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September 24, 2011

Sign Up For MAX Online

Adobe MAX 2011 is one week away. If you'll not make it in person, then be sure to sign up to watch the keynotes live online.

We just announced that Adobe Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will be launching in early October. To help you get ready, here are some articles on what's new and exciting: What's new in Adobe AIR 3 HTML updates in Adobe AIR 3 What's new in Flash Player 11 What's new in Flex 4.6 SDK and Flash Builder 4.6...

AIR Flash Flex

September 18, 2011

Flash Jeopardy At Adobe MAX 2011

Last year at MAX I hosted Are You Smarter Than An Evangelist (they weren't, the Evangelists won). This year we'll be playing Flash Jeopardy , and once again I am hosting! If you'll be at MAX , join the audience on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 3:00 p.m. at the Flash Rocks Entertainment Lounge inside the...

Appearances Flash MAX

September 17, 2011

Now Available: MariaDB Crash Course

MariaDB is a fork (offshoot) of MySQL, one of the most popular database management systems in the world. MariaDB was created by the creator of MySQL to address some of the limitations and shortcomings in MySQL, and is intended to be a drop in replacement for MySQL as well. At the request of Monty...

Books SQL

September 16, 2011

Discounted ColdFusion Hosting At HostMySite

I've never been a fan of Go Daddy ColdFusion hosting. But, with them announcing that they are exiting the ColdFusion hosting business, quite a few users have e-mailed to ask for alternative hosting recommendations. HostMysite has been hosting my own site for many years, and I've been very pleased...

ColdFusion 9.0.1 Cumulative Hot Fix 2 Released

ColdFusion 9.0.1 Cumulative Hot Fix 2 has just been released.

European Back From MAX Events

It's been a few years since we hosted MAX in Europe, and I am hoping that at some point we'll resurrect that event. But, in the interim, we are hosting a series of Back From MAX events right after MAX 2011 . These day-long events in Paris, Berlin, and London will deep-dive into MAX highlights and...

Appearances

September 12, 2011

Edge Preview 2 Released

I missed this one while traveling last week. Adobe Edge is a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Edge Preview 2 is now available for download from Adobe Labs.

HTML5

September 11, 2011

CNET On Flash Based Machinarium On iPad

I mentioned Machinarium last week. CNET's Stephen Shankland has posted his thoughts on the app in a post entitled Flash-derived iPad game tops App Store charts . The CNET article is good. But, more interesting (and not at all surprising) are the comments - read them for yourself.

AIR Based Machinarium Now On iPad

Machinarium is an award winning point-and-click Flash based adventure game. The game has just been ported to run on the iPad using Flash and AIR, and this could very well be the biggest AIR mobile app to date. The app is now for sale on the App Store and has just been designated iPad Game Of The...