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Matt Cutts (of Google) on WordPress

Brian — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:41:41 +0000

Matt Cutts head of the Google spam unit speaks at Wordcamp SF 2009 and gives his reasons why WordPress is great. I understand he uses WordPress for his blog. He gives the list of the plugins he uses, a very short list.

State of the Word: WordCamp SF 2010

Brian — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:25:46 +0000

Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer if WordPress, one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web gives the keynote at Wordcamp SF 2010. One of those people you should always listen to when they speak. I can’t believe this guy is younger than me.

Adobe Fires Back at Apple

Brian — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:57:17 +0000

Adobe has now release it’s own open letter saying Apple is trying to control the web and in not open unlike Flash. They letter reeks of vagueness and is more hollow than the headless horseman’s head unlike Steve Jobs letter that was clear and concise. PC World really nails my sediments. Adobe should retreat from the mobile fight until they have some real ammo, not just name calling. Like being able to actually demo Flash on a mobile device that doesn’t crash, have security issues and doesn’t eat through battery power. Mobile apps will be better with Flash no doubt but not in it’s current state.

Adobe vs. Apple: The Flash Question

Brian — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:24:05 +0000

When I received my iPod Touch last Christmas I was really excited. I never had an ipod before. I had always been a PC kinda guy. But I really liked it, still do. The one thing that puzzled me was that Flash was not supported. “Hmmm” I thought. There was speculation on the web but nothing really solid.

Then in April Steve Jobs wrote an open letter regarding Apple’s decision to exclude Flash from its mobile devices. That was an eye opener and clarified Apple’s reasoning. After reading the letter it does start to sound as though flash in on the way out. Sorry Adobe, but is is true that the majority of the things that Flash is commonly used for are now being done with open source technology like AJAX, JAVASCRIPT HTML5 and CSS. I am sure when Adobe purchase Macromedia it wasn’t thinking that Apple, it’s long time friend would be the one to hinder it’s progress. Jobs in his letter mentions that Adobe has been working on this issue for a while and it doesn’t sound personal. Adobe has made noise that Apple doesn’t want Flash based web apps to compete with Apple’s app store, which it probably doesn’t but Jobs makes some very convincing points that swayed me that even though this may be a factor it is not the overlying reason.

Now another embarrassment for Adobe makes it way into the light. Jeff Croft was moderating a panel at FlashCamp Seattle and was witness an anecdotal but insightful moment.

…the keynote speaker, Ryan Stewart, a Flash Platform evangelist at Adobe, demoed Flash Player 10.1 running on his Nexus One phone. When I realized he was going to show it, I got excited — I’ve been wanting to see how well Flash really works on a phone for years…

The smart phone crashed twice and when he tried to show an intensive Flash website. He then asked if there was another website the audience wanted to see. The reply was HULU which he then had to admit didn’t work either (but to be fair was likely an issue on HULU’s side not Flash) but still had an impact.

Taking all things into consideration it is seems clear to me that Adobe’s Flash is diminishing, not only because it is not suitable (yet) for mobile devices but also due to the numerous alternatives that exist now and that are in development. Flash is still really great at doing specific things but those applications are eroding quickly. If Adobe wishes to remain a player in Web 2.0 and beyond it needs to invest in creating tools that exploit open source technology. No longer will web developers be held hostage by a single company. Platform wars are for video games and media storage, not the web.

Facebook Checks in With Gowalla

Brian — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:25:00 +0000

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