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Adobe MAX social media & DeadDrop challenge

by Serge Jespers on 02. Oct, 2009 in MAX2009

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I’m sure that by now you will have noticed that Adobe MAX is literally just around the corner. The pre-conference show starts this weekend and the countdown has started to Monday’s first keynote. I have managed to sneak in to some rehearsals this week in the San Francisco office and I was absolutely speechless when I saw the amazing things we have lined up for the keynotes and sneaks.

I’m sure some of you will not be able to join us in Los Angeles and that is why we are doing everything we can to make sure you don’t miss out. I’m sure you already know that you can watch the keynote sessions live wherever you are but the conference will also be covered on the Adobe MAX blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Photoshop.com. For a complete list of social media resources, check out http://max.adobe.com/resources/

We also published a list of official and community driven Twitter-tags on http://bit.ly/adobemaxtags as well as a list of interesting Tweeters to follow http://bit.ly/adobemaxtweeters. For a full list of Adobe employees and products on Twitter, check out http://bit.ly/AdobeOnTwitter.

If you are in L.A. and are taking pictures, make sure you add them to the Adobe MAX Flickr group (http://bit.ly/adobemaxflickr) and check out the Flickr photostream (http://bit.ly/adobemaxphotos). I’ll try to add some backstage shots whenever I can.

And last but certainly not least, Lee Brimelow has put together a new DeadDrop challenge, which will start at noon on Tuesday October 6th. The winner will receive the grand prize (a US$7,500 value) including an Apple MacBook Pro with Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection and Adobe Flex Builder Professional fully loaded, a conference pass to MAX 2010 with 3-nights of hotel accommodation, and more. For details, watch the video at http://adobedeaddrop.com.

I hope you are as excited about Adobe MAX as we are!

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White House streaming live with Flash

by Serge Jespers on 26. Mar, 2009 in flash video

Imagine you are the most powerful man on the planet. You want to organize a town hall meeting online so that anyone anywhere can view the meeting online without having to install anything new. Which technology would you choose? The answer is simple: Flash.

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Barack Obama just started an online town hall meeting where he will answer the questions people could submit and vote for online. I’m currently on a hotel network and it’s still streaming in nicely.

They are streaming this using Flash Media Server 3.5 (the latest version of FMS) which does dynamic streaming and even allows you to pause the live broadcast. Check it out on http://www.whitehouse.gov/openforquestions/

Flash on!

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Presidential Inaugural Committee picks Silverlight. Rest of the world uses Flash.

by Serge Jespers on 19. Jan, 2009 in Industry

inaugurationLast Friday, Microsoft sent out a press release announcing that “…the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has selected the company’s Silverlight technology to enable live and on-demand video streaming of the official inauguration swearing-in ceremony on the PIC Web site…“.

I’m not entirely sure if it’s worth bragging about one site using Silverlight. Even if it is the “official” site… Especially since all the big networks are using Flash technology to stream the event. It’s also funny to note that “… the list of donors to the inaugural committee does not include any contributors who list Silverlight-rival Adobe Systems as an employer. As we have reported here before, it does include several high-profile Microsoft executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer…“, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A Microsoft spokeswoman was quick to note that “… these donations are personal contributions from the named Microsoft executives, and not representative of Microsoft the corporation …“. I’m sure a $200.000+ contribution wouldn’t have hurt though. ;-)

When I read the press release, I remembered that video interview that Robert Scoble did with Eric Schmidt a while ago. Eric is the director of media and advertising evangelism at Microsoft. In that interview, Eric Schmidt confirms (although not in those exact words) that it was Microsoft who built the NBC Olympics site and that NBC only delivered the content for it. He says that his evangelism group was responsible for project management. The developer side of things was done by Scott Guthrie’s group. A team at MSNBC was responsible for the content and his group worked with external developers. Now, I am not completely unbiased of course, but to me that sounds as if Microsoft paid for the whole site.

I’m not suggesting anything here but it makes you wonder how technology is chosen these days.

Anyway… There will be plenty of live sources to watch tomorrow’s inauguration. I kinda wish I was in Washington to witness it live but instead I’ll be watching it online on Current.tv, MSNBC.com, FOXnews.com, CNN.com, UStream.tv or any of the other big networks who are all streaming live video with Flash on a day-to-day basis. Go Flash!

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MAX San Francisco Keynote day 2 liveblog

by Serge Jespers on 18. Nov, 2008 in MAX2008

Since we had lots of fun doing this yesterday and since you guys gave us some really nice feedback, Andrew and I decided to do this again today. The only difference is that we’ll be a bit better organized today. Ted Patrick hooked us up with front row seats so we can take better pictures.

The theme for the day 2 keynote is “Design, Develop, Deploy” and will be lead by Ben Forta, Director of Platform Evangelism. We have some really nice surprises lined up for you and I can’t wait to hear/read your reaction to them! The keynote starts at 10.30am PST, 7.30pm CET – use the sign-up feature below to get a reminder when it’s about to start…

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Live blogging Day 2 keynote

by Serge Jespers on 18. Nov, 2008 in MAX2008

Sometimes, I wake up with crazy ideas. Usually, I take a little more time executing these ideas but this morning was a bit different. One hour before the MAX keynote started, I started setting up the live blogging account and got Andrew on board.

For the day 2 keynote, we are going to be a little more organized ;-) For one, Ted is going to arrange front row seats, so we can take better pictures and I’ll bring a spare laptop in case one of our batteries run out.

Sadly, I can’t tell you anything about the content for tomorrow’s keynote but I can tell you that we’re gonna have some pretty cool surprises tomorrow! So if you don’t want to miss anything, why not sign up now and you’ll get a reminder when we’re about to start.

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MAX San Francisco Keynote day 1 liveblog

by Serge Jespers on 17. Nov, 2008 in MAX2008

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