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Mobile Web Development

As the current semester draws to a close, I have started working on parts of a class on web design and development for mobile devices. I wanted to share some initial thoughts as I begin work on this course (which will focus on HTML5 since so many smart phones currently […]

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What’s the fuss about HTML5

Bob Flynn (fellow Adobe Education Leader) asked me to make a presentation on HTML5 to the Indiana University Web-Multimedia Community today. According to Bob there were approximately 80 people in attendance. Since the presentation was recorded, I provide a link to the presentation. [It will open in a new browser […]

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Value of web systems degree?

A recent post on MeyerWeb got my attention. Essentially, someone asked Eric Meyer whether they should drop out of school (they are pursuing a computer science degree at a 4 year college). They wondered how useful a degree in computer science was for web development. You can read Eric Meyer’s […]

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Adobe Project ROME

The ROME project is an interesting concept from Adobe. I have been working with it for some time. It is now in beta and can be accessed via http://rome.adobe.com/education/ (for the education version, drop the education part of the URL for the non-education version). I participated in the AEL (Adobe […]

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AdobeMAX – why?

Last week, I traveled half way across the country, enduring incredibly cramped conditions on multiple aircraft, waited patiently at various airports in uncomfortable chairs and took valuable time away from my classes. I didn’t realize how little time I would have to reply to email last week and am faced […]

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AdobeMAX – Wednesday

Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 was the last day of AdobeMAX and I tried to get as much out of this day as previous days. I participated in the following sessions: Deconstructing the HTML5 mobile development workflow – this session was presented by two Adobe employees who were instrumental of development […]

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AdobeMAX – Tuesday

I started on Tuesday with another BYOL session (Bring Your Own Laptop). This one focused on building mobile applications with jQuery. The session began with an overview of what features of a mobile phone can be accessed via the browser (and which can not). Various technologies which can speed up […]

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