Adobe Engage – What a day
I’m just getting ready to wind down for the day, but I wanted to talk about how great it’s been. This was a fun event for a lot of reasons. There were definitely some bad speakers, but overall I think Adobe customers really shined. My favorites were Scrybe, Virtual Ubiquity and yourminis.
The other fun thing about today was Twitter. This was the first time I had ever seen a “Twitter” backchannel but it added a lot to the event. You got a real sense of what people in the room were thinking, but more importantly, you got instant feedback on what people NOT in the room were thinking. My Twitter takeaway was that James Governor is hilarious out loud. Cote is hilarious in general. I love those guys. They speaks their minds, makes intelligent points, and have fun doing it. James, if I’m ever out of work, I’m going to beg to be let into the monastery. Also, if you’re a vendor, hire RedMonk. It may be jarring, but it’s worthwhile.
Overall I think that Adobe pulled it off. The event got a lot of attention on Techmeme, and it brought together a good group. Not only did I get to meet AnneZ, I actually got to sit next to her (as my stomach rumbled through the event). People like Tim O’Reilly and Robert Scoble added unique voices that the RIA crowd doesn’t normally hear. In the end, I think Adobe showed why their customers are great and it ended up in a lot of good will for both groups.
[tags]Adobe Engage, Adobe, Scrybe, Virtual Ubiquity, yourminis, Twitter, Red Monk, Rich Internet Applications[/tags]
Posted in Rich Internet Applications
February 28th, 2007 at 8:52 am
exceedingly high praise. thanks ryan. of course we couldn’t afford you but i am a big fan of your work.
February 28th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Sounds frakkin great! Way Jealous!
February 28th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
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February 28th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I am so jealous
Man, why I am not there, so much cool stuff happening around…
-abdul
February 28th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
[...] The world of technology blogging is an architecture of non-participation for women–and it’s partly because we may, in general, blog differently than men. I was really impressed with Ryan Stewart’s blogging output at the event. I sat next to him and watched him pump out post after post. Many of the other bloggers–men, natch–did likewise. Then it all appeared on techmeme. I didn’t post at all yesterday. I didn’t feel inspired, didn’t have much to add to the conversation, don’t much care about what traffic I get to either Anne 2.0 or tech decentral. In this way I seem quite different from the other bloggers at the event. [...]
March 1st, 2007 at 12:35 am
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September 15th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
[...] We’re a few sessions in. My favorite one so far has been the “Silverlight vs Flash (vs JavaFX)” session that Abdel (from Chico State) and Randy Fong ran (session info). Ryan Stewart and John Dowdell from Adobe were also here, and between the three of us, we had a really good time addressing a lot of these questions. Which leads me to my question – Adobe wanted to ensure that they addressed any questions or concerns about Flash/Flex/Apollo (AIR) etc. that came up during the event. As an evangelist, I love to see that kind of participation. It’s the same reason that I went to ApolloCamp and continue to attend all these events here in the valley. But where is Sun (although only 4 people in the room had heard of JavaFX)? [...]
November 27th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Just got started working on a project involving Engage and stumbled upon your post here. Sounds like quite an event!