Wave's out. Adobe Wave that is.

I have been curious about this for a long time now. I see a lot of potential of such a service.

Adobe wave (beta) is out.

See: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wave/

It looks kinda like RSS, only better. You get alerts on your desktop when ever updates happen. (uh! I always feel weak when I have to explain the difference between email and SMS) RSS is email, this is SMS.

Basically sites would carry a "Get updates with Adobe Wave" badge. You, their audience would click on the badge and each time the site updates, you get a desktop notification.

Kinda neat huh! I see a lot of applications. Esp. for the on-line education applications and services sector. Another feature to add to the potential Web 2.0/Education 2.0 candy store.

Check out the demo videos: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wave/videos/
...and those who, like me, like to code may try: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/wave/developers/

Nice stuff as usual! Let's see where this goes.

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PS:

1. I think I might be totally wrong about this one. So do check out those links above and correct me here.

2. When I received the announcement mail this morning, I realized, I had not wet my hands with code in some time! I loathe being that word running, excel pushing, empty headed ager-man. I kinda lost sight of what I liked in the business in the first place. Being an ager-man is okay, but, it's not rewarding unless you have a purpose. What you really like doing gives you the purpose. To lead you need a head.

And I got mine back in place now. So, with luck, I'll make time, get back in my play pen and rumble code a bit more now.
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...and then came Silverlight 3 !

Yeah!

SilverLight 3 is here.

Loads and loads of new features. Infact, I am sure this is going to heat up the RIA wars with the Flash Platform.

Silverlight now combines the features of Flash 10, Flex, AIR and Pixel Bender all in one!

Also, Expression Studio already does what Flash Catalyst is supposed to do next year (or by the end of this year, when ever).

Hell I am impressed!!! Looks like with Bing, Azure and a host of new products, Microsoft's getting it right all over again! And Silverlight 3 appears to be another one of those aces.

Take a look at the complete feature listing here: http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/default.aspx

...and I'll go start working on some samples now.

ciao!

S.

edit: Did I mention Sliverlight 3 also supports desktop applications for both Windows and Mac now? (I haven't tested this yet, but what the hell! Its exciting to hear those words...!)