Hats off to Sam Robbins for digging around and finding out about “Thermo”. Digging around looking for clues in job postings is exactly the thing I liked to do, but it doesn’t work as well now that I’m on the inside. We’re going to talk a lot more about Thermo at MAX, but Mark Anders has some good information. He’s leading the project which should give you an idea of 1) how strategic it is and 2) how awesome it’s going to be.

So what is it? I’ve seen some guesses around but luckily no one has gotten it quite yet. But as someone who has been following the RIA space for a long time, I’m really excited about Thermo. The job description says it’s going to “enable designers and creatively inclined developers to easily build rich internet applications and interactive content” and that’s a pretty good description. Think of Adobe’s strengths and it’s weaknesses up to this point. “Thermo” is going to finally bring those together and enable the creation of RIAs in a way that only Adobe can pull off. You’re going to see some great looking apps thanks to Thermo.

Also, I just looked at the list of the Thermo team. These guys are awesome.

[tags]MAX, Thermo, Rich Internet Applications[/tags]

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