Delta Drivers Now in Public Beta

I’ve previously expressed concern that M-Audio has kept their x64 drivers in the shadows. I’m happy to report that the drivers are now in public beta and work just fine from what I can tell. Now my system is complete!

Good-bye, MAX2008

Having visited the last sessions of the day and printed out my airline boarding pass, it’s time to wind down. I’m thinking of having another salt-encrusted experience tonight as a send-off.

A lot of great experiences at MAX this year including a day at Adobe HQ, some cool product announcements, stimulating networking opportunities, absolute killer sneaks, and the largest party I have ever been to, covering the de Young museum and California Academy of Sciences grounds. Insane.

I presented during the FITC unconference on the last day of MAX. It was a nice experience aside from some technical glitches here and there. My SlideRocket presentation is embedded below- though it won’t make to much sense without me speaking about each portion:

Here’s some descriptive info:

VPS is an extension of DUVAGA that can be installed on a user’s desktop or laptop computer in order to project gallery objects through either single or multiple projection setups.

Some other totally awesome stuff happened too. Those details will wait for another day.

Flash is King

There is really no denying it at this point for anyone who was seriously contending. Flash has the crown and is in no way giving it up.

After seeing what Alchemy can do at the keynote today, P2P multicast video, Durango, and Server-Side ActionScript (!) during Sneaks this evening…

Good God… what an awesome time to be a Flash Platform developer. I’ve seen more than enough in the past two days to validate all that I am doing, professionally. I neglect to even mention Flash Catalyst or Gumbo in all this- that’s just ‘normal’ stuff compared to what is coming down the pipeline.

I asked the JavaFX guy today why I should use his technology over Flash. His only remark was that Java was 13 years old… okay.

An amazing show of Flash over the entire conference and the competition is defenseless. Go Flash!

The Flash Platform???

WTF? Wasn’t the “Flash Platform” christened back in the Macromedia days? I’ve been calling it that ever since Macromedia released their original declarative whitepaper in October 2005…

Realizing that Flash is a better name than Flex for a platform, Adobe is now referring to everything it does related to Flash (including the Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Flex developer tools, and Flash media servers) as the Flash Platform.

Picked up via Chuck Freedman.

MAX: Education Pre-Conference

I was fortunate enough to attend the Adobe MAX Education Pre-Conference today and the reception afterward. The event took place at the Adobe San Francisco offices and turned out to be quite the nice experience. Special thanks to Claire Erwin, Gina Adams, and Megan Stewart for organizing this event.

Lots of great stuff for educators and those of use who work in educational institutions. Thanks for being willing to shift the focus!