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PhoneGap

As an alternative to Flash CS5, one might wish to develop applications in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Towards that end, I installed PhoneGap on one of my Windows XP virtual environments. PhoneGap is an open source framework which allows one to develop applications in HTML and JavaScript and take advantage […]

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Flash CS5 and Android (part 2)

Now that I have a development environment for Flash and the Droid 2, I used the initial sample provided by Adobe as a starting point. Here are the steps I followed to get a working Android application deployed on the phone (total time less than 30 minutes – including development […]

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Flash CS5 and Android

Since I have a Motorola Droid 2 for development of Android applications, I thought I would take the device for a test drive. These are my experiences to get the environment working – your mileage may vary. I first needed to download the Flash CS5 extension for Air 2.5 (you […]

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Photoshop CS5 Mixer Brush

I was recently inspired by a lynda.com course to obtain a Wacom tablet and experiment using the mixer brush in Photoshop CS5. I am most impressed with the capabilities of the Wacom Intuos4 Tablet as an input device. What I particularly like is the ability to customize the input selections […]

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Mobile Web Development

As the current semester draws to a close, I have started working on parts of a class on web design and development for mobile devices. I wanted to share some initial thoughts as I begin work on this course (which will focus on HTML5 since so many smart phones currently […]

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What’s the fuss about HTML5

Bob Flynn (fellow Adobe Education Leader) asked me to make a presentation on HTML5 to the Indiana University Web-Multimedia Community today. According to Bob there were approximately 80 people in attendance. Since the presentation was recorded, I provide a link to the presentation. [It will open in a new browser […]

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Value of web systems degree?

A recent post on MeyerWeb got my attention. Essentially, someone asked Eric Meyer whether they should drop out of school (they are pursuing a computer science degree at a 4 year college). They wondered how useful a degree in computer science was for web development. You can read Eric Meyer’s […]

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Adobe Project ROME

The ROME project is an interesting concept from Adobe. I have been working with it for some time. It is now in beta and can be accessed via http://rome.adobe.com/education/ (for the education version, drop the education part of the URL for the non-education version). I participated in the AEL (Adobe […]

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AdobeMAX – why?

Last week, I traveled half way across the country, enduring incredibly cramped conditions on multiple aircraft, waited patiently at various airports in uncomfortable chairs and took valuable time away from my classes. I didn’t realize how little time I would have to reply to email last week and am faced […]

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AdobeMAX – Wednesday

Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 was the last day of AdobeMAX and I tried to get as much out of this day as previous days. I participated in the following sessions: Deconstructing the HTML5 mobile development workflow – this session was presented by two Adobe employees who were instrumental of development […]

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AdobeMAX – Tuesday

I started on Tuesday with another BYOL session (Bring Your Own Laptop). This one focused on building mobile applications with jQuery. The session began with an overview of what features of a mobile phone can be accessed via the browser (and which can not). Various technologies which can speed up […]

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AdobeMAX – Monday

AdobeMAX began with the keynote by Kevin Lynch (“Welcome to the revolution”) which emphasized mobile as well as multi-screen environments (such as the digital living room). Gaming and Adobe’s acquisition of Day Content Management System were also covered. Some interesting points from the keynote included the prediction that bandwidth for […]

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Los Angeles

These are some of the photos I took while attending AdobeMAX in Los Angeles. Thought you might enjoy seeing a bit of the downtown area. Most of my time was spent in sessions and meetings so I didn’t have much of a chance to tour the city. All of these […]

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AdobeMAX, Sunday

Sunday, October 24, 2010 was a very full day. I participated in the community manager summit and the education summit. Lots of good information was received. The actual conference starts tomorrow and my brain is already stuffed with new information. I learned some creative ways to use Adobe Presenter as […]

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USC, School of Cinematic Arts

Tonight, Adobe Education Leaders were able to take a :behind the scenes” tour of the new School of Cinematic Arts buildings on the campus of USC. These are some of the photos I took in both the George Lucas and Steven Speilberg buildings. Approximately $175 million has been granted to […]

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