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February 01, 2007
I demo'd at DEMO! Check out the video of my Apollo demo
At about 5pm on Tuesday I got a phone call from someone on my team. "Mike, Kevin is really sick and he wants you to do the demo tomorrow morning!"
And the fun began...
If you're not familiar with it, the DEMO conference is the premier launch venue for new products and technologies. Adobe Chief Software Architect, Kevin Lynch, had been invited to come show Apollo at the conference. We were to give a 6 minute presentation on what it is and what it can do. It's a pretty big deal so, of course, we practiced with Kevin for the last couple of weeks getting everything set up perfectly. The team (mostly Christian Cantrell) worked with eBay and EffectiveUI to get the eBay desktop application well-prepared for the demo that Kevin wanted to give.
I was just coming down to the conference to help out with the tech setup and answering questions at the booth.
So here's how everything ended up. I've got to say, it was so cool to be giving a demo at DEMO!
http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2007/91259.php
Posted by mike.downey at February 1, 2007 10:42 AM
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Nice presentation, especially for a last minute stand in.
That eBay app is looking very sweet indeed, looking forward to "within the next couple of months" :P
Posted by: Danny-T at February 1, 2007 12:52 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/Apollo-t-shirt-signed-by-Chris-Shipley_W0QQitemZ190078314941QQihZ009QQcategoryZ15687QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
:)
Posted by: markval at February 1, 2007 01:36 PM
Thanks for turning on a dime like that, Mike.
Got good coverage from Intelligent Enterprise Magazine:
Perhaps the most significant demonstration came not from a startup but from Adobe, which offered a preview its upcoming Apollo platform. Apollo lets developers create applications that work both online and on the desktop that can be easily synchronized. The idea is that sometimes people have to work offline. The sample application shown, an eBay desktop, illustrated the value of this approach.
Why does this matter? Online applications aren't going to seriously challenge offline favorites like Microsoft Office until they can be used easily without a network connection.
Adobe expects to ship a version of Apollo to developers in a few months. Expect an offline version of Google Docs & Spreadsheets to follow, eventually.
Posted by: John Dowdell at February 1, 2007 02:37 PM
Looks like the HTML was stripped out... the last three paragraphs were blockquotes from the magazine... here's the URL:
http://www.intelligententerprise.com/channels/applications/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197002386
jd
Posted by: John Dowdell at February 1, 2007 03:43 PM
Congrats Mike -- it went very slick!
Posted by: Peter at February 1, 2007 06:56 PM
I gave up when the shirt hit $41.00. :-)
Posted by: btn at February 2, 2007 06:09 PM
I picked up the shirt. Do I get a beta copy of Apollo with that as well ;)
Rey
Posted by: Rey Bango at February 3, 2007 09:22 AM
I won the tshirt. Does it come with an early release of Apollo as well? ;o)
Posted by: Rey Bango at February 3, 2007 03:04 PM
Just to say that that was a very informative demo - not too long, very clear. Step in again sometime!
Posted by: Mike at February 4, 2007 05:42 PM