Ben Forta's Blog - AdobeMAX06

Upcoming Open PhoneGap Session

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:51:00 -0400

Have questions about PhoneGap? Our own Raymond Camden and Andrew Trice will be hosting an online Open PhoneGap Session on January 17th. This is not a presentation. Rather, it's an open forum to ask questions about PhoneGap, PhoneGap Build, and mobile development in general. No registration required, just drop by.

Christophe Coenraets Gets You Started With PhoneGap

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:55:00 -0400

Christophe Coenraets has written a detailed step-by-step tutorial on Developing a PhoneGap Application. Christophe covers data storage, layout, integrating with the camera and contacts, layout and styling, transitions, native notification, and much more.

Simon MacDonald Explains PhoneGap Android System Menus

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:35:00 -0400

PhoneGap contributor Simon MacDonald has written a superb explanation on Building a[n Android] Native Menu with PhoneGap Android. This is invaluable content, and superbly presented. Thanks, Simon!

Paul Mignard's Scorpio Man Cartoon

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:45:00 -0400

Paul Mignard wrote a report of his trip to MAX back in October. And he created a Scorpio Man cartoon (see page 23 of the PDF). It's a bit more aggressive then I'd have liked, but still pretty cool! :-)

Flex Data Services Minus The Flash Client

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:10:00 -0400

Flex Data Services provide rich data management and messaging capabilities. But what if you are not using a Flash client? What if you are using good old JavaScript, including Ajax type clients? Well, as first sneaked at MAX in Las Vegas, now JavaScript clients can leverage FDS using Ajax Data Services just posted on Labs.

Builder.au MAX 2006 Roundup

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:25:00 -0400

Andrew Muller has posted a great MAX 2006 report on Builder.au (Australia's Builder.com).

Scorpio Man T-Shirt

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:20:00 -0400

I guess it was to be expected. The online MAX store has created a Scorpio Man t-shirt. ;-)

Ashwin Mathew's MAX Server Monitoring Presentation

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:24:00 -0400

Ashwin has posted his highly rated MAX Scorpio Server Monitoring presentation online.

Ted Patrick On VC And The Adobe $100M Venture Fund

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:42:00 -0400

With the MAX announcement last week of a $100,000,000 fund created by Adobe to invest in Apollo projects, Ted Patrick has posted some useful info on VC 101 and what you need to know if you'd like a slice of the pie.

Hello From Taipei

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:37:00 -0400

I am in Taipei, capital city of the Republic of China, Taiwan, and home to an estimated 2.5 million people. My hotel is right next to the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101. I got in late last night, and have ColdFusion and Flex related customer meetings today. And then MAX Asia starts tomorrow morning.

Checking In From Osaka

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:24:00 -0400

I am in Kansai airport in Osaka, Japan, and have an hour layover here. The airport has free (but s-l-o-w) WiFi, so I logged in to upload/download e-mail. Next stop, Taipei and MAX Asia.

On My Way To MAX

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:41:00 -0400

I am on my way to MAX - MAX Asia that is, in Taipei, Taiwan. I'll be presenting on both ColdFusion and Flex, and will also be presenting some of my MAX keynote content from last week. MAX Asia continues in two other Asian locations that I will not be attending as I have to be in Europe next week. Others will indeed be attending multiple locations, including Ted Patrick who will be in Taipei and Singapore.

For The Latest On Apollo

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:22:00 -0400

For the latest on Apollo, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/apollo. The page has just been updated based on information released at MAX this week.

MAX 2006 Wrap-Up

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:40:00 -0400

I just got back to Michigan. I left Las Vegas earlier today, after my final session (the 4th time I presented a hands-on introduction to ColdFusion Powered Flex). The sneaks general session this morning went very well, with attendance better than I expected for an 8:30 morning-after-the-party event. The ColdFusion sneak was not a sneak for many by this point, as we had been demoing the server monitoring in sessions previously (we'll be showing more of Scorpio as we move from alpha to beta). Still, the crowd were pleased to see what we have planned (and seemed to get a kick out of Scorpio Man!). The FDS/Ajax sneak was very impressive, as were the Dreamweaver and Flash 9 sneaks. These past few days have been a blur of meetings, sessions, presentations, chatting with attendees, some partying, and not much sleep. The general consensus seems to be that this was one of the best conferences ever, which was great to hear. And now I need to get to work on my content for MAX Asia next week.

Jen deHaan Blogs The MAX Keynotes

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:49:00 -0400

Jen deHaan has posted detailed blow-by-blow descriptions of MAX Day 1 and Day 2 keynotes. These are the best summaries (if you can call them that) I've seen yet, and are a definite must read!