Max Wrap
I didn't write near as much about my experience at MAX as I had planned, but I'm sure that what happened there is going to find it's way into what I write here for a long time. It was a super conference and I think there was a real feeling of sadness at times realizing that this would be the last time that we all came together as Macromedia. Next year Adobe will be running the show and no one knows what that will bring at this point. Will there be a conference? What will it be like? Will it include everybody from designers to coders to server admins or will they work to separate these audiences? I think that everybody who has attended MAX sees the benefit of bringing all of the parties together to mingle and I hope that Adobe continues this. It really is a thrill being around such smart and creative people for a week and -- when it's easy to become tunnel-visioned with a project or organization -- it's helpful to be allowed to step way back to see one's place in moving the internet forward. This is such an exciting time to be a developer and it's important to keep that perspective.