RIAForge Milestone
Woot. I just approved project number 600 at RIAForge. For those who are stat happy like me, some other items I track are...
Total Active Projects: 600
Total Views: 6,295,475
Total Downloads: 410,802
Total Verified Users: 4,549
Updates in past 24 hours: 2
Unique Logins in past 24 hours: 19
New users in past 24 hours: 29
The uptime has been pretty good too, although I just checked ServersAlive and it seems to be down. The product seems cool, but is very difficult to setup via RDP. You would think they would improve that, but I found quite a few people having issues with the setup. I thought I had it set up well, but I guess not. I can't complain too much as it didn't cost me anything, but, meh. I think I may go low-tech and simply set up a scheduled task from my server here to ping RIAForge every 30 minutes.
First batch of Dreamweaver/ColdFusion articles up @ Adobe
So none of the articles will probably interest readers here, but the first batch of my article updates for Dreamweaver CS4 and ColdFusion are up at Adobe...
Here is a direct link: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/application_development.html#coldfusion
Again, nothing too exciting here for most of my readers I would assume, but I hope they can help ColdFusion newbies using Dreamweaver get into the product quicker and easier (that's what - never mind).
I can say that I've enjoyed using Dreamweaver lately. I don't think it is as good as Eclipse... when Eclipse runs right, and I can certainly say I won't be bad mouthing it anymore, so thank you to Adobe for opening my eyes a bit.
Hey, that could be a cool new slogan:
Dreamweaver - It doesn't suck!
And this is why I don't do marketing.
New on Adobe Labs
Just a quick blog post to summarize and link to the new stuff released today on Adobe Labs.
CoComo - Provides abilities to add video/audio sharing in your Flex apps.
Pixel Bender - An image and video processing infrastructure with runtime optimization on heterogeneous hardware.
Flash Platform - Links for Gumbo (Flex 4) and Catalyst (Thermo).
Alchemy - Translates C and C++ code into ActionScript.
Flash Player 10 - Specifically for Solaris and Linux.
And so it begins - first MAX Announcements
The conference hasn't even started yet (well, registration has, pre-events,etc) and we already have some news out there in the wild. First, it looks like AIR 1.5 has been released. You can get it here: http://get.adobe.com/air/. You can learn more about AIR 1.5 in this DevNet article: Introducing Adobe AIR 1.5. Thanks goes to Flashthusiast for sharing the news.
Over on FlashMagazine.com, they have an article on other news in regards to Flash. Probably the most interesting bit is that Thermo now has a proper name: Flash Catalyst. CoCoMo is now in public testing and Flash Media Server has a new update.
I'll be blogging from the keynote. The email I got today had this to say:
Opening General Session-Vectors of Innovation
There are three tectonic shifts in how software is developed and experienced around the world. Adobe Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch, explores the three vectors of innovation through an engaging multimedia presentation, featuring guest speakers from well-known brands.
Look for my 'live blog' (basically an entry I keep updating) in a few hours. It sounds like the CF stuff will be tomorrow, but I think today will be quite interesting as well. (Just please no mobile, Adobe, I beg you! ;)
Kristen Schofield's Short RIA Survey
Kristen is asking folks to please take a few minutes and answer a quick RIA survey.
No hurricane will stop my blog - Details on Free ColdFusion for Education
Ever since it was announced at CFUNITED, folks have been hungry for more details concerning the free edition of ColdFusion for educators. Today Kristen Schofield blogged the details about this offer:
ColdFusion 8 Now Available to Students and Educators for Free
You can also find additional information at the FAQ.
I think this is a pretty good deal and I hope institutions take advantage of it. Are any of my readers going to use this?
p.s. Yes, we all survived, with some minor damage to the home. I'm at a friends house "borrowing" their electricity and net connection. When I get power back home I've got a bunch pictures, videos, and details to share.
360|Flex Recordings posted to AMP (and cool AIR fact)
Ted pinged me earlier today to let me know that the first 5 sessions from 360|Flex are available via AMP (Adobe Media Player). You can find more information at his blog post:
Recording 360|Flex - Free Full Sessions on AMP
You can actually install AMP via the badge on the blog entry. Not only will this install AMP, it will also auto-add the 360|Flex subscription. I didn't know AIR installers could do that. I knew they could handle installing AIR if need be, and of course your application, but being able to tweak settings as well is rather nice.
Be sure to click the badge in the middle of his blog entry. When I clicked the badge on the right, it did not add the content, and no amount of searching would turn the content up.
I've got to say - I have not been a big fan of AMP. I find it clunky and slow, and it just hasn't worked well for me on my Mac. I will say though that content like this is enough to make me get over it though. Then again, the content could have just as easily been pushed to Connect probably.
Update from the CFML Advisory Group
Just a quick note to let folks know that Sean has blogged an update on what the CFML Advisory Group has been up to:
CFML Advisory Committee Update
If you were curious as to what the status is, please check out his entry.
My last post on Adobe Certification
As a follow up to my open letter on Adobe Certification (which again, never garnered an official response), I have an update to share with my readers. Before I do so though I have a lot of preparatory text I need to get out of the way. The following blog entry is based on a meeting I attended (non-NDA) for Adobe User Group Managers and Community Experts. It was specifically on Certification. This meeting left me frustrated and - frankly - a little bit more angry. I should perhaps have waited before blogging - but I wanted to share the notes while they are still fresh in mind. Just keep in mind that this may not be my most rational response. I'm emotional now (scratch that - I'm angry) and if you want to stop reading, I won't mind.
MAX Website up, Sessions Listed (including mine)
A new site for MAX has been launched: http://max.adobe.com/na/experience. The stuff in the background is a bit too cute for me, and frankly, I'm really tired of auto-play video. It's so fun when you load a site while you are on the phone and have to scramble for the mic. (But I'm an oldie, so I'll stop complaining... one day.)
Most folks want to take a look at the sessions. You can jump to that directly here: http://max.adobe.com/na/sessions/browser/
There seem to be a good collection of ColdFusion sessions this year. I'm giving my ColdFusion and Ajax presentation (again unfortunately - but I'm getting pretty good at it ;).
I also have another major announcement concerning MAX and ColdFusion. Check back in an hour.