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I subscribe to the IxDA mailing list and also subscribe to the popular threads in my feed reader. Checking them out this morning I found a long thread about Flash. I thought it was really good and a great snapshot into what a vibrant design-centric community thinks about our technology. They bring up a lot […]

I live in Boulder. It’s approximately 25 miles from Denver - where I work. This presents a problem when I decide to stay after work to see a concert at the bar located conveniently next door to my office. One,…

InfoWorld has an article in which Jeff Raikes, president of Microsoft’s business applications division (responsible for Microsoft Office, so pretty important guy) defends desktop applications. I think it’s kind of funny that stuff like this makes news but it shows the state of the industry. Everyone loves web applications and since Microsoft is lagging behind […]

The Dopplr guys are awesome. That post sums up one of the major reasons I like Dopplr it’s got a sophisticated elegance to it. For those that don’t know, Dopplr is a way to track your trips and the trips your contacts are taking. We’ve used it a bit at Adobe and most of the […]

I just posted about the new Flex Builder pricing over on the on AIR blog but I wanted to put it here as well because I’m really excited about it (and I’ve had people ask me about it). As of November 1st, you’ll be able to get Flex Builder for Mac or Windows for $249. […]

Adobe Consulting is hiring! If you want to build some really awesome RIAs and work with the teams who are actually creating the technology and platform that you’re building on, this is a great opportunity. We’re looking for a bunch of rock star designers and user experience ninjas to help build our applications.
This team is […]

I have nothing to do with the upcoming Web Directions North Conference in Vancouver, BC, but I thought I’d give it a plug anyway. I’ve been trying to convince Dave to throw this thing in the summertime when it’s warm and gorgeous in Vansterdam, but since it’s a wintertime event, it doubles handily as […]

What bicycle-respecting streets, intersections, and neighborhoods look like is largely a mystery to most Cascadians, even those who cycle regularly. I’ve offered descriptions twice before. Since then, two wonderful new tools have been completed.

StreetFilms.org, the awesome, New York-based outfit that makes movies about cycling, has posted a 30-minute ode to Portland’s bikability (linked above). It makes Bicycle Respect visible. (Other, shorter StreetFilms works on Portland are collected here, but most of them are incorporated in the main piece. I suggest you start the film then press pause to let it download before you watch it.)

Among American cities, Portland is considered a cycling powerhouse, but Copenhagen has ten times the Rose City’s cycling rate. How do the Danes do it? That’s what University of Washington planner Alyse Nelson spent much of last year in Copenhagen trying to find out. She assembled her conclusions in an elegantly illustrated report (pdf) – a picture book on how to build a cycling city. The gritty particulars of street designs and diagrams of parking placement will fascinate specialists, but I think the main lesson of Alyse’s booklet is visible simply by looking at the pictures. Copenhagen treats bicycles with as much care and attention as it treats cars. Consequently, cycling in Copenhagen is commonplace: normal, mundane, unremarkable. Sort of like driving in Cascadia.

(Check out the cyclist on page 4, pedaling home from a furniture store with an armoire strapped to his bike.)

Update: Just saw a link to the security bulletin.
We’ve released a new version of Acrobat (8.1.1) that closes the security hole found a little while ago (ZDNet coverage). Kurt Foss just posted the news over on the Acro bytes blog and I wanted to post it here as well. I think this was the first […]