This 4th of July, we celebrated by staying home. Well, to be honest, we didn’t have much choice. The local parade decided this year to make the parade route a two block long loop around our apartment (the blue dot). Luckily we didn’t have much to do so we went out and gawked at the parade a bit.

There were some good marching bands, some really appropriate floats for groups of people that have come to the US who were celebrating the various freedoms they now enjoy, and of course the usual bizarre mix of people that you aren’t entirely sure why they are in the 4th of July parade (Ronald McDonald, the antique car folks, and some random cowboys). After a few minutes I realized it was time to get back in and work on my presentation for Flash Forward, but it was a beautiful day for a parade and all the kids outside looked to be having a grea

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Passing this along, but it should be a great presentation! Also, if you haven’t seen a live breeze presentation, it is well worth checking one out. They are very nifty.

Creating Mobile UI Interfaces for Rich User Experiences

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM US/Eastern

Macrochats are online, live product discussions!

Join Andrea Trento to learn how to create mobile UI interfaces able to grant rich user experiences with Flash Lite. Flash Lite is creating a revolution in the development of rich content for mobile phones and devices. This macrochat focuses on both technical and design challenges for mobile UI interfaces, as well as helps understand the use of Flash Lite to create engaging user experiences. This session will provide an in-depth exploration of the mobile experience and mobile navigability.

What You Will Learn

*Flash Lite as a viable way to develop mobile UI interfaces
*Mobile user experience and navigability concepts
*UI input methods
*Development techniques to deliver UI interfaces for your mobile applications

Macrochat Speaker Bio:
Andrea Trento is General Manager at Interpreting.it, the communication agency he founded in 1998. His expertise includes developing Rich Internet Applications and games for mobile devices and the web, as well as advising various European government bodies on the use of web- and mobile-based technologies. He is an active contributor to the Flash Lite community and cooperates with Italy’s Macromedia User Groups Actionscript.it. As Member of Team Macromedia for Mobile and Devices, Andrea teaches different subjects related to Macromedia products and technologies and regularly contributes to Italian magazines focusing on mobile technology and development.

Register for this Macrochat here: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=3409 75&loc=en_us