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Goodbye 2009 … Hello 2010!

scottjanousek — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:12:03 +0000

Happy New Year!

2009 is coming to a close, and I thought I’d take some time to reflect back on some highlights from 2009 in regards to my work (*specifically* in the Flash realm), as well as make some work related New Years resolutions for 2010.

2009 was a transition, work-wise for me, as I took on new platforms in the mobile and device space … it’s always fun learning new devices and platforms, some of which run Flash, and others which do not.

In 2009, I also did more traveling than I’ve ever done in one year (bring on those reward miles)!

Here are some of the highlights, condensed into a very short blog post.

2009 Work Highlights:

Worked on a number of Flash Mobile and Device projects (i.e. Flash Lite projects).
Worked on a project including one that involved early Flash Player 10 and AS3 on a device. Look for more of this in 2010!
AdvancED: Flash on Devices shipped in 2009! (follow up book to the 2006 book, Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices)
Expanded onto into several platforms for projects : Android, webOS, iPhone, and others.

Some Stuff I learned in 2009:

Updated myself to ActionScript 3 and Flash Player 10.x … even though I’m still doing AS2 projects on devices.
Learned Objective-C and got some of my first iPhone Development work.
Learned enough Android to do some simple projects.
Learned Palm’s Mojo platform and created some webOS Apps.
Learned some OpenFrameworks, and got more interested in Physical Computing (for fun).
… and lots more!

2009 Travel (Conferences, User Group talks, etc):

Gave a talk at Multi-mania 2009 ( Kortrijk, Belgium), “The App Store Revolution Craze”.
Delivered a talk at FlashPitt 2009 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) on Brewing Non-PC Flash Experiences.
Attended Adobe MAX 2009 (Los Angeles) which was very cool.
Traveled to FITC Mobile 2009 (Toronto, Canada) in September 2009 to give a talk on “Practical Design and Development with Flash on Mobile and Devices “.
Attended FOTB 2009 (Brighton, UK), had lots of fun, and learned from passionate folks within the Flash community.
Attended my 1st Mobile Art && Code 2009 (CMU, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Attended iPhone Developer’s Conference in Boston in October, and learned a ton of about present and potential future of the iPhone Platform.
Attended a ton of Mobile Monday Boston events, learned from a lot of folks smarter than me, and met a lot of great people in my industry (and area!).
Gave a talk at Mass Mobile on “Flash on Devices”.
Gave a talk, “Brewing Flash Experiences on Non-PC Devices” at the 1st Flash and Beer festival, Flash on Tap in Boston, which was awesome.

Most Memorable Gadgets of 2009:

Invested into a litl webbook … one of the first “netbook” class devices on market that’s Flash Enabled (and not running Microsoft Windows).
Upgraded from my iPhone to a 3GS.
Invested into a Kindle DX, and started using it as my primary reading device for PDF’s and tech books.
Upgraded to a Nintendo DSi.
Got my first Android device, the HTC Hero.
Invested into a Palm Pre, which has turned out to be a pretty cool device, and one that is easy to develop for.
Started playing with some Bug.
Started using my LiveScribe pulse pen … awesome for lectures and conferences!

2010 Resolutions (Flash work related):

Help make Flash and the City an awesome event in May 14-16, 2010, NY.
Get myself to FITC in Toronto (April) – I’ve missed the last 2 years (although I did make it to Toronto to FITC Mobile).
Do more technical writing (more on this soon).
Working on Android devices, even outside of the mobile realm …
Deploying more iPhone games to the App Store.
Doing more “Digital Home/Living” type projects.
More physical computing projects.
Learn everything new about Adobe CS5, including Device Central CS5 and in the ins/outs of Flash CS5 publish to iPhone.
… there are more, but I can’t reveal all my endeavors with potential competitors out there.

I met a lot of nice folks in 2009, and hope to reconnect in 2010, as well as connect with new folks. Look forward to seeing a lot of you in 2010.

Happy New Year to all, and I wish everyone love, happiness, and health in the next year!

momoboston.com – Boston Mobile Company Demos on April 27, 2009

scottjanousek — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:52:40 +0000

There is an upcoming momoboston.com event on April 27, 2009, here are the logistics:

Boston Mobile Company Demos – Featured Speaker Governor Deval Patrick

Join us on Monday, April 27, 2009, for a special Mobile Monday Boston event with featured speaker Governor Deval Patrick.

This event is generously sponsored by Wilmer Hale and Apperian.

A diverse set of mobile companies will deliver rapid-fire, 5 minute presentations on their business models, apps, and products.

Please note that registration will start at 5:30, and the event will start at 6:15pm (earlier than usual).

Demos Provided by:

Apperian
eInk
Geocade
Locale
Mobile Ed
Olin College
TripChill
Viximo
Valtus Mobile

Date: Monday, April 27th, 2009. Doors open at 5:30pm. Event starts at 6:15pm.

Cost: Free – but registration via Eventbrite is required to attend.

Cocktails: Provided

Location: Fairmont Copley Plaza (map)

MBTA: Green Line – Copley, Orange Line / Commuter Rail – Back Bay

Parking: Just $9 around the corner at 100 Clarendon

We are grateful for the support of our sponsors, Wilmer Hale and Apperian.

The last “momo” attracted 400 people. Maybe there is something to this being the “year of mobile” after all.

Mobile Monday and MIT: Opportunities in Mobile Applications on April 6th, 2009

scottjanousek — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:44:52 +0000

There’s an upcoming Mobile Monday event where a panel will discuss mobile application opportunities.

Here is more info:

Mobile Monday and MIT: Opportunities in Mobile Applications (April 6th)

Join us for a special joint event between Mobile Monday Boston and MIT Mobile Club (MoMIT), “Opportunities in Mobile Applications” on Monday, April 6th, at the MIT Morss Hall in Cambridge. Doors open at 6.30pm. Register Now.

Speakers from Boston area mobile companies will discuss the future of mobile applications: How to develop profitable mobile applications? What mobile applications are we still missing? Will there be a killer app?

Following this panel, we will hold a special student showcase, where students from MIT and other universities will present their mobile applications to the general public.

Moderator:

Mike Baker – CEO DataXu, formerly VP Nokia Interactive (CEO Enpocket)

Panel:

Rich Miner – Partner, Google Ventures
Chuck Goldman – CEO Apperian
Walt Doyle – CEO uLocate
Ted Morgan – CEO Skyhook Wireless
Jeremy Wright – Global Director of Brand Solutions, Nokia

Date: Monday, April 6th, 2009. Doors open at 6.30 pm. Panel starts at 7.30 pm.

Cost: Free – but registration is required to attend. Register Now.
Location: Morss Hall, Walker Memorial, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA (map)
MBTA: Red Line – Kendall/MIT stop
Parking: Recommended parking at MIT

momoBoston Event: “Browsers – Driving the Web or driven by the Web?”

Scott Janousek — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:54:24 +0000

If you head over to Mobile Monday Boston, there’s an upcoming event on June 30th at 7pm (EST) entitled: “Browsers – Driving the Web, or driven by the Web? which you can register for (it’s required, actually).

“Over the next five years, shipments of advanced mobile browsers will grow from 76 Million to 700 Million per year (ABI). Will mobile-specific websites proliferate, or will browsers and transcoding catch up? Will web aps and widgets replace native aps? How will users navigate – by voice, touch or typing? Ed Mitukiewicz, Research Director at Orange Labs Boston USA, will moderate a panel of industry leaders and experts on mobile browser technologies from Orange, vlingo, Mozilla, Nokia, and Opera to address these and other questions. A reception with food and drinks will follow, sponsored by vlingo.”

Panelists:

Keith Waters is currently a Director of Research at Orange Labs Boston USA and is an Orange senior expert specializing in mobile services. Keith has over fifteen years of experience in research labs creating industrial prototypes. He currently holds eight patents in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Interfaces. He has been involved with the World Wide Web Consortium, on behalf of Orange for several years as the lead on Delivery Content Client Interfaces (DCCI), as well as assisting in the definition of the Mobile Web Initiative. Keith’s interests involve novel mobile HCI applications.

Mike Phillips is Co-Founder and CTO of vlingo, which has recently voice-enabled the Yahoo! oneSearchTM application and are working on developing other voice-enabled applications. Mike founded SpeechWorks in 1994, a company acquired by ScanSoft (now Nuance), where he served as CTO. In 2005, Mike left ScanSoft to spend a year as a visiting scientist at MIT before starting vlingo in the summer of 2006.
Brad Lassey of Mozilla is working with the team building Mobile Firefox (code named Fennec). He is formally of the MIT Media Lab and France Telecom R&D.

Franklin Davis works in Business Development at Nokia, seeking internet companies and technologies that will extend and enhance Nokia’s market-leading S60 smart phone platform, with a focus on web technologies. Earlier in his career at Thinking Machines Corporation he built text search and database applications for the Connection Machine massively parallel supercomputer.

Charles McCathieNevile is the Chief Standards Officer at Opera. He has been at Opera just over 3 years in this role, and before this he was employed as a staff member of W3C, initially at MIT and then at INRIA/ERCIM in France. He is currently chair of the W3C WebAPI group, and involved personally in a number of W3C working groups and specifications.

Moderator:

Ed Mitukiewicz, Research Director at Orange Labs Boston, has over 25 years of consulting, software and telecommunications industry experience. Since 2005 Ed has represented Orange/France Telecom Group in the W3C Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) – he is a member of the MWI Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group and until April’08 was co-chair of the MWI Steering Council.

Free Registration (required): Click Here

When:
June 30th at 7pm

Where:
Orange Labs Boston USA
175 Second St.
Cambridge, MA 02142
Map

Reception:
Dante, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Drinks and Appetizers Sponsored by vlingo

Parking:
At the time of the event, open metered street parking is available on 2nd Street and along Rogers Street.

Walking Directions:
From Red Line Kendall Square (10 min):
Walk through the plaza facing the Bank of America branch and cross Broadway. Continue up 3rd Street passing 1 Broadway on your right (you will pass Zigo Café). At Binney Street, make a right. At the next intersection, make a left on 2nd Street. Orange Labs Boston is just past the intersection with Rogers on the left side.

From Green Line Lechmere (10 min):
Exiting the T-Station, continue walking along McGrath Highway. Stay to the left side and make a left on 2nd Street. Cross Cambridge Street and proceed 6 blocks. Orange Labs Boston will be on your right just past the intersection with Bent St.

Sponsors:

Mobile Monday Boston (May 5th) – Mobile Marketing and Advertising

Scott Janousek — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:42:03 +0000

The upcoming Mobile Monday event here in Boston is about mobile marketing and advertising.

Here are some details:

Mobile advertising: Is it real?

According to the Wall Street Journal, mobile marketers spent $421 million in the US in 2006 (eMarketer). According to the Economist, the global number was $871 million in 2007 (Informa).

Who is really spending that kind of money on mobile marketing? Does this mean that mainstream advertisers have embraced the mobile opportunity?

Since Boston is a leader in the mobile advertising space, we are privileged to include some of the most experienced hands in the industry to tell it like it really is.

Our lineup so far includes…

Phuc Truong – Managing Director US, Mobile Marketing, Mobext (a division of Havas)
Chad Stoller – Executive Director, Emerging Platforms, Organic, Inc.
Eswar Priyadarshan – CTO, QuattroWireless
Jeff Ostiguy – VP of Business Development, g8wave
Kent Johnson – Director of Business Operations, ThirdScreen Media (a division of AOL)
Scott Silk – CEO, Action Engine

Each of our speakers will present a 5 minute case stdy of a successful marketing campaign. After the presentations, we’ll have a brief Q&A session followed by a chance to socialize with fellow MobileMonday’ers over food and drinks.

Event Details:

Date: Monday May 5th, 2008 at 7pm
Location: The Liberty Hotel, near Charles MGH. If you haven’t set foot inside this landmark Boston building, it’s worth a look to see how they fit a luxury hotel into an 18th century prison. Here are some photos.
Cost: Free. You can register here.
Food: Free.
Drinks: Yes – Free.

Thanks to MITX for helping us pull together this event.

FYI: I just noticed this event coincides with Cinco De Mayo.