Frontend2010 Oslo: my thoughts & audience feedback
Had a lovely time in Oslo last week, presenting the opening keynote for the Frontend2010 conference.
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8 Sep 2010
Last week marked the inaugural Frontend 2010 conference in Oslo and I was honored to present the opening keynote alongside such a stellar lineup of speakers. The conference was – a miscast MC and a poor sponsor choice aside – a resounding success (the lovely folks at IXD, which organized the conference, were very receptive to feedback on those issues and assured me that they'd be taking greater care on those points for next year.)
Day 1
I just got a 3G iPhone and signed in to the O2 website to take a peek at my account, only to be greeted by the menu you see here.
I'm happy to announce that Adobe is sponsoring the Singularity web conference as a platinum sponsor. Our sponsorship agreement also gives Adobe global rights for venue sponsorship.
As a Flash developer, I'm happy whenever anyone licenses anything Flash for any purpose whatsoever. It strengthens a platform that I love developing for. However, the news that Microsoft has licensed Flash Lite for its Windows Mobile phones doesn't excite me too greatly.
Flash Lite definitely has its place on mobile phones but that place is not to play back web-based Flash content. Flash Lite plays back Flash Lite content specifically created for phones and other devices like the Chumby. The best uses of it that I've seen are to build interface elements and other apps that integrate into the phone's operating system. Flash Lite cuts down development and testing time (and thus costs and time-to-market) considerably for such use cases.
