Embassy Suites La Vista

Of late, I have made it a point to take a picture out the window of every hotel room I stay in – which is a considerable number of hotel rooms, over a considerable number of properties, every year.  I am not sure if it is some fashion of sick torture, reminding myself just how much time I spend on the road, or if it is a tribute to the diversity that the world has to offer.  Either way, from time to time I figured I would start posting these pictures, starting with Embassy Suite, La Vista, Nebraska. La Vista, Nebraska is a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska on the far West side.  It’s so far West in fact, that I’m not even sure it’s proper to call it a suburb.  If you are driving West from Omaha to Denver, Colorado, along I-80, then it is pretty...

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 in Travel | 0 comments

HTML5 Live Answers

Web standards are awesome!  From back in the days around the Adobe AIR launch, up to and including today, I continue to present regularly at conferences around web standards.  And there is so much to talk about these days.  Of late, I find myself immersed in canvas, local file access, CSS3 and more.  And I have an upcoming opportunity to talk about these topics at length in sessions at the HTML5 Live conferences being held in London, England on October 19 and New York, NY on November 1, 2011. The thing I like about these events is that they are being organized by the community, for the community.  They focus not on web design, but on enterprise web application developers and architects.  I get to share the stage with esteemed industry thought leaders such as...

Posted by on Sep 7, 2011 in Events | 1 comment

Flash Rocks

Did you know that Flash Rocks? Well it does.  There, take my word for it.  Or better yet, don’t!  Adobe Platform Marketing has recently kicked off a new “Flash Rocks” program, which is hosted primarily on Facebook.  Billed as the place for you to show off your killer applications, you can also check out what other people have done.  Have something that you’ve done that you think rocks?  Add it!  Go.  Now.  Do it!

Posted by on Sep 7, 2011 in Promotions | 5 comments

Designer Knows Best

Have you ever played that game “Punch Bug” or as I call it “Slug Bug”?  The concept is simple – when you see a Volkswagon Beetle, you call out “Slug Bug” and then hit the other players (usually in the shoulder).  I learned long ago that you do not play this game with somebody who has at one time owned a Beetle.  Those individuals seem to have a second sense about them.  As I learned today, such is also the case for playing a game with the designer that built it. While at 360Flex in Denver, Colorado earlier this year, I had lunch with Paul Trani.  Among the many topics discussed was a concept of producing a stable of well-designed applications for each person on the team.  I specifically asked Paul to focus on his take on the child’s game...

Posted by on Sep 6, 2011 in Previews | 0 comments