This morning at Adobe MAX 2008, the Keynote Speakers were Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen and CTO Kevin Lynch. Narayen spoke about Adobe’s Flash Platform which now includes Thermo and Flex Builder. He said that Adobe Flash Player software is already installed on 98 percent of Internet-connected desktops, and a growing number of mobile devices. Adobe and ARM announced they will have Flash on nearly every type of device by next summer.
 
Then Kevin Lynch, Adobe’s Chief Technology Officer, spent the next hour weaving product announcements around technology partners who just happened to be in the audience. Taking the last items first, Lynch showed many mobile devices with Flash Platform implementation. We saw real-time Cloud + Client demos from the Internet of video and audio on-screen. Even the Apple Iphone briefly passed through Lynch’s hands. However, that one is not as far along as the Google Android and the Nokia Symbian which Lynch showed.

Then Disney Interactive Media Group’s CTO, Bud Albers, explained Disney.com’s successes with online video streaming and how important the Flash Platform is for their latest animated movies. Albers said the Flash Platform and toolkits speed the development of many projects including the kids TV show “Club Penguin”.

California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver, Ann Lewnes, Senior VP of Corporate Marketing at Adobe, today unveiled the California Legacy Trails, a new interactive feature of the California Museum Web site that brings the State’s history and culture to life online. The goal is to create interactive education sites to explain the history and sights of California.

Lynch quietly announces that MLB.com (Major League Baseball) has chosen Flash for their streaming video (Although not mentioned, this means they dropped Microsoft’s Silverlight).

Later in the week we will attend some in-depth sessions about the newly announced technology.  X