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Robert Scoble's Engaged

Posted: by chrisshipley on February 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

Categorized: Chris Shipley, Events

Okay, his wife and kids might find that news shocking, but I ran into him today at Adobe’s Engage event at Dogpatch Studios in San Francisco.  I didn’t recognize him at first, what with at least three still and video cameras extending his line of vision.

Chris at Adobe's Engage eventBut he did capture video of the conversation between Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch and me.  Rather than recap the discussion, here’s a link to Robert’s video for Fast Company.    And thanks, too, Robert, for the photo.  It almost looks as though I have a “good side.”

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Engaged with Adobe

Posted: by chrisshipley on February 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

Categorized: Chris Shipley, Development Platforms, Rich Internet Applications

I am spending the morning with about 120 of Adobe’s customers and developers at the company’s second Engage event at San Francisco’s DogPatch Studios.

Throughout the day, developers are showing the work they’re doing with Adobe’s tools, including the AIR platform which was officially launched from beta today. Here are a few of the demos I saw this morning.

shifd logoShifD was born of a Yahoo! hack event in London a while ago and was launched last night by The New York Times Company. The application lets you easily move content from Web sites to your desktop and/or mobile phone. We’ve seen this application before, but ShifD seems to be super simple. The app is fresh into beta and there are kinks to be worked out, but the developers expect to open up an API in the future.

DEMO fans got a first look at Sprout last month at DEMO 08. The Engage audience got a look today, as Carnet Williams walked the audience through building a sprout rich media player. Sprout lets you gather up media assets from any live Web site or upload them yourself. The beta is live now and open for public trail.

FedEx showed a desktop application that provides real-time status of package movement through the FedEx delivery system. The app brings better convenience and more information directly to the customer, and provides real-time alerts to improve customer experience. The application was built in-house in about 12 weeks on the Flex platform.

MFG.com is a marketplace that links the global manufacturing economy. The site has created a rich internet application to coordinate transactions among suppliers, manufacturers, and customers. This may not be the application you rush to, but it is a great example of a rich Web application.

I’m on next, in conversation with Adobe CIO Kevin Lynch. We’re due to talk about a range of things modestly summarized as “what’s next for the Web.”

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Sun Expands Its Startup Program

Posted: by chrisshipley on February 9th, 2008 | No Comments »

Categorized: Chris Shipley, Entrepreneurship, Europe, Observations, Open Source, Startups, Web 2.0

We were so consumed with all things DEMO last week, that we almost overlooked Sun‘s announcement that it was expanding its “Startup Essentials” program to Canada, France, and Germany. The program gives developers substantial discounts on Sun hardware and software services in a bid for Sun to be the dominant platform for Web 2.0 applications and services.

Seeded in the U.S. in 2006 and expanded to China, India, Israel, and the U.K., the Startup Essentials program has had about 1,600 startups register to date, according to the company, with some 200 companies submitting new applications each month. Sun Startup Essentials is free to eligible companies, those in business fewer than four years and with less than 150 employees. In addition to deeply discounted hardware, participant companies have access to low-cost Web hosting services provided by Sun partners in the communities supported by the program, along with free technical support via e-mail. Sun also hosts occasional “Startup Camps” in key geographies; the next will be held in London in early March.

I talked with Sun’s director of Startups and Emerging Markets Sanjay Sharma about the program prior to the announcement, mostly curious about the country-by-country roll out of the program. After all, in the Web 2.0 world that Sun hopes to conquer, every application is potentially a global one. Why cherry-pick regions when a program like this can blanket the planet with electronic resources? Read the rest of this entry »

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