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Why Siri Is a Google Killer | http://forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/10/28/why-siri-is-a-google-killer/

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:08:34 +0000

Seeing the future? Not easy to do.

Great thought piece at the link below. Thank you Eric Jackson.

Why Siri Is a Google Killer
http://forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/10/28/why-siri-is-a-google-killer/

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In the way that the January 2007 launch of iPhone set a ripple in the ocean that would eventually overtake Research In Motion (RIMM) in an all-out tsunami, I believe Siri’s launch this month spells a future crippling of Google’s business (GOOG).
Here’s why: …
1. Siri works.
3. Siri is hard to copy.
5. Siri will vastly improve in the next 2 years based on all the data it’s amassing.
6. When Siri opens up its API to 3rd party developers, this thing’s growth and adoption will go ballistic.

Flex 4, Flash Builder 4 Training In Las Vegas

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:37:59 +0000

Flex 4, Flash Builder 4 Training In Las Vegas

We are delivering a series of Flex classes in Las Vegas in two weeks in June. All classes can be taken individually, or together as a "Flex Bootcamp".

Anyone interested please contact training[at]halcyonSolutions.net

All classes can also be delivered onsite at your location on dates of your choosing.. (Discounts on groups of 4 or more.) On request we can also provide custom online deliveries via the Internet.

All classes will use Flash Builder 4.

The classes will be:

WEEK 1

Flex 4: Developing Rich Internet Applications (4 days)
Tuesday, June 8 to Friday, June 11

WEEK 2

Note: Following classes will use Flash Builder 4.

Flex and LiveCycle Data Services: Integrating with Data and Messaging (2 days)
Monday, June 14 and Tuesday, June 15
Note: We are working with Adobe to get approved as a first in the nation to deliver instead of this class, a newly revised version of this course entitled "Flex 4 and LiveCycle Data Service 3: Data Models, Debugging and Design Patterns"

Flex: Building Charting & Dashboard Applications (2 days)
Wednesday, June 16 and Thursday, June 17

iPhone | RIAs, And This Is What the Internet Looks Like … Without Flash

admin — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:41:39 +0000


Hey, there is the Wall Street Journal quoting Ryan Stewart!

"No one aside from [Apple Chief Executive] Steve Jobs has any idea if  or when it’s coming," Ryan Stewart, Adobe’s chief spokesman for its  Internet-based applications, wrote on his blog last week. "Everyone I  talk to doesn’t know anything."

Yes, and the following video sums up the iPhone’s web experience today (very, very web 1.0):






The Wall Street Journal article is headlined .  If you don’t have access to wsj.com, macdailynews.com graciously repeats a bit more of the article’s content [click here] 
Two more excerpts:

The lack of Flash Player is an oft-cited reason for not buying the iPhone, according to a number of Apple online user forums. 
Another theory is that Apple may be developing its own player, given that Adobe’s products for cellphones are essentially the only choice now available. 

When I presented last year at TODCon on "The Case For Flex 2", I had included material about Quicktime as a contender in the rich media space. Is the reason that Apple has posted on the iPhone a big sign saying "Flash Not Welcome Here" because Apple (following in Microsoft and Java’s footsteps), has it’s own "Flash Killer" in the offing?
Early this year Ted Patrick wrote "I think Apple has an entry into the RIA market in store for 2008."  And Ryan was thinking along the same lines back in late 2006, writing "Apple is going to make a play in Rich Internet Applications".
Time will tell.
btw, Congratulations to Ryan on his apparent promotion!  I see reported in the Wall Street Journal that you are now "Adobe’s chief spokesman for its Internet-based applications".  In all seriousness, you truly have been doing great work since announcing 9 months ago "I’m Joining Adobe".