What is Adobe MAX? Adobe Max describes them self as following:
We are in a software revolution fueled by social computing, client and cloud, and the spread of rich media across screens and devices. For four unforgettable days this October, MAX 2009 will bring together thousands of designers, developers, and decision-makers to shape the future. (Source max.adobe.com)
My feedback after visiting this event in Downtown Los Angeles.
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On Sunday, October 4th, I had the change to visit a workshop about the Ribbit mobile service at the Rich Media Institute in Venice. I could see some examples how to build a Text message application in Flex or Flash and saw different ways to build a phone application. The combination between Actionscript 3 and a telephone system is quite interesting and I see a great potential in it.
During the time of Adobe MAX i moved to Downtown Los Angeles. A quick search in the Internet and I found a place in walking distance to the Convention-Center. For only $40/night I got a room with shared bath and shared toilet in the Hotel Cecil. Without thinking I booked it and worried a bit when I saw the prices of the hotels in the neighbourhood. When I arrived at the hotel I was very surprised. The price for this hotel was really good. I liked my room, everything was clean, there was free wireless Internet and the staff was always helpful and really friendly. I totally recommend this hotel to everybody with a tight budget. Should I stay again in Downtown, I will definitely book this hotel again. The only disadvantage is that they do not provide parking, but parking in Downtown is not really a problem. For about $15/day you find plenty of indoor parking all over the city center.
The saturday before Adobe MAX we hadLAFlashapaloozastock from FITC in our company.
I went to this event with Marcel Vogt from Switzerland who came to L.A. for Adobe MAX. We heard a couple of very interesting talks from Joshua Davis and Joshua Hirsch. After all the presentations our offices changed to a party location. I was amazied because there was free food and free alcohol for everybody. Later the night, we got a pole-dance girl a strip-these dancer as well as a magician. It was good fun. Personally I think, that more conferences should have a fun factor like LAFlashapaloozastock. Because of this relaxed after party I got in touch with many people and had a really good time.
Just before Adobe Max I had the opportunity to visit the Joshua Davis workshop about the HYPE Framework. The HYPE-framework is a easy framework for creating digital art. It makes it easy to build computer based art in Actionscript 3. Josh is a very outgoing and super friendly person. All of us had really good fun with him. We build a couple of examples with the HYPE framework which was build by Branden Hall and Joshua Davis.
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