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metaio Unifeye Viewer Xtra - Nov 19

Source: Directorforum - News by Martin Schaefer

Quote:

Originally Posted by metaio GmbH Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

metaio is proud to announce that the new Unifeye Viewer XTRA - the ultimate extension to leverage the power of augmented reality on the web is now available. The Unifeye Viewer XTRA enables you to deploy augmented reality applications to millions of users directly through their home PC or Mac.

The Unifeye Viewer XTRA mechanism ties into the powerful architecture of Adobe’s® established Shockwave® and Director® platform. You can create amazing augmented reality experiences such as online-games or interactive mailings directly connected to your brand, product or even product packaging.

The Unifeye Viewer XTRA is suitable for marketers as well as developers working on innovative and interactive online experiences.

More information on the Unifeye Viewer XTRA – including a free demo version - can be found at: www.metaio.com/products/viewer

Examples of metaio’s augmented reality technology in use today:
Retail: LEGO’s Digital Box - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UxWkZtUKaI
Advertising: GE Ad on Popular Science magazine - http://popsci.com/imagination
You may also visit our youtube channel at: www.youtube.com/metaioAR

Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.

More information:
http://www.metaio.com/products/viewer
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Adobe Jobs revisited - Nov 11
Source: Directorforum - News by Martin Schaefer
Senior Technical Writer
(Job Number: 01213)
October 28, 2009

Description
Adobe believes in hiring the very best. We are known for our vibrant, dynamic and rewarding workplace where personal and professional fulfillment and company success go hand in hand. We take pride in creating exceptional work experiences, encouraging innovation and being involved with our employees, customers and communities. We invite you to discover what makes Adobe such a great place to work.

Click this link to experience A Day in the Life at Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/care.../dayinthelife/

Position Summary

Responsibilities
- Gather information for the documentation by studying specs, working with products, and speaking with contacts in Engineering, Product Management, Product Marketing, Technical Support, and other organizations.
- Create usage, and API documentation.
- Work with editors, other writers, production artists, instructional designers, and reviewers to refine content per each review.
- Create high quality instructional design videos using Adobe Captivate and Adobe eLearning Suite
Knowledge & Skills:
- Five plus years experience writing/editing developer documentation or 3-5 years development experience with proven aptitude for writing.
- Excellent developmental editing, writing, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to produce quality documentation with aggressive deadlines.
- Proven ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to develop simple code examples.
Ideal Candidate
- Familiar with instructional design theories and online gaming.
- Familiar with HTML, Director and Flash.
- Experience with web-based documentation delivery.
- Experience with FrameMaker and single-sourcing content.
Source:
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/careeropp/
Open Doors @ Directorforum - Nov 10
Source: Directorforum - News by Martin Schaefer
Want to talk, chat or present on Adobe Director / Shockwave or other technology and tools?
Join now as we've opened doors to our online meeting room:
http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/directorforum

You can use this room the whole day! This is not a meeting
with a fixed agenda, but a day of open doors that can be used
by all of you.

Cheers,
Martin
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Next Event:
Open Doors @ Directorforum #3
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 starting @ 6:00pm GMT / 1:00pm EST

Find your time zone:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...18&min=0&sec=0
The 5 stages of Director grief - Nov 10
Source: Directorforum - News by Martin Schaefer
Some time ago on the Direct-L mailing list, someone mentioned the "5 stages of grief" model by Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross. While Director (almost 25yrs) isn't as old as the Kübler-Ross model (40yrs), it could be interesting to see how you currently feel about Director.

So please check the above link to understand the model
and then vote for the stage you feel you're currently in. :)

Thanks
Martin
Announcement! - Nov 05
Source: Directorforum - News by Martin Schaefer
Hi folks,

I've been thinking a while about my personal engagement for Director and its community.
Maybe you'll say it's never been easy for all of us. Yes, that's damn true and it's Adobe's fault
that the situation hasn't improved at all over the last couple of years.

Well, I'll try to get to the point of this announcement:

From 2010 I will stop my engagement with Adobe as an Adobe User Group manager and shutdown the current Directorforum websites.

Main reasons for this being:
1. No visible improvement of the product, at least not in a way that I could further support.
2. Complete ignorance by Adobe, communication with the community dropped to zero. This is some disrespectful behavior that I won't support or tolerate in any way.
3. Product marketing not offering any form of support or interest in community activities.
4. Seems like I'm on a black list now, since I'm not even part of the Shockwave Player beta or any other "behind the scenes activities", if they do actually exist.
These above reasons make me believe my efforts for the community are not welcome by Adobe and it looks like I have to accept and end my engagement rather sooner than later.

If someone else wants to save and re-publish the content e.g. from the Collaboration Wiki
or other Directorforum resources, don't hesitate to get in contact with me to see how we
can do that.

It's been a wild ride over the last roughly 15 years and I now realize it's time to move on.
I will miss all of you guys who had (and some still have) faith in Director and those who
really fought to their limits for Director's survival. You guys are a community, a software manufacturer should be endlessly proud of.

I'm tired, I'm finally done with this part of Adobe.

Cheers,
Martin