Upcoming RIA events from Microsoft and Adobe

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• By:John
• April 19, 2008
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Rich Inter­net Appli­ca­tions, a term increas­ingly used for desk­top like web appli­ca­tions, or hybrid web appli­ca­tions, devel­oped with tech­nolo­gies like Flash, Sil­verlight, AIR and oth­ers are gain­ing increas­ing atten­tion among web design­ers and developers.

If you are inter­ested in learn­ing more about these spe­cific tech­nolo­gies and their use, Adobe and Microsoft are both run­ning events in the com­ing cou­ple of months in a num­ber of cities.

Microsoft’s REMIX event, held in Syd­ney on May 20, and Mel­bourne May 22, fea­tur­ing a keynote by one of our favourite speak­ers, the won­der­ful Mark Pesce (worth the price of admis­sion alone) is a one day event focussing on Microsoft’s web devel­oper tools and technologies.

Adobe’s AIRCAMP is a one day event look­ing in detail at Adobe’s AIR tech­nol­ogy for build­ing hybrid Web/​Desktop apps. AIR­CAMPs are going to be held in Mel­bourne (on May 15^th the day before Web Direc­tions UX), Bris­bane (May 20), Can­berra (May 22), Syd­ney (June 10), and across the ditch in Auck­land June 24 and Welling­ton June 26.

While at Web Direc­tions we are big fans of the open web stack of stan­dards, there’s no doubt these tech­nolo­gies also have a role to play in the evo­lu­tion of the web. So get along to one or both these events to see what’s hap­pen­ing in the world of RIAs.

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