We are so excited to announce our newest sponsors.

Platinum Sponsor

Adobe Systems Inc. http://www.adobe.com/

Silver Sponsors

Integral http://www.intergral.com/

Railo http://www.railo-technologies.com/

BlueRiver http://www.blueriver.com/

On3 Solutions http://on3solutions.com/

Savvy Software http://besavvy.com/

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Hello World.

This is my take on MAX so far. I was extremely pleased with the the over all feeling of MAX today. It was a great experience checking in and finding session rooms. Now granted, I heard some sessions were in another hotel that had some people confused but I didn't experience that problem yet.

Breakfast. It was actually good. I loved the little breakfast sandwiches and fruit. Nice touch. I went to look for a pleace to sit and eat but found out there wasn't any where to sit. I was pleased to find Jason Delmore and Tom Jordahl sitting on the floor in the middle of the room because I was planning to do the same. I realized early on that most developers are used to sitting on the floor for some reason. After about 5 minutes, more Adobe folks came to join us and some community members we recognized. We sat in a big circle and talked about everything we've experienced last night.

Keynote. We all got up and made our way to the keynote. Ok, correction, we litterly rushed to the entrance like a tornado was behind us. It was a race to the front. Nafisa and I sat about 15 rows back from the stage with other community leaders. I even ran up to give Ben Forta a big bear hug. I swooned when I saw Kevin Lynch on stage. (its a harry potter thing) I was well aware that no CF stuff would be talked about yet so I didn't get dissapointed. I did find a few things inspiring but nothing that had me going gaga. I was more occupied with not having Wifi access on my ipod touch. So I resorted to twittering on my cell phone. If you didn't hear about everything at the Keynote go to http://adobe.com/keynote And lastly, I realized as it was ending someone yelled out "Bingo" which was an inside joke I later found out about. (If you guys pull that while I'm on stage I'll clobber you) lol, but it was really funny. I was making my way out and got into a big crowd again so I hopped over the chairs and I got a few hoot and hollers. I'm not dancing on chairs yet guys. At least I was a little graceful (ok, but I didn't fall). My wonderful Mr. Potter was charming as usual and very classy. Although, I'm excited for tomorrow's keynote when I get to see my main squeeze, Mr. Forta. There is so much buzz and wonder about what we will find out next. I'll be twittering constantly under "cfunited" as fast as my fingers can go. (Hopefully the wifi is up then as well @adobemax)

Lunch. Very good. Very organized. I was late in line because I just had to stop by all the booths on the way. But I was pleased to still have plenty to eat. Thanks for the creme brule, it fulfilled my craving.

Sessions. A little weird. You check in with your badge. If you are not on the list, you have to wait... which is understandable. But I was on the list but my badge didn't register on the scanner. It actually said "Sorry, you are not permitted" or something like that. I wanted to tell that machine to fly a kite. I understand how it is though. Not everything works all the time. The few I've attended so far have been pretty ok. I'm actually here to network and do interviews. I've had lots of good luck so far but now my camera is dead again. I've gone through 4 batteries just today. Sorry if I didn't catch you.

Exhibits. I want more free stuff. I feel like Adobe has all the cool stuff this year. Tshirts, stickers, etc. They know what we really want. BTW, the CF tshirt rocks. It has a guy holding a bottle of beer. Awesome.

Other stuff. The game lounge is cool. The snacks rock. The support is excellent. AV is good.

Generally great as expected. Again, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. The night is still young though! See you pals later.

Last note. I had to share this point. Everyone who knows me, the first thing they say is "I love the new venue for CFUnited"! Sweet. Exactly what I was hoping for. Its all for you folks. And if you tell me I'm doing something right I'm encouraged to keep going. Thanks for the support.

Until tomorrow. -Liz

PS- Sorry about putting this under Admin, I forgot my personal password. I'll change it when I get back to the hotel.

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The Software & Information Industry Association has announced the 2008 Codie Awards. Cold Fusion 8 was the winner of the "Best Web Services Solution" caergory.

Initial press coverage is here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/20/Codie-awards-go-to-Red-Hat-Adobe-Salesforce_1.html

And the Codie site is here: http://www.siia.net/codies/2008/default.asp

This entry was posted on June 4, 2008 at 2:26 PM and has received 3701 views. There are currently 1 comments. Print this entry.

Adobe is asking users of Flex or ColdFusion to take the following survey. Adobe wants to learn from a wide range of developers how they use the products today and what they would like to see in the future. The survey will take only a few minutes to complete and the responses will be invaluable.

In appreciation of your time, Adobe is offering one chance to win $500 and five chances to win $100. The prize drawing is open to legal citizens of the United States ages 18 yrs and older.

Click on the following link to initiate the survey:

http://v2.decipherinc.com/survey/adobe/ado08002?list=3

Responses by March 21, 2008 will be greatly appreciated.

Note that this survey is being hosted by Decipher Inc, a survey company who is helping Adobe collect the data. Your responses will remain completely confidential - they will be combined with responses from others who complete this survey and the results will be reported only in aggregate form to Adobe.

Thank you for sharing your opinions,

The Adobe Global Market Research Team & the Flex and ColdFusion product teams.

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* NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. ANSWERS TO SURVEY QUESTIONS WILL NOT INFLUENCE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF OFFICIAL RULES AT: http://v2.decipherinc.com/survey/adobe/ado08002/terms.html

This entry was posted on March 20, 2008 at 8:14 AM and has received 3609 views. There are currently 1 comments. Print this entry.

For all of you who have been patiently waiting, the wait is finally over... Adobe Air & Adobe Flex Builder 3 were released today!
You can check out the official Adobe press release here.

Be sure to check out related RIA topics at CFUnited Europe conference:
Adobe Flex 3 Overview: Latest features
Presented By Enrique Duvos

Taking Web Applications to the Desktop: Intro to Adobe AIR 1.0
Presented By Enrique Duvos

Enterprise RIAs: LiveCycle Data Services / BlazeDS
Presented By Nick Watson

Also check out the RIA track at CFUnited conference USA

This entry was posted on February 25, 2008 at 1:37 PM and has received 3506 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

We are excited to reveal Josh Adams as a new member of Adobe Systems, Inc. Josh Adams will be speaking at CFUnited USA in 2008. Welcome back, again!

Here is the message from Josh's new blog:

I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a Systems Engineer position in the role of ColdFusion Specialist with Adobe Systems, Inc.

http://www.joshuaadams.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/2/6/And-the-new-Adobe-ColdFusion-Specialist-is-me

This entry was posted on February 6, 2008 at 6:31 PM and has received 3218 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

What do you want to see in the next version of CF? Here is a great opportunity to let Adobe know what you think would make CF even better.

Check out Damon Coopers blog and take the Adobe ColdFusion Features Survey and Adobe ColdFusion Platform and Vendor Support Survey.

This entry was posted on January 15, 2008 at 11:54 AM and has received 2879 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.

Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Dave Gruber & Tim Buntel from the Adobe Flex/AIR product team is traveling to select cities to show off the great new features and help prepare us for this exciting launch.

Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.

Adobe AIR is game-changing in so many ways, extending rich applications to the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write desktop applications using the same skills that you've been already using to create great web apps including both Flex and AJAX.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium at this event!

Jan 21

8:30 - 9:00 AM Breakfast & Networking

9:00 - 11:00 AM Presentation

Fig Leaf Software

1400 16th Street, NW

Washington DC 20036

www.useadobe.com

This entry was posted on January 14, 2008 at 2:13 PM and has received 2820 views. There are currently 0 comments. Print this entry.