It's a wrap for OZMaD
It's with some regret that I'm announcing that OZMAD is closing up shop. There are a number of factors for this decision - mainly it's a time and resources issue for me personally. Moket has grown to take up a lot more of my time these days, and allocating energy to OZMaD has unfortunately suffered. Also, good Flash mobile related content from the local scene is hard to source (and I can't keep talking about what Moket is doing!), and the good content from other groups (such as Boston) are readily available online for members to view at any time.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed their time to OZMaD over the 2 years we have been running, and who have come along to a meeting. Thanks to those who presented, and thanks to Ed @ Adobe who manages and resources the user group program so well.
And for anyone who isn't already, please join one of the many global MaD user groups - particularly those that host online presentations that you can join in from anywhere. I'll be sure to see you in those myself. There's also rumours of Mobile Monday Brisbane starting, so if you're a local looking for mobile networking opportunities (and I'm sure we'll throw some Flash Lite in there where possible), then keep an ear out for this starting up. I'll make a post to the group when that happens.
Over and out!
Dale.
Upcoming Adobe Mobile eSeminars
There are a number of upcoming Adobe eSeminars related to mobile development which would be worthwhile checking out:
Getting Started with Flash Lite 3 and CS3
Presenter: Bill Perry
Monday, March 24, 2008
11:00 A.M. PDT
Flash Lite and Flex for Tourism
Presenters: Michael Epstein/Ira Hochman
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
11:00 A.M. PDT
Blood from a Stone: Flash Game Optimization on Low-end mobile devices
Presenter: Evan Kirchhoff
Thursday, March 27, 2008
1:00 P.M. PDT
Register for these sessions here
Flash Lite Code Camp, Sydney
Moket and Forum Nokia will be presenting a Flash Lite 3 Code Camp on April 3rd 2008 in Sydney Australia.
Moket will be part of the one-day session aimed at educating mobile developers on Flash Lite development and how it integrates with Nokia's own roadmap for the platform. This roadmap includes Flash Lite and Nokia's own
Web Run Time (WRT) platform for wrapping and distributing Flash Lite content as "widgets" for Series 60 handsets.
Adobe will also be presenting important business information regarding their Mobile & Devices platform and future plans.
The current agenda for the day is as follows:
- 9:30am : Registration
- 10:00am-10:30am : Forum Nokia, Flash Lite opportunity - Gary Chan
- 10:30am - 11:00am : Adobe's Mobile & Device Platform - Mark Blair
- 11:00am - 11:20am : Coffee Break
- 12:00am -12:30pm: Flash Lite in the Market - Dale Rankine, Moket
- 12:30pm -1:30pm : Lunch
- 1:00pm -3:30pm : Hands-on session with Flash Lite 3 - Dale Rankine
- 3:30pm -4:00pm: Wrap up + networking
For the afternoon hands-on session, Moket CEO Dale Rankine will be working through developing a Flash Lite 3 video application, and then wrapping it with WRT for distribution.
If you're in the Sydney area or can get there, this is a fantastic opportunity to come and hear and learn from the experts, and to get hands-on experience with Flash Lite.
Register for the event here.
Next Meeting - Flex Pre-Launch Event with Danny Dura (U.S) in person
Flex3 is getting closer! Lots closer! And while many of you in the mobile space may have not played with Flex much before in the past, it's an important part of the Flash platform (as is Flash mobile).
To celebrate, Adobe are sending out their experts to all corners of the globe, and we're lucky enough to secure Danny Dura (one of the Flex/AIR team) for Brisbane on Jan 30th to our regular User Group venue at Qantm College (details below).
Not to be out-done by Melbourne, Sydney and Wellington, of course!
Danny Dura will be flying in especially for these important events is in collaboration with the all the Queensland Adobe Community user groups
- FlashPlatform Brisbane
http://www.flashplatformgroup.org/- Adobe User Groups (formerly QMUG)
http://www.qmug.net- CFUG - ColdFusion
http://qld.cfug.org.au/- OzMaD (FlashLite Mobile & Devices)
http://www.ozmadgroup.com/ More info on Danny Dura:
http://www.danieldura.com/about/Danny will be talking about
- What's in the new Flex 3 framework
- AIR 1.0 components and application
- Improvements in the new FlexBuilder 3 IDE
and if you ask him, he could also tell you about Flex and open source, Flex and AIR roadmaps/future features/etc, educational discounts for FlexBuilder, and a whole lot more.
And because the meeting will NOT be recorded, he might be encouraged to say a whole lot more...
Come along and bring your interest, your questions, your friends and colleagues. Come see why Flex3 will be important to you.
There will be a copy of FlexBuilder3 AND a copy of Creative Suite 3 Web Premium to be won on the night (for people who RSVP), courtesy of Adobe.
Doors open at 6:00pm for a 6:30 start but we need you to RSVP beforehand -
RSVP online here.
As usual, this is a free event and all who are interested are welcome (please RSVP) and food and refreshments are provided
QANTM Auditorium
QANTM House
Level 9, 138 Albert St
Brisbane City
(Opposite the "Coffee Club")
Find it on
WHEREIS or
Google MapsCheers.
Dale.
Combined UG Christmas Party
Hey all,
The year is winding up, and to celebrate a 2007 that was chock full of User Group goodness, the 4 Brisbane Adobe UG’s are combining for a final end-of-year Christmas party.
When: 6pm this Wednesday, 12th December 2007Where: QANTM Auditorium - QANTM House. Level 9, 138 Albert St, Brisbane City (Opposite the "Coffee Club")Lots of food, fun and giveaways (I’m sure there’s a combined mega-box of Adobe schwag!)
RSVP to me by 12pm Wednesday so I can pass it onto the other managers for catering, etc.
See you there!
Boston UG presents eSeminar with Club Moket
The Boston MaD User Group is holding an eSeminar on December 13th at 5PM EST (
check your local time).
Dale Rankine, CEO of
Moket will present
Club Moket.
- Presenter, Dale Rankine, CEO of Moket
- Seminar URL available to UG members only - please join the Boston Adobe Mobile and Device User Group to participate to the eSeminar and be part of the User Group
- The members of the Boston MaD User Group will also have the chance to win a copy of an Adobe Software package of the value of $2100.
“Club Moket is a new direct-to-customer mobile sales portal featuring Flash Lite content. It is the retail channel for Moket and the popular Moket Content Network. Club Moket aims to provide compelling and creative Flash Lite content primarily to markets such as UK, Europe and South-East Asia, where customers have more open (and Flash Lite enabled) handsets (Nokia, Sony Ericsson) and flexible web-browsing capabilities.”
Dale Rankine is the CEO and founder of Moket, and will be demonstrating the portal as well as discussing the opportunities for Flash Lite designers and developers to sell through the channel. The Moket Content Network that feeds the Club Moket portal has been growing rapidly over the past months, and Dale will be able to share with you some feedback and observations on Flash Lite content in the market, and what designers and developers should be watching out for.
Upcoming Flash Lite eSeminars
Just some news on some upcoming eSeminars that are of interest:
- Flash Lite Video Capabilities for Mobile, presented by Giorgio Natili
- Flash Lite and Flex for mTourism, presented by Untravel Media CTO Ira Hochman and CEO Michael Epstein
Register your attendance here.
There is also an upcoming Boston UG eSeminar that we’ll send you some details on shortly.
And for those that haven’t heard the news yet,
Club Moket launched this week! Club Moket is an off-deck mobile internet portal that sells Flash Lite content direct to customers. You can read more at
clubmoket.com or point your mobile browser to
clubmoket.mobi. This is a big leap forward in monetizing FL content, and I hope that you can spread the world!
