The next few weeks are getting pretty full again but I wouldn’t want it any other way! I have some really amazing conferences/events on my calendar and wanted to share with you where I’ll be the next coming weeks.

• Flex Camp Amsterdam – September 22nd – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  I’ll be talking about AIR for Android. I’ll be showing a bunch of cool demos and will obviously also show you how you can build applications.
   
• Sneak Preview – September 24th – Genk, Belgium
  I’ll be talking about Flash and HTML5. I’ll talk about both technologies’ strengths and weaknesses and hope to debunk some of the myths surrounding them.
   
• AppsMarathon – September 27th – Brussels, Belgium
  The future is mobile! At AppsMarathon I’ll be talking about Flash Player 10.1 and AIR on Android and how you build apps for mobile using the Flash Platform (and maybe/probably some other stuff as well ;-))
   
• Flash On The Beach – September 27th-29th – Brighton, UK
  Flash On The Beach is one of my favorite conferences. Due to unforeseen circumstances I had to miss it last year but I’ll make sure that never happens again! FOTB is due to sell out today so hurry up if you still need to get your tickets! I’ll be doing a session on AIR 2 and will also do a “beyond the basics” hands on session on Tuesday and Wednesday on Flash Catalyst.
   
• AUG Belgium – September 30th – Genk, Belgium
  The Belgian Adobe Usergroup is doing a special “After Summer” event. I’ll be talking about something I can’t talk about yet. ;-) More on that later.
   
• Adobe MAX – October 23rd-27th, Los Angeles, USA
  I know I probably say this every year but… MAX is going to be fantastic this year. Don’t have your tickets yet? Early bird pricing ends in 5 days!
   

I hope to see you at (at least) one of these events!

At Flash On The Beach in Brighton this week my colleague Andrew Shorten talked to a number of Flash designers and developers, asking their thoughts on how Flash Catalyst might impact their workflow for producing rich Internet applications. Here’s the video from those conversations.

With Flash On The Beach and MAX fast approaching, it’s about time to start prepping my multi-screen development session and lab for both events.

Before I can get started though, I need to come up with a good idea for a multi-screen application and I need your help in deciding which direction I should go.

So… What type of application would you like me to build for this session and lab? Entertainment? Food? Travel? Video? Photo? It can basically be anything as long as it has an in-the-browser version, a desktop version and a mobile version. I do have some ideas in my head but can’t decide on which one to use… That’s why I’m asking for your help!

Now, I’m not asking you to come up with a complete concept (but you can if you want to ;-) ). I’m just asking you to tell me what type of app you would like to build in the BYOL-lab at MAX and have me explain/show in my session at FOTB. I’ll reward the best idea with a goodie bag ;-)

Feel free to post your thoughts as a comment or use the contact form.

2 weeks ago, I opened up the “Future of Flash Midsummer Giveaway”. I asked you guys to look in to your crystal balls and tell us where you see the Flash Platform in 5, 10 or even 20 years from now. I must say that some of you have a very vivid imagination ;-)

To be totally fair, I asked my colleagues Enrique Duvos and Andrew Shorten to pick the winners. Congrats!

Win a ticket for FOTB:

Wins a copy of Flex Builder:

And you know what… I’m in a good mood today so I’m going to send a cool T-shirt and Flex book to everyone who submitted an entry! ;-)

All winners will receive an email from me.

I have two full conference tickets for Flash On The Beach in Brighton (worth £359 each), one copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional, a bunch of Flex books, t-shirts and other goodies and I’m giving it all away!

How do you win? Easy! Take out your crystal ball and take a look in to the future of the Flash Platform. Where do you see the Flash Platform 5, 10 or 20 years from now? What would you add or change to the Flash Platform?

Be creative! You can use both the power of words and the power of pixels. If you want to create mockup of Flash CS10 or Flash Builder 10, then please do so. If you are better with words, feel free to type away. Leave a comment with a link to your image or just post your thoughts. Please enter your real name and email address.

Winners will be picked based on creativity, originality and/or interesting ideas. Winners will be announced on Monday, August 17th 2009 on this blog. Deadline: Sunday, August 16th, 2009 00:00GMT

Looking forward to hear your thoughts and ideas!