There are some very cool things going on at DEMOfall 2006. If you aren’t familiar with DEMO, it describes itself as “the launchpad for emerging technology” and that isn’t far from the truth. A lot of companies come to Demo to show off their products for the first time (including one we’ve become familiar with). This year, there are quite a few Flash applications showing how Flash is powering a lot of cutting edge ideas. My favorite is probably Wallop – it looks REALLY cool.

Pluggd – I love this company and I use their service every day. They centralize all of my podcasts and they now offer technology that allows you to search your favorite shows. The new podcast search/listening interface is written in all Flash, and it’s very cool. Icing on the cake? They’re here in Seattle.

System One – I have no idea what this company does. I looked around the website, but I can’t really figure it out. My guess is social networking for enterprises. BUT, they are using Flash for all of their visualizations proving once again, when you want to do something cool, you reach for Flash.

Eyespot – This company allows you to mix videos and songs together then provides the capability to upload them to your mobile phone. The “Trimmer” is in Flash, and they’re using Flash video for the desktop viewing. The rest of the site is Ajax and they do not use Flash Lite. (This is an updated description based on comments below).
Widgetbox – Okay, okay, they don’t technically use Flash. But they are a widget aggregator and a lot of the widgets they show are Flash based.

GrandCentral – Om Malik covered this today. GrandCentral is a phone number centralizer. You sign up, get a phone number, and you can have all of your calls forwarded to that number (work, cell, home). GrandCentral will allow you to set up rules so you can send everything to voicemail, or forward calls. They use a nice combination of Flash and JavaScript. Flash controls a good chunk of the UI including all of the message playback.

Wallop – Now THIS is Flash. I need to figure out how to get an invite to this thing. Mike Arrington has some info over on TechCrunch. Wallop is a Flash-based social network that looks really awesome. They are inviting Flash gurus to become part of the Wallop Modder Network. And to think, this is a Microsoft spinoff! This looks really awesome.

Scrapblog – I’ve seen this site around for a while and I’ve talked to some of the people behind it. Not only does it use Flash, but the app was developed in Flex. It’s an online Scrapbook that people seem to have mixed feelings about. TechCrunch covered it here. I think my mom would love this application. Flash – bringing Web 2.0 to moms!

iBloks – This is a Flash application done in OpenLaszlo. It’s kind of the same thing as Eyespot, it allows for mixing and remastering of photos and videos that you can share.

[tags]Flash, DEMOfall 2006, Pluggd, System One, Eyespot, GrandCentral, Wallop, Scrapblog, iBloks[/tags]

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