Archive for: May, 2009

May 31st, 2009

LiveCycle Cafe Launched – LiveCycle ES resources galore!

Right on the heels of Tour de LiveCycle comes LiveCycle Cafe, a desktop tool to help you stay in touch with the LiveCycle community, receive news, find information, and aggregate content related to Adobe LiveCycle ES (Enterprise Suite).  Targeted at developers and technical staff, LiveCycle Café is the one tool you need to search across [...]

May 27th, 2009

LiveCycle @ MAX Bundle Announced

Now that you have downloaded the new Tour de LiveCycle tool and became an instant fan of LiveCycle ES (Enterprise Suite), you are probably wondering where you could learn even more, right?  Well, earlier this week, we announced a new program at Adobe MAX 2009 called the “LiveCycle @MAX Bundle”.  Designed for enterprise developers, this [...]

May 26th, 2009

Tour de LiveCycle Launched!

As members of the Adobe Evangelist team, we are often asked, “What is LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES)”? That’s not an easy question to answer! The challenge is that LiveCycle ES is not a typical product with a typical list of features.  It’s an extensible platform that offers a wide array of services, each with its [...]

May 26th, 2009

Tour de Flex Live Planetary Dashboard

Ok, it’s technically not “planetary” since only one planet is involved… but… this is still pretty cool.   Check out the new ILOG real-time activity dashboard here (screenshot below).   What you are seeing is LIVE data from Tour de Flex.  Every time someone views a sample, a new dot appears.  Chances are if you go view [...]

May 22nd, 2009

Box of Sox – a cool new iPhone app by our friends

A few of the guys that helped us build Tour de Flex and several other projects have entered the world of iPhone applications and have just released a cool, addictive game called “Box of Sox”.  It’s fantastic for kids and adults. Check it out on iTunes here or at their home page http://www.reallymedia.com/ They are [...]

May 14th, 2009

Crazy contest for 5 millionth sample viewed in Tour de Flex

Since we launched Tour de Flex at MAX last November, we’ve had fun watching the count of samples viewed climb to unforeseen heights.  Now we are quickly approaching 5 million views so we’ve decided to have a little fun. Recently, I added a live sample counter to the quick start page  (We will blog about [...]

May 11th, 2009

New York Times Reader – Why AIR?

This morning, the New York Times launched a new desktop application for reading their newspaper built on Adobe AIR.   At first glance, you may ask, “What’s the big deal? – I can read the New York Times online already”.  When I first heard about this application, I asked the same question! I’ve seen a [...]

May 2nd, 2009

My Panasonic DMC-LX3 – 2 months later

Two months ago, I blogged about my new Panasonic DMC-LX3 camera.  Since purchasing the camera, I’ve taken it on multiple trips and use it almost daily.  After two months, I’m happy to report that I’m still loving it. My favorite features are still the same: The 24mm f2.0 lens is fantastic The sturdy construction has [...]