I’ve just been confirmed I will be giving a talk at the 1st ever FITC Mobile conference up in Toronto in September.
My session will be on utilizing device APIs to tap into accelerometers for UI, games, and applications (across a number of mobile platforms).
The session is called: “Leveraging Accelerometers in Mobile Devices”.
Here [...]

So, 2009 is already upon us (Happy New Year to Singapore, India, Australia, and others!). Our 1st here on the East Coast (US) is coming up this very, very, snowy evening!
Anyways, I thought I’d post some quick highlights from 2008 (on a professional level). This is really off the top of my head, and [...]

Well, 2009 is almost here … so HAPPY NEW YEARS, all!
-Scott Janousek
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If you haven’t heard, the Adobe Mobile and Device team released the Adobe Device Central CS4 SDK today.
You can get it here.
The Adobe® Device Central Software Development Kit (SDK) allows you to create custom plug-ins that extend the tasks provided as part of Device Central’s project feature.
The Device Central SDK is based on [...]

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  • Adobe Device Central CS3 Update #7
The Adobe Mobile and Devices team released Adobe Device Central Profile #7, which, according to Mark, brings the total number of Flash addressable mobile devices to somewhere around 525.
In regards to #7; in total there are 261 profiles included, 57 new devices and updates to 204 existing profiles [...]

A little late, but there is FlashCast training (Verizon Dashboard centric) at Adobe this week for those willing to attend at the San Francisco office.
I believe today is a Flash Lite 1.1 one day session, and then the other two days focus specifically on FlashCast training.
Details:

Tuesday – Thursday, September 23-25, 2008
9:00 am – [...]

If you haven’t heard the official news, Flash on Tap in Boston has been RESCHEDULED for May 28-30, 2009.
This comes directly from the organizers of the Flash Tap conference, so if you’re interested in participating next year, then contact them.
So, there, now you know!
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Speaking of matters of “tap” … I just recently brewed a huge [...]

Mobile Monday Boston (aka momo “within mobile cirlces” … or momoboston if you’re out of town), is hosting an event on October 6, 2008 called: “Boston’s Most Successful Mobile Entrepreneurs”.
Although these “momo” events are free, pregistration is REQUIRED … so, register now! (if you can make it to Boston, that is).
Here are the logistics for [...]

According to Bill, Shantanu (Adobe, CEO) reported 800 million at his CTIA keynote in San Francisco this week (Sept 2008).
Yes, that’s 800,000,000, or more than 1/2 billion devices that have shipped to date. I imagine, look for a press release (perhaps) soon.
Earlier this year, Adobe had stated they were estimated to make 1 billion devices [...]

Bill Perry (Adobe) shared some news today about the new upcoming Photoshop.com Mobile Beta service that is scheduled to launch sometime later this year (as early as September 2008) in the US market.

Photoshop.com Mobile BETA
The application/client (which is Flash Lite) will allow users to upload, view, and share photos directly from a supported mobile devices [...]