Disney Preschool Time Online AIR App

Disney Launched an AIR Application for Preschool Time Online and it is really, really good.

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Geeky Conversation with a Non-Geek

While having sushi tonight, I had an amazing conversation with a Non-Geek. We talked about everything from the iPad to Google’s Tablet to User Experiences on desktop and devices and more. She probably has a lot better insight from a non-geek point of view on much of this than I do.

You can hear the recorded conversation here: 20100429.mp3

I started recording in the middle of our conversation so the first part may not make too much sense. She was in the middle of explaining her thoughts on the difference between Google’s approach vs. Apple’s.

Note: She has only played with an iPad once (yesterday) and wanted one, and I had only showed her information on the Google Tablet earlier in the conversation.

Sound quality isn’t the best. We were in a restaurant and recorded on my BlackBerry Storm.

I do what I want to do.

“There is one thing for certain: I do what I want to do.

If I was truly interested in creating iPhone/iPad applications (under my own name and on my own time) then I would go learn Objective-C or whatever.

But I’m not, so I won’t.

I want to work with the Flash Platform and all the cool things I can do with it.

Why? Because I have fun with it. Flash is an enjoyable challenge with twists and turns and excitement around every corner, like the best action/drama/comedy/romance movies all playing back to back.

Right now, I am just waiting for the devices and platforms that will accept Flash and be much more fun for me to play with.”

(This is an excerpt from a much longer post I decided not to publish.)

Thoughts – Flash Player 10.1 on Mobile Devices – The Reality

**Beware: The following blog post is basically just rambling thoughts.**

Like a lot of people I’ve been pretty excited about Flash Player 10.1 on hand held and touch devices. The fact that I could use the same websites and play the same games on a mobile device that I can on my laptop sounds just plain awesome.

But there’s a dark reality that most people haven’t quite thought about (well maybe they have but I haven’t found it to read yet), and something I just keep forgetting.

Garth Braithwaite (@GarthDB) reminded me of this fact during a conversation on twitter. He said, “Flash 10.1 is not going to be develop once/deploy everywhere like people expect.” We were speaking in terms of video on mobile devices and how well it may or may not perform.

This statement sort of kicked me in the side of the head and got my brain running about possible issues of interactive sites that may run on mobile devices in the future. (more…)