You might be starting to notice that Update isn't a regular conference. It kicks off with the Royal Banquet at a palace (for which there are still a few tickets you can buy to attend), continues in the premier concert hall in Brighton, and ends with the A Night at the Museum after-party at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. It is a tightly-scripted experience, with 18-minute inspirational talks punctuated by Geek Ninja Battles, tech beats, and live/interactive music and visualization acts. And, unlike other conferences, we're approaching sponsorship differently too.

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Go read Lee Brimelow's latest blog post to understand exactly what's wrong with Adobe today.

Lee, who works at Adobe as a Platform Evangelist for Flash, has this to say:

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I initially wrote this as a comment in my previous post: Why Adobe's mobile strategy is fundamentally flawed as a response to Rachel Luxemburg's comment but it grew somewhat so, in the interest of keeping comments short and succinct, here it is in its own post:

"Frankly, if you’re that convinced that Flash simply isn’t suitable for the mobile space, then you’re right, you’re going to get very frustrated at Adobe for not giving up and going home." (Rachel)

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I had an absolute blast previewing my new talk, Aim for the low-hanging fruit (or 5 rules for Hedonistic Developers), at the Adobe User Group events in Amsterdam and Ghent during the Adobe CS4 launch.

I always love presenting in both the Netherlands and Belgium -- you guys are so awesome -- and this time was no exception.

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The economy must be worse than we imagined if Adobe has to resort to having first-year typography students design the logo for their new product line. I mean, really, what's the deal with the new logo? Is it a 4 with an Elvis hair cut? A face? Is the CS spitting out the 4 (or, goodness forbid, throwing it up?) Why is Adobe, a company that makes kick-ass design products, entirely constipated when it comes to branding its own products?

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