The video from the Director 11 Sneak Peek session has made it out on to the web! I’d heard that our company got mentioned in the session, and lo and behold, it was really in there. We (aka ExploreLearning) were the middle item listed under educational content publishers. A bit small in this picture, but I still feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
The video for this session is rather long (aka large file) so I’m turning it in to a FLV and we’ll see where I can put it up. Those on the Direct-L mailing list probably noticed where the video is currently sitting, and if you really need to see it soon you can go ahead and join the list to see the archives from this week.
October 9th, 2007
For those that watch the Showtime series Weeds, you may have noticed your favorite little icon around the 25 minute mark of the episode that aired last Monday while I was off at Adobe MAX in Chicago.
In this scene the main dope dealing character was stalking a woman (not yet sure why…plot twist is ongoing) who gives mammograms. To start the mammogram the woman double-clicks on the Director icon on a machine running OSX. The icon expands as a program begins, and that is the point that they cut away from the computer screen. Later when they came back to it a data acquisition program was running.
I wonder if the people that create Weeds knew most of us would miss this since we were in Chicago. Hmm… Anyway, I still want to get my thoughts from MAX up here and pictures of the funky new pen in the next few days so stay tuned (a cold is dragging me down a bit right now).
Picture snapped with my Cybershot…looked better in HDTV!
October 8th, 2007
Sorry for not getting anything up more quickly. Work continues to suck away my fun time…
A nice summary of the Sneak Peek session was written up. I didn’t make it there, but did make it to the BOF session. I’ll post a bit more about that this weekend. I also believe someone videotaped the Sneak Peek and hopefully will find that on YouTube somewhere.
Also..just noticed that comments on this site haven’t been working for the past n (or maybe n+1) months. Oh well 🙂
October 4th, 2007
I’ll be heading off to Chicago tomorrow morning to attend MAX. I’ll be at the BOF session for Director and lots of other sessions during the week (ok..just three days). The conference sold out, so I expect this to be a great time.
Flickr already has lots of photos going up with the max2007 tag. I’ll try to get a few up if I find a few spare minutes.
If you want to get in touch, drop me an email (multimediaguy @ gmail . com) or search for Raman on that “flashy” contact thing Adobe set up for the conference.
Now…what have I forgotten to pack?
September 29th, 2007
Apple teased me to tears in their most recent iPod lineup changes. I wanted the super sweet touch screen with a 160GB HD inside. That would be the funkiest backup hard drive with a big display, web browsing, video playing, music playing, show off at a geeky happy hour device ever. I was hoping to have one for Adobe Max 2007 🙂
Unfortunately…they didn’t create my iPod Touch Classic. There is the iPod Classic, and the iPod Touch, but no combination of the two. Arrrrggggghhhhhh. Should I just buy a iT for the cool factor for the holidays? Decisions…
September 6th, 2007
We (by that I mean ExploreLearning…my home away from home) are currently trying to hire a Director person (who is good with Flash), and a Flash developer or two. The full time staff jobs are in Charlottesville, VA. If you’re not interested in this opportunity but know of an excellent candidate, we offer referral bonuses if the referred candidate is hired.
Here is the blurb:
Want to apply your cutting-edge programming skills to help kids succeed at everything from 3rd grade math to high school physics? At ExploreLearning, we’ve been doing that for almost a decade, and we’re looking for talented people to join our dynamic, growing company. You’ll become part of a team building the world’s largest collection of online interactive simulations, used by schools throughout the US and around the world. We have openings for both new professionals as well as senior-level team leaders with significant industry experience.
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Our fast-paced work environment will tap into all the skills you have and develop new ones. Duties include creation of new content for our award-winning site (two straight years with a CODiE), upkeep of current content, and coming up with new ideas for future products/technology. This job has tremendous room for growth!
Far more information on the ExploreLearning employment page, along with our online application form.
August 30th, 2007
There is an updated version of the Shockwave plug-in for Windows up on the Adobe site. Not sure what has changed.
Update: Seems as if the plugin no longer does a redirect to shockwave.com after installation is complete.
August 22nd, 2007
Seems as if Director 11 will be attending MAX 2007! Time to look in to getting reservations and such. Chicago in the fall…with Director 11. I can’t wait.
August 2nd, 2007
Adobe has recently been doing a few things in preparation for the upcoming (2nd half 2007) release of Director. A number of people received an email message that contained a link to a survey where Adobe was curious how people were using Director.
In a recent eLearning Guild email message the following was posted:
Help Shape the Future Development of Educational Applications and Serious Games: Would you like to help shape the direction of a new educational content and application development product from Adobe? StrategyOne will be conducting an online focus group for Adobe to talk about an exciting new product, and we want to hear your opinions and ideas. It will take place on Tuesday July 24th from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm Eastern time. In appreciation of your participation in the focus group, you will receive a cash incentive of $50. If you are interested in participating, please take a moment…
It turns out a good portion of this forum was dedicated to determining how the new version of Director should be marketed.
All I know is I can’t wait for a version that runs on my MacIntel that I’ve had for a year.
July 26th, 2007
A press release from MTV Networks’ Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group says they have committed $100 million to its online casual games business. From the press release:
Shockwave: Shockwave will become the games destination for families. Increased focus this fall on www.shockwave.com will be on the creation of innovative applications which are both fun for the user and an opportunity for prominent integrated advertising. The first new application to launch is Jigsaw Video. In addition, Shockwave will be more closely linked with family-targeted brands within Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group, like Nick-at- Nite television, to give advertisers the ability to promote their messaging across multiple platforms. Shockwave will also increase its publishing of downloadable games with Carrie the Caregiver Episode 2: Preschool, scheduled to come out later this year.
Jigsaw Video and Carrie the Caregiver (both the latter done with Director) were developed by Rob Gordon over at Article 19. I had the chance to work with Rob a few years ago, and I’m sure some of you have seen him on various mailing lists. I certainly hope he gets a slice of the pie since his games were featured. 🙂
July 19th, 2007
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