Final coverage of MAX 2009

I spent a few days roaming the conference halls at the Adobe Max Conference in search of the goings on from an attendee and a conference speaker point of view. For me personally, I enjoy the hallway discussions just as much if not more than the session presentations. I’m always amazed by the insights that I pick up on from simply asking people to summarize what they learned either in a session or the event.

For today’s podcast, I have a series of interviews to share ranging from an attendee and Adobe evangelist points of view. I’m hopeful that you will glean a glimpse of the trends in the Web profession from the lenses of those attending as well as the “movers and shakers” that make up our industry today.

Interviews:

• Terrance Carrol, Independent Web Developer from Fortis Digital-Las Vegas
• Marc Neiman Ross, Developer Evangelist at Adobe Systems, Inc
• Duane Nickull Platform Evangelist for Adobe
• Marc Thiele, Flash Forum Germany

Check out the three minute interview on today’s Web Professional Minute.

A full transcript will follow in twenty for hours.

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Last week WOW participated in the Adobe MAX 2009 conference that took place in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The goal for WOW’s participation was to report to WOW members and to the subscribers of this podcast the goings on, where the industry is heading, the trends and the skills that will keep Web professionals employed for sometime to come.

To that end, I reached out to interview Adobe’s executives and those attendees exiting the keynotes and sessions. For today’s podcast, I have an interview with Jeremy Schultz, independent Web designer from West Des Moines, Iowa regarding his take on the event and the Adobe Flash Platform Keynote that we sat in on and how designing with Web standards fits into the overall Flash Platform mix.

According to Adobe, the Adobe® Flash® Platform is an integrated set of technologies surrounded by an established ecosystem of support programs, business partners, and enthusiastic user communities. Together, they provide everything you need to create and deliver the most compelling applications, content, and video to the widest possible audience.

Check out the three minute interview on today’s Web Professional Minute.

A full transcript will follow in twenty for hours.

Today’s Web Professional Minute is sponsored by WebProTraining.org. WOW is pleased to announce the availabilty of the Creating Accessible Web Forms Course. Creating web forms that are accessible to people with disabilities requires understanding of the labeling features of HTML markup and how browsers interpret labeling markup for assistive technologies like screen readers. The online course is being taught by Dr. Gunderson University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. The course also provides great value and is highly reccomended by Web professionals worldwide.

WOW members will receive a discounted rate of $150.00. Check out all of the details on the Web Pro Training website and register today!

Check out all of the great links on the Web Professional Minute Website.

Today’s podcast is a continuation of WOW’s media coverage of the Adobe Max conference that took place in Los Angeles, CA October 4-7, 2009. To get a better sense for the value proposition of attending the week long event from a university perspective, I sat down with Bob Flynn, Manager IT Community Partnerships at Indiana University.

In this three minute interview, Bob shares the value of attending the event, the value to the university from a teaching perspective, the value to students ranging from from the creative, technical scientific and the value to the universities research projects utilizing RIA resources.

Bob ask that Web professionals and those that teach check out the BFlex 09 Conference October 24-25, 2009 on the Indiana University Campus

Bob also announces the availability of Web professional training open to teachers and students. If you’re looking for affordable hands on training consider checking out the BFLEX conference

The event is offering Flash Camps, Cold Fusion like BFusion and BFlex and hands on training for around $ 10.00.

What: Two days of hands-on training from the experts in Adobe Flex and ColdFusion.
ColdFusion — October 24, 2009
Flex —
When: October 25, 2009
Where: Bloomington, Indiana

For additional information check out the BFlex conference website

Check out the full three minute podcast on today’s Web Professional Minute.

A full transcript will follow in twenty for hours.

Today’s Web Professional Minute is sponsored by the Nokia Corporation and their Nokia Web Runtime (WRT) Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software making the creation of mobile WRT widgets for supporting Nokia devices easier then ever. Through the Nokia Ovi Store and Adobe AIR Marketplace, developers and designers have an easy way to engage, build and publish their content to Nokia mobile device customers. For additional information check out the Nokia Forum.

Today’s Podcast is a continuation of WOW’s media coverage of the Adobe MAX conference 2009 Los Angeles, CA. Adobe promised an event that would connect, discover and inspire. I walked away with all of that and much more.

Although the keynote on day one kicked off a little late, the professionals at Adobe recovered with an uncanny ability to regroup, refocus and shine.

For Web professionals, Adobe MAX is part design, development and business. Candidly, I can’t recall a time in the eleven years that I’ve been managing the WOW organization that I’m walking away from a conference with something for everyone. Over the course of the next few days, I’d like to expand on that. I’d also like to provide you with a series of interviews why I think this conference provided solutions for designers, developers, those that teach and mission critical business applications that will keep Web professionals like us for a long time.

For today’s podcast, I caught up with Ted Patrick, Senior Evangelist Platform at Adobe. Ted shares his thoughts on the content, the develop and the design community and jobs.

Check out the full five minute podcast on today’s Web Professional Minute. Check out the video of Adobe’s FedEx demo on the YouTube Video below:

A full transcript will follow in twenty for hours.

Today’s Web Professional Minute is sponsored by the Nokia Corporation and their Nokia Web Runtime (WRT) Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software making the creation of mobile WRT widgets for supporting Nokia devices easier then ever. Through the Nokia Ovi Store and Adobe AIR Marketplace, developers and designers have an easy way to engage, build and publish their content to Nokia mobile device customers. For additional information check out the Nokia Forum.

Adobe MAX LA 2009 is just around the corner. In response to your e-mails regarding communicating the business proposition for Web professionals to attend events amidst severe budget cuts for travel and education, I’ve arranged for an interview with with Ben Forta, Director of Evangelism for Adobe’s Platform Business Unit. Ben Forta, as many of you know is a notable author, speaker and a veteran industry professional dating back to his work at Macromedia and Allaire. In this interview, Ben provides insights as to what Web professionals can expect and also makes a great business case why you should attend this years MAX 2009 LA.

In addition to the cutting edge content, the great vibe and networking opportunities, WOW members are eligible for a significant ($400.00) discount. Register today with your WOW Adobe Max discount code WOW984 today!

A transcript of this podcast will be available in twenty-four hours.

Additional event detail:

Adobe’s MAX Conference comes to Los Angeles Oct 4-7. This is THE place were the Adobe developer and designer community comes together to learn and share best practices, and see emerging technologies. The conference is packed with sessions on cross-media workflows, prototyping, standards-based web design, user interface design, online advertising, interactive games, accessibility, motion graphics, video encoding, video creation, and much more. Choose from hundreds of sessions to create an agenda that meets your needs.

Additional details with links and Adobe MAX discount codes:

Every year, MAX attendees learn tricks for designing more productively and discover new skills for creating engaging experiences. They get sneak peeks of upcoming software and network with some of the top designers in the world. At the end of the four day conference, they’re inspired to create next-generation experiences, with heads chock-full of the know-how to make it happen. Here are just a few reasons why MAX is a “must-attend” conference

· See how to create compelling applications, content, and video and deliver it on screens of every size, across operating systems, accessible from anywhere at any time.

·Learn how to take ideas to market faster through design and development workflows that support iterative development by attending hands-on labs and learning from real-world case studies.

* All MAX sessions and labs are taught by the best of the best — the kind of people you don’t just run into every day. They can share their years of experience regarding what works and what doesn’t.

* MAX attendees come from organizations all over the world, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies and local nonprofits to large government agencies. You can exchange ideas and build one-on-one relationships with people who have dealt with challenges similar to yours.

* Expose yourself to new ways of thinking by seeing some of the coolest, boundary-pushing, experimental work out there. In previous years, 94% of past attendees said they left MAX inspired to innovate.

* The majority of attendees of MAX 2008 said the event exceeded their expectations at providing opportunities for learning tips, tricks, and the latest industry trends.

There are several ways to experience MAX2009. Please write WOW in the “referred by” or “source” field so our organization is recognized for its importance by the MAX team.

1) Full MAX Conference Pass is $1095. Use the promotion code WOW984 to get this low price.

2) Individual Day Pass is regularly $595. WOW gets a $100 discount to $495 by using the promotion code DAY941 and purchasing before September 18. Day Two looks like the best day with an opening keynote, sessions and labs, sneak peaks, awards, party, and all the Community Pavilion listed above.

3) Expo only pass is $200 for the entire conference. You get access to the Expo, the Community Pavilion, BOFs at lunch, and “unconferences” which are mini conferences held in the Community Pavilion area.

Register today with your WOW Adobe Max discount code WOW984 today!

If you’re looking for a few reasons to get out of your chair, the opportunity to network with your peers and gain industry knowledge then you owe it to yourself and to the customers you serve to consider attending Adobe MAX 2009 LA. For details and the Adobe MAX discount code please read on.

Adobe’s MAX Conference comes to Los Angeles Oct 4-7. This is THE place were the Adobe developer and designer community comes together to learn and share best practices, and see emerging technologies. The conference is packed with sessions on cross-media workflows, prototyping, standards-based web design, user interface design, online advertising, interactive games, accessibility, motion graphics, video encoding, video creation, and much more. Choose from hundreds of sessions to create an agenda that meets your needs.

WOW participated in the event last year and here’s a short snapshot of the 2008 event in San Francisco, CA:

Additional details with links and Adobe MAX discount codes:

Every year, MAX attendees learn tricks for designing more productively and discover new skills for creating engaging experiences. They get sneak peeks of upcoming software and network with some of the top designers in the world. At the end of the four day conference, they’re inspired to create next-generation experiences, with heads chock-full of the know-how to make it happen. Here are just a few reasons why MAX is a “must-attend” conference

· See how to create compelling applications, content, and video and deliver it on screens of every size, across operating systems, accessible from anywhere at any time.

·Learn how to take ideas to market faster through design and development workflows that support iterative development by attending hands-on labs and learning from real-world case studies.

* All MAX sessions and labs are taught by the best of the best — the kind of people you don’t just run into every day. They can share their years of experience regarding what works and what doesn’t.

* MAX attendees come from organizations all over the world, from small businesses to Fortune 1000 companies and local nonprofits to large government agencies. You can exchange ideas and build one-on-one relationships with people who have dealt with challenges similar to yours.

* Expose yourself to new ways of thinking by seeing some of the coolest, boundary-pushing, experimental work out there. In previous years, 94% of past attendees said they left MAX inspired to innovate.

* The majority of attendees of MAX 2008 said the event exceeded their expectations at providing opportunities for learning tips, tricks, and the latest industry trends.

There are several ways to experience MAX2009. Please write WOW in the “referred by” or “source” field so our organization is recognized for its importance by the MAX team.

1) Full MAX Conference Pass is $1095. Use the promotion code WOW984 to get this low price.

2) Individual Day Pass is regularly $595. WOW gets a $100 discount to $495 by using the promotion code DAY941 and purchasing before September 18. Day Two looks like the best day with an opening keynote, sessions and labs, sneak peaks, awards, party, and all the Community Pavilion listed above.

3) Expo only pass is $200 for the entire conference. You get access to the Expo, the Community Pavilion, BOFs at lunch, and “unconferences” which are mini conferences held in the Community Pavilion area.

Register today with your WOW Adobe Max discount code WOW984 today!

For today’s podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jeri A Hastava independent Web professional and WOW member from Cloverdale, CA.
Jeri participated in the VTM Conference that took place in San Francisco, ca last week on a WOW education scholarship and provides her thoughts on the theme of the conference and the walk aways.

Check out today’s four minute podcast on the Web Professional Minute website.

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A full transcript to follow in seventy two hours.