ColdFusion Job Opening – Air Methods Corporation, Englewood CO

Feb 22nd, 2012

Passing along another job offering... Software Developer – ColdFusion, Air Methods Corporation, Englewood CO We are seeking a Full time Software Developer –ColdFusion to provide experienced, leadership for the design, development,...

aTabSplitter – the web standards edition

Feb 22nd, 2012

I thought that it would be helpful to document the experience I have while building a web application using jQuery Mobile. And this is what this article is all about. But before going into details let me set the context. I started building mobile applications a while ago using Adobe AIR and the Flex framework. My [...]

Adobe Roadmap for Flash Runtimes

Feb 22nd, 2012

To complement the white paper released last week covering the future of Flex and the transition to Apache, Adobe has released a white paper covering the the roadmap for the Flash and AIR runtimes. Flash is very much alive and well, and is continuing to innovate to be able to bring uncompromising rich experiences to [...]

jQuery Mobile Cookbook call for authors

Feb 22nd, 2012

Love jQuery Mobile? Want to be part of a new book? Then please consider helping out the new jQuery Mobile Cookbook. There's lots of cool people involved (including myself ;) as well as a big group of volunteers ready to write entries. Jo...

Using MouseLock, Right Click, Middle Click features in Flash Player 11.2

Feb 22nd, 2012

Flash Player 11.2 introduces new mouse features designed for game developers in mind, but many other developers can find them useful as well. Demo Try this technical demo using the new features, you need Flash Player 11.2 installed (download here). http://flashrealtime.com/demos/newmousefeatures/ * Double click for fullscreen to enable mouseLock. Try also right click, middle click, [...]

More On The Flash Roadmap

Feb 22nd, 2012

We've published the Adobe roadmap for the Flash runtimes to provide clarity about the future of Flash. Also, see this brief post on Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux.

Determining the HTTP request method in ColdFusion

Feb 22nd, 2012

I was talking to someone recently about REST and ColdFusion 10 (something I'd like to demo here soon) and the question of HTTP methods came up. One of the interesting things ColdFusion 10's REST support allows for is CFC methods locked d...

Blogging the Mobile Learning Revolution as it Happens [#mLearning]

Feb 21st, 2012

It has been roughly two months since I left Adobe and I could not be happier with every aspect of my life. People ask me all the time what I’m going to do next and for the most part I say I still don’t know exactly, and then in a more serious note, I say [...]

eLearning Suite Specialist Certification Announced!

Feb 21st, 2012

We are proud to let you know that we have introduced a new specialist certification program for Adobe eLearning Suite. To become an eLearning Suite Specialist, you need to pass two required ACE exams and one elective ACE exam. Here are the details: Req...

Andy Trice Explains PhoneGap

Feb 21st, 2012

Fellow Adobe evangelist Andy Trice has written a very useful post entitled What is PhoneGap? & Other Common Questions.

PhoneGap on Windows Phone via OSX

Feb 20th, 2012

I am embarking on a new PhoneGap project that will have to run on many platforms… iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone.  This will actually be my first foray into modern Window Phone development. (I did some experimental work with the Windows Mobile platform many years ago, but a lot has changed since then.) One of [...]

Content Curation and the end of Intellectual Property

Feb 20th, 2012

The past couple of years I’ve been blessed to get to go to Brussels for Thanksgiving and honored to meet with some of the world’s foremost leaders, thinkers, and even trouble-makers in the area of education. The European Union sponsors a wonder...

ColdFusion 10 Web Socket Demos

Feb 20th, 2012

One of my favorite new features in ColdFusion 10 is the powerful web socket support. If you've never looked at web sockets before, you can check out the Wikipedia entry. Simply put, it is a simple way to create a two way connection betw...

Quiz Reports in Course Companion for Adobe Captivate

Feb 20th, 2012

I hope many of you have already tried the course companion by now and have taken a look at the Dashboard. In my previous blog, I explained the concept of Progress Index. In this blog, I will explain the Quiz reports that you can access by clicking the ...

Connect, Inspire, and ENGAGE your Learners

Feb 19th, 2012

This week at Training2012 conference, one of the best sessions I attended was ‘Creating Learning Experiences that Connect, Inspire, and ENGAGE’. The session was conducted by Dr. Vicki Halsey who is absolutely inspiring and full of positive energy. ...

Speech Recognition ANE – Source

Feb 19th, 2012

As a follow on for the Speech Recognition ANE I put up for download a while back, here is the a post to give out the source files. The source can be downloaded here. If you are looking for the compiled ANE instead, click here The contents of the zip archive are, Android Native Project [...]

ColdFusion 10 Demo Dump

Feb 18th, 2012

With the public release of ColdFusion 10, I'll be ramping up my demo posts now that we can all play with the code. I'll also be updating my own server to ColdFusion 10 so folks can see them running in a live environment. However - it's a...

The HTML5 contest has closed- 5 more days to put in your votes!

Feb 18th, 2012

The Captivate HTML5 contest has closed for entries. The viewing gallery is still open to give you an opportunity to cast your vote. Thank you for participating in this contest. The general interest can be gauged from the fact that many of the top entri...

Repurposing PhoneGap Apps as Desktop Apps

Feb 17th, 2012

I was inspired to write this post by several recent conversations.  I was in a debate about whether with the Flex/Flash platform you could easily repurpose content to the desktop using Adobe AIR (and vice-versa), but that you couldn’t easily do that with PhoneGap applications. (My stance was that yes, you could repurpose content.) I [...]

ColdFusion 10 Beta Released

Feb 17th, 2012

We just released the beta release of ColdFusion 10. This release focuses on three main themes: unrivaled developer productivity, deep enterprise integration and simple work flow with Axis2 and Microsoft Exchange server 2010, and unique built-...

ColdFusion 10 and ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 Public Betas

Feb 17th, 2012

The title says it all, the public betas of ColdFusion 10 (AKA Zeus) and ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 are now available: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusion10/. Hopefully by now you have a good idea what we've been adding to the pro...