The next cool thing from Adobe…

I’ve been playing around with Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) during the past few weeks and am very excited about what I’m seeing. It think this is going to create some unique opportunities for Adobe. If you are interested in a new kind of application, take a look. You can download the player and several apps within minutes. Basically, this allows flash programs to run as a desktop app without the need for a browser including the ability to drop icons in the tray, local access to files, security, etc. The underlying framework is simply amazing. Here are a few links to get you going:

• http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/ – Home page for AIR
• http://labs.adobe.com/showcase/air/ – AIR Showcase
• http://www.tryadobeair.com/flex/?sdid=BDDWM – What is AIR
• http://theflexblog.com/ – Lee Brimelow Blog (Adobe Evangelist)
• http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/ – Mike Chambers Blog (Adobe Product Manager)
• http://madowney.com/blog/ – Mike Downey (Adobe Group Manager of Platform Evangelism)