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The first public beta of the Flash Player 10 code-named “Astro” is on Adobe Labs. Be sure to check out Pixel Bender (formerly known as Hydra) to create custom filters and effects. When you have installed the beta visit the demo site to get some impressions.
Ryan Stewart and InsideRIA posted nice summaries so far.
Via The Inquisitr I came to Domize an ajax based search engine for domains.
“Domize is a secure, instant domain name search tool. As you type a domain name into the query box we immediately check its availability.”
It comes with an iPhone version and the live search is very fast. When you roll over a reserved domain you get a preview like in the screenshot below. Really good experience!
The Macromedia Adobe XML news aggregator which is now called Adobe Feeds is up again under http://feeds.adobe.com.
Thanks to Christian Cantrell and the others involved for all the work and the fast transition to a new server infrastructure! Adoeb Feeds is such a great resource to learn about Adobe Technology especially Flash, Flex, AIR and ColdFusion. I switched a few month ago from Netvibes to Google Reader to read feeds and am really glad about how fast I can consume information. This was a simple move as I only had to export and import the OPML.
Due to my Wordpress update and server change I forgot to update my permalinks settings which are now the same as before the update. This could cause some recent links to my blog to brake but the older once should work again - sorry.
Adobe and Industry Leaders Establish Open Screen Project. Have a look at the new OSP website and listen to CTO Kevin Lynch.
“The Open Screen Project is dedicated to driving consistent rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics. The Open Screen Project is supported by technology leaders, including Adobe, ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless, and leading content providers, including BBC, MTV Networks, and NBC Universal, who want to deliver rich Web and video experiences, live and on-demand across a variety of devices.”
Since today the formats SWF 9, FLV and AMF Specs are open and free from license restrictions.
It is all about leveraging Flash and AIR to provide a consistent runtime environment cross-platform and across devices and consumer electronics.
Now is this cool news? I am sure all Flash/Flex/AIR developers open up a beer! I will do now 
Some more links:
The next Flex UG Hamburg Meeting will be May 19th. Thanks to Sven and Interone for hosting the event this time.
The last meeting was in our Adobe office and now it’s a god opportunity to visit Interone as they have a really nice conference room in the 19th floor. There are no speakers yet but we are sure to find interesting stuff so if you have an idea drop a comment!
I had to move my domain to a new server and took the opportunity to upgrade my Wordpress installation from 2.0 to the lately released 2.5. WIth this new installation I tried a few new plugins. The one I like the most currently is the PDA & iPhone plugin. I tried it with my iPhone and it looks pretty cool so if you also own one point it to my domain to have a try.
Against spam I am now using Akismet which comes with Wordpress out of the box and it seems that it does was it is expected to do. After one day already more then 100 spam posts were blocked and no one came through. Spam also got me when I tried to make a backup of my old Wordpress files to reimport them on my new installation. As Wordpress 2.0 had no build in export I used Wordpress-to-Wordpress Import. When I tried to import the XML into my new 2.5 installation I exceeded the 8MB upload maximum and I stucked - what? My post are more then 8MB? I had a look into the database and here you are: more then 13.000 comments. Browsing the comments in the DB I realized that quite all were marked as spam and were the reason for my big export file. A quick DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE comments_approved=”spam” was a good diet for my exports. Spam sucks so much!
However, I hope my server change went well. Please let me know if you encounter any problems.
Finally AIR 1.0 and Flex 3 our out!
AIR is one of the 10 most emerging technologies of 2008 published by MIT. When you get your hands on AIR read more about the AIR Badge, a customizable way how your users install AIR apps directly from your website.
Be sure to check 30onair.com initiated by Ted Patrick to get the answers for WHY Flex and AIR. The videos are really cool! For more examples visit the Flex.org showcase and AIR showcase.
For an Open Source remoting and messaging solution check BlazeDS and with this release of Flex the SDK has gone Open Source. For more Open Source projects like Cairngorm, FlexUnit and Corelib check the Adobe Open Source site.
For more inspiration and tutorials check Adobe Developer Connection and gotoandlearn.com, a wonderful tutorial site by Lee Brimelow.
Help / Docs / Bugs
- Adobe AIR resources
- AIR & Flex Quick Starts
- Developing AIR applications with Flex
- Flex 3 Language Reference (includes AIR API)
- Flex Bug and Issue Management
- BlazeDS Bug and Isuee Management
While it’s all out now it is time to think about Gumbo (Codename Flex 4)
The 2008 ADAA is calling for entries!
There are 12 categories in 3 media areas and this year first time Mobile Design.
“The 2008 Adobe® Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students from around the world the creative license to propel their careers in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media areas endorsed by the industry, over 60$K US in cash prizes will be awarded in New York City.
Submissions close May 2, 2008.”
I recently tried out the Photoshop CS3 automerge function which works really nice.
Check out this picture:
(click for high res 5170×1528)
Simply select File->Automate->Photomerge. Browse for the photos you like to merge. Select the layout (I used auto) and crop the result.
The photo is made out of three photos shot with my cellular Sony Ericsson K800i 3 megapixel. The photo is made out of the Adobe Office in Hamburg.
And I am late but - Happy new year!
