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Speaking at the Adobe DevSummit Chennai & Hyderabad

I’m almost at the end of my first month in India and have met some fantastic people both in Bangalore and here in Pondicherry. Next week Adobe is holding a DevSummit in Chennai and the week after in Hyderabad. I’m very excited to be invited over to talk about one of my favorite Flash Platform [...] (translate)

TEDIndia in 10 quotes

Its an impossible task to adequately summarize all the ideas and inspiration of this last week at TEDIndia in Mysore. Here are ten quotes – in no particular order – from various talks (attributed where I remember who said it) that stuck in my mind and are worth sharing.   “Getting more, from less, for more” – [...] (translate)

Impressions of the Somnathpur Keshava Temple

Earlier this week I visited the 13th century Keshava temple in Somnathpur, about an 1.5 hour drive from Mysore. One of only a few remaining temples of this era, it really has some exquisite architecture. If you’re every in the area, its well worth a visit. The site is now being maintained by the Archaeological [...] (translate)

TEDIndia – summary of day 1

Today was day 1 of the main TEDIndia event. I’ve been at the wonderful Infosys Mysore campus since Monday and have met some truly extraordinary people. I couldn’t help but write a quick summary of todays sessions and what inspired me most. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson Usha Uthup, legendary Indian pop singer, opened with a beautiful [...] (translate)

Looking at the next few months

The last two months have been hectic to say the least attending and speaking at conferences in Singapore, Brighton and Los Angeles and most recently giving some workshops in London. I’m looking forward to settling down in India to start a new chapter and get Project Cocoon off the ground. Before that though, one more conference, [...] (translate)

Using Flash to compile to iPhone applications

Definitely one of the biggest announcements at todays Adobe MAX keynote was the ability to compiler Flash applications to native iPhone ARM binaries. Just to be clear, this doesn’t mean Flash Player runs on the iPhone or SWF files get interpreted at runtime. I’m happy to see Adobe push things forward for mobile and not having [...] (translate)

Looking back at Flash on the Beach

I’ve been lucky enough to attend all four editions of Flash on the Beach since it started in 2006, three of them as a speaker and hope to get invited to do many more. Looking back I can honestly say this year was the best one yet — it had something for everyone and think [...] Related posts:Flash on the BeachFlash on the Beach – John DaveyFlash on the Beach 07 in review (translate)

The Secret Life of a Flash Freelancer

This year I did a completely different session at Flash on the Beach, talking about what it takes to go freelance as a Flash developer — what are the challenges and opportunities that await you. It seemed to go down really well and was very happy with the feedback I got. For those of you that [...] Related posts:Flash on the Beach 2009 scheduleJavaPolis and FeWebFlash on the Beach 2008 schedule (translate)

Last night in Singapore

I really can’t complain about my job, had a fantastic time in Singapore and at The ActionScript Conference — thanks everyone! Next stop is Brighton for Flash on the Beach.   Related posts:Upcoming conferencesThe ActionScript Conference 2009 SingaporeThe Actionscript Conference 2008 Related posts:Upcoming conferencesThe ActionScript Conference 2009 SingaporeThe Actionscript Conference 2008 (translate)

Looking back at The ActionScript Conference 2009

I was very happy to be invited to speak again at this second edition of The ActionScript Conference in Singapore. This year they even made it a two day event at an amazing venue overlooking Marina Bay. I have some video recorded that I’ll upload soon. Shunjie and the rest of the team do an [...] Related posts:The ActionScript Conference 2009 SingaporeThe Actionscript Conference 2008Speaking at Adobe MAX 2009 (translate)

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