Chuck FreedmanOn a recent trip back to Boston, I have found myself spending a lot of time explaining to family and friends what I do. And even though I’ve been involved with promoting developer platforms for nearly 3 years, the conversation never gets old to me. My explanation and dialogue go like this… ME: So my [...]
Archive | September, 2008
Universal Mind blogging loud and clear
Recently I blogged about Esria’s efforts to engage the community by aiming the talents of Josh Tynjala towards open source components and tools. I am becoming very impressed with the way Universal Mind has mobilized its talented (and very well-known) force to promote the company’s efforts and projects through the individual blogging of the entire [...]
I’m going to MIT Emerging Tech
Next week I’ll be showcasing Ribbit at the MIT Emerging Conference in Cambridge, MA. Scanning the list of presenters, it looks like there will be a good presence from Adobe in Mr. Kevin Lynch. There’s a very good showing of web 2.0 companies like: Ning, Google, Facebook, SalesForce.com and Plaxo. Other prominent companies at the [...]
Flash on Tap Postponed to May 2009
So, after creatively exhausting myself with a heart-felt poem last week, I was sad to learn that Flash on Tap won’t be occurring in October, as announced. They’ve got new dates posted on their site that say the conference will now occur from May 28-30. While I can’t argue that May is one damn fine [...]
Esria spreading Flex components wide open
Josh Tynjala is working some R&D for Esria full time. The fruits of his work can be found at Esria’s new open source community site. For an enterprise solutions provider to aim some goodwill at the community is very refreshing. I’m not sure which is better, the fact that Esria is sharing these components, or [...]
A theory on Apple’s future and our computing future
I see something in the iPhone that not many folks I’ve talked to see, and it may be why Apple’s focus could shift (HAS SHIFTED) from laptops to devices… There was a lot of chatter form Mac loyalists over the past week when Apple announced little news on improved Macbooks in favor of more iPod [...]
Tap that Flash, a little more
After this morning’s post, my friend and very talented colleague Brendan Lee told me something shocking about Flash on Tap. Apparently, the conference once existed over a decade ago. Brendan found this old promotional graphic that proves Flash on Tap may have more heritage and history than all other Flash conferences combined… Although I don’t [...]
Tap that Flash
Join me in Boston (a.k.a. my natural habitat) for what could be/become my most favorite Flash event ever! You know that old expression “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out”? How about “I went to a beer tasting and a Flash conference broke out”? That’s what Flash on Tap, in Boston, [...]
Something fisheye: showing off my new kickass lens
I’ve wanted one for years, and I finally picked it up over the long weekend. It’s small, heavy, and helps my camera and I take photos I’ve always wanted to take. Canon does not make a D-SLR fisheye lens (their 15mm is not a digital lens), and so I had to turn to after market [...]
