPhone, a feature in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring tool. This feature was created to enable Flash developers to quickly and easily deliver applications for iOS devices. The feature is available for developers to use today in Flash Professional CS5, and we will now resume development work on this feature for future releases.
This is great news for developers and we’re hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for the App Store. We do want to point out that Apple’s restriction on Flash content running in the browser on iOS devices remains in place.
Adobe will continue to work to bring full web browsing with Flash Player 10.1 as well as standalone applications on AIR to a broad range of devices, working with key industry partners including Google, HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm/HP, RIM, Samsung and others.
From http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2010/09/great-news-for-developers.html
Number 5 is alive!
Just to make things clear… If you thought the Packager for iPhone was the single new feature in CS5, then boy were you wrong! CS5 has over 250 improvements and new features! These are a couple of my favorite new features in Flash Professional CS5.
New text engine
The new text engine in Flash Professional CS5 now allows you to fully leverage the power of the Text Layout Framework available in Flash Player. With the new Text panel you’ll create multi column text and link multi text boxes in no time.
Snippets panel
The new Code Snippets panel is the easiest way to add ActionScript to your project. Developers can easily add their own code snippets and designers can just add functionality to their project with just a few clicks.
ActionScript editor
The Actions panel finally got some love as well. It will now do code hinting and code completion even for custom classes. Yay! But if you want a more robust coding environment, you can now also opt to edit your code in Flash Builder 4.
XML based source files
If you use a source control system, you’ll be happy to know that Flash Professional CS5 can now save your projects in an uncompressed format.
More more more…
New additions to the deco tool and IK. Video improvements like a new cuepoint editor and on-stage scrubbing, SWF size history, FXG, lots of updates in Device Central, better workflows with other CS5 tools, … And then we’re only talking about Flash! There are 17 tools in Creative Suite that have all been updated and that have all gotten new features!
I can’t wait to see what you will create with it!
Don’t miss the CS5 launch event in about 8 hours and 40 minutes from now!
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