Dojo Extensions for Adobe AIR
SitePen has released a library called “Dojo Extensions for Adobe AIR“. What you can do with? Well, if you develop AIR applications using AJAX, then this library is for you. It plays nice with Dojo Toolkit, and offers features like playback video, managers for windows…
This is joined effort between SitePen and Adobe. More here, and here, and a screencast here.
Do you like beer?
You can see a cool RIA application dedicated to all of us that have a special feeling for beer: http://destinationbeer.com/beer_hunter/. It seems to be created in Flex with remoting using AMF Ruby.
Enjoy, and have a beer!
MAX 2008 Award Finalists
The MAX Awards Finalist Gallery is now live, and you can start to vote! Go here and start voting for your favorites. The vote will close on November 18th at 12:00 noon PST.
If you attend the MAX, then you can see the finalists displaying their submissions Monday evening, starting at 6:30 PM in the Community Pavilion, Nosecone West Level 1.
The winner will be announced in November 18th.
Do you want to get your hands on Thermo?
If you want to get your hands on the Thermo bits before anyone else, then the only way is to attend MAX USA, or MAX Milan, and get a place in one of the two Intro to Thermo sessions.
Later on we will have a release on Labs too. Good luck people!
Adobe MAX Milan is coming
There are only 20 days until MAX Milan starts. I’ll be presenting two sessions there: one is “Maintaining security with Adobe AIR”, and the second one is “Building High-Performance Applications for Adobe AIR”. Also it will be the perfect time to meet you :). Be sure you don’t miss the MAX Community Lounge - this is a space where some of us (Adobe evangelists) will be available for chatting to anyone.
Here is a short movie with Duane and Piotr, my fellow evangelists:
http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2008/11/piotr-and-duane-come-to-max-in-milan.html
Adobe AIR Team has a blog
Adobe AIR Team launched this week their blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/air/. I encourage you to take a look from time to time to this blog. Interesting things you might find!
Adobe MAX 2008 Europe – Take the chance and register by November 14th to save EUR€240!
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Do you know live Flex/AIR applications with PHP backend?
I want to create and maintain a list of Flex and AIR applications that use PHP on the server, and are live so any one can see them. Thus, if you build such applications or you know some, please drop a comment on this post.
I really need your help people! Many thanks 
FlexCamp at Adobe MAX Europe
Here another reason to come to Adobe MAX Milan: we are adding a free FlexCamp to the MAX schedule. The event will be hosted by Giorgio Natili and Adobe User Groups from northern Italy. See you there guys
Adobe MAX San Francisco breaks 4000 registrations
With still 17 days to MAX San Francisco, we broke the 4000 mark yesterday morning. Last year we had 4300 people. With the current trends, about 90 registrations per day, we can establish a new record.
