Category: Events

212 posts

Adobe "Apollo"

by kai on 02/03/2006

Still in the keynote and Mike is talking about "Apollo" which will be some sort of successor of Central (remember to that one ?). It will somehow bring together technologies as Pdf, Flash and HTML. An Apollo application will be installed from a web browser or via the file system and will be launched like any desktop app. It would integrate with desktop functionality and you can style the app…

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webDU day 1 keynote

by kai on 02/03/2006

Another great piece of animation done by Nectarine opened the day 1 keynote of webDU. Those guys are just hilarious and the clip is to be continued tomorrow morning. In terms of content Mike Chambers talked about the so called engagement platform with basically describes the way how the Adobe Reader and the Macromedia FP will evolve and what to expect for the next years. Mike talked about the…

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webDU day 0

by kai on 01/03/2006

Well, day 0 is over. Max and I were delivering our 1/2 day workshop on ColdFusion and Java this afternoon and it went pretty well from my point of view. I will probably post a bunch of information here later that week. Max and I showed some really good examples and we talked about some ideas we had and we were developing together with our colleague Marty back in Wellington. Let's say - people…

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webDU day -1

by kai on 28/02/2006

We arrived in Sydney this morning, webDU ahead. Today was packed with two meeting at the Adobe office and a quick trip to the nearby shopping mall :)

We're staying in the Star City hotel/casino complex, if anybody wants to get in touch or head for a beer, Max and I are in appartment 854.

Speaking at Blog Hui 2006

by kai on 23/01/2006

Sweet, I've just got a confirmation of speaking at the Blog Hui 2006 conference in Wellington, New Zealand (March 17-18) My session will be - not surprisingly - on the evolution of the Macromedia/Adobe blog community throughout the last few years.

Watch out for the next post, might be interesting for all the readers ;)

Java/CF-workshop webDU: (request for) topics

by kai on 20/01/2006

The other day I've announced that I'm going to provide a 1/2-day workshop on CF-/Java integration during webDU 2006 jointly with my colleague Max Nyman. Some people asked me what exactly the content of that session will be. Well, it's not completely finalized, but to give you a rough idea: 1. Introduction into Java, the basic ideas of object-orientation and typed languages 2. Buzzwords and…

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more webDU 2006: 1/2 workshop on CF and Java

by kai on 16/01/2006

Flights and accomodation is booked. The ZeroOne gang-of-three is going to be in Sydney from Tuesday Feb,28 to Sunday Mar,5. The days are pretty packed with a lot of work and some entertainment :) and as a little teaser I can promise you some spectacular insights into the "new" Adobe over there in Sydney... I'm going to do another session at webDU. I'll provide a 1/2 workshop on Java for CF…

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Way off topic: German politics

by kai on 17/08/2005

To mark that point very clearly: this if off-topic. It's neither an official statement of bloginblack.de nor of Agent M, it's just my private opinion of the general election rally getting started over here. Well, to give you an introduction: This country is governed by a SPD/Green coalition. For all those people not knowing the SPD - compare it to the US Democrats and you're not too far away...…

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Flashforum Conference Tour 2005

by kai on 15/08/2005

The German Flashforum Conference 2005 will be held as a tour, travelling through different cities and three different countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). If you have attended last year's conference in Düsseldorf, you probably remember back to it as a very good event with a lot of interesting sessions. This year's tour stop in Duesseldorf will be on Sept, 21st and I'm going to speak…

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AgentM on ColdFusion performance guidelines

by kai on 04/07/2005

Tomorrow afternoon German time, there will be another Breezo of the msg-talks series. AgentM is going to present on "ColdFusion performance guidelines" and I guess it will be about how to avoid bottlenecks in apps, best practices in development your applications etc. Registration is available and is very appreciated. Slides will be in English, the session itself will be held in English as soon as…

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