IndiMaD meeting at Bangalore and the 2007 Flash Lite Game Contest Announcement

This weekend saw the gathering of IndiMaD and the Adobe MaD India team from Bangalore discussing mobile development and opportunities with Flash Lite at the Adobe office.

It was interesting to see a live presentation by Vivek of I2Fly on using templates for creating Flash Lite wallpapers. He gave a hands-on demonstration on creating the content and discussed the importance of mobile personalization as compared to content that is otherwise available to users. He also had some very interesting gyaan to share about the wallpaper market and what drives his content creation.

This was followed by a presentation by myself on opportunities for developers with mobile gaming. I started with a rough overview of the game market and then went on to specifics related to the Flash Lite market. The response to the Playyoo sponsored 2007 Flash Lite Game contest was also great. It was good to know that the members were curious about the Playyoo platform and had many questions to ask.

The presentations were followed with discussions and interactions between members over pizzas and cola. It was an added bonus for members to ask direct queries about the Flash Lite tools and development to the Adobe MaD team which lead to very healthy discussions. We also discussed future plans and activities for the group.

I am sure every person in this meeting would have had something valuable to take back home.

Want to thank all the members who made this meeting a success, Raghu from Adobe India for arranging the meeting, Playyoo for sponsoring the meeting and both Adobe and Playyoo for providing goodies and gadgets to give the attending members.

Looking forward to the next meeting soon.


IndiMaD members


Playoo T-shirts for members

PS : Vivek has initiated an IndiMaD Flickr Group. You can follow the link to join it and post screenshots of your work to share with the community.

You can also follow this link to view the meeting pics.

IndiMaD meetup in Bangalore

IndiMaD group is meeting up next weekend on Saturday November 17 2007 in Bangalore at the Adobe office at 10am.

The meeting agenda so far includes discussions on various content types ruling the market -

  • Using simple and useful templates for creating Flash Lite wallpapers and mobile personalization by Vivek of I2Fly
  • Designing and Optimizing your site for mobiles by Prabuddha of SEOGuru
  • Flash Lite Gaming - Statistics, Markets and opportunities by Mariam
  • Playyoo 2007 Flash Lite Game Contest announcement and details for APAC by Mariam

The meeting will be followed by networking amongst members with food and drinks. Hoping to see a good attendance during the meeting.

Date - Saturday November 17 2007
Time - 10am
Location -
Adobe Software India Pvt Ltd.
Salarpuria Inifinity, 3rd Floor,
#5, Bannerghatta Road,
Bangalore - 560029
(Just before Sagar Motors)

IndiMaD User Group Meet-Up

The IndiMaD User Group with Adobe is having a small get-together next week on March 16 for its UG members. Its a casual meeting of UG members with John Koch, Adobe's Developer Relations Manager from APAC, who is visiting Mumbai specifically to meet and engage in an interaction with the group members.

The idea is to meet and discuss Flash on Mobiles in India, to understand what the members are expecting to achieve from this User Group and how the members can collectively help to build and contribute to this group.

We're sure this meet up will be interesting and useful, and eventually lead to a series of more such events across India.

Venue : Sheesha -The Taste of Flame, Roof Top, Shopper's Stop, Linking Road, Bandra (W)
Date : 16th March
Time : 7:15pm
Who : An email will be sent to those members who have confirmed their presence for the event.

(NOTE : We are arranging to meet at the Shopper's Stop entrance at 7:00pm for the members. At 7:15pm, we will be heading up to the roof top restaurant.)

Refer to Google Maps for directions The entrance is near the Movietime Surburbia but from Linking Road and not SV Road

Regards,
Mariam Dholkawala