First let me say that I love my MacBook and am a big supported of Apple. However, after reading the post about Pandora on cnet I am a little concerned. The context of the article is just speculation at this point about how enabling Flash on the iPhone could be a revenue hit to Apple. Pandora allows users to listen to and bookmark music streaming within the browser via the Flash Player. It then allows users to purchase their bookmarked music from either Amazon.com or Apple through iTunes.

The article speculates that if the iPhone or iPod touch had the Flash Player, users would simply go to Pandoa.com and play music from their bookmarks and stations without the need to ever purchase. This seems like a valid concern however if this is truly a reason why Apple is blocking the Flash player, then I have to say I am very disappointed.

Mr. Jobs, don’t play the old games of our friends in Redmond WA, just make it a better experience to continue to purchase music and users will continue to line up with dollars in hand. To hold back technology simply to protect your assets is not something I would expect from Apple.

Adobe MAX 2008 has been officially announced:

MAX 2008 North America
San Francisco, California
November 16 - 19, 2008

MAX 2008 Europe
Milan, Italy
December 1 - 4, 2008

MAX 2008 Japan
Tokyo, Japan
2009

Adobe Developer Week starts today. This is a great chance to score some free training. Check out the full list of events here.

The schedule is heavy on RIA technology and is FREE!

My publisher tells me that my new AIR book Beginning AIR is now shipping but I haven’t seen one yet. I have some copies of Professional Flex 2 hanging around so here is the deal.

The 1st two people to send me ( rich [at] everythingflex.com ) a picture of the new AIR book in hand will get a free copy of my Flex 2 book.

Unfortunately, this offer is only for my friends in the U.S.

Don’t forget to send me your shipping address.

Adobe technology platform ActionScript reference for RIA development has been released as a free PDF. This is a huge compilation of the entire ActionScript language. For more info please visit the Adobe Developer Connection here or download it here.

I have also added this to the resources section of this site.