Comments for Flash Obscura http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog The projection of interactive ideas through the Flash aperture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:19:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on An exercise in frustration by geraldyeo http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-9 geraldyeo Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:19:19 +0000 http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50#comment-9 Thanks for listening, John. :) Ah yes, Singapore is a melting pot of ethnicity, so most of us speak and write English, along with our mother tongue. Thanks for listening, John. :) Ah yes, Singapore is a melting pot of ethnicity, so most of us speak and write English, along with our mother tongue.

]]> Comment on An exercise in frustration by John Dowdell http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-8 John Dowdell Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:04:50 +0000 http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50#comment-8 Understood, thanks. I know it's a popular request, and I'll pass along this link to my partners, but I'm not sure how to practically bring about a "MAX Pan-Asia". I'm guessing that English might be the best neutral language for such a conference...!? (btw, I've been studying about Singapore recently, and was fascinated when reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Singapore#Bilingualism ) jd/adobe Understood, thanks. I know it’s a popular request, and I’ll pass along this link to my partners, but I’m not sure how to practically bring about a “MAX Pan-Asia”. I’m guessing that English might be the best neutral language for such a conference…!?

(btw, I’ve been studying about Singapore recently, and was fascinated when reading this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Singapore#Bilingualism )

jd/adobe

]]> Comment on An exercise in frustration by geraldyeo http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-7 geraldyeo Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:36:49 +0000 http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50#comment-7 Hi John, I knew that MAX Tokyo is intended for Japanese-speaking audiences, and if possible, I'd had gone for MAX SF or MAX Milan even. Singapore has had its own MAX in 2005 and 2006. I've attended both. The 2 year drought of MAX may have triggered our own little local ActionScript Conference. My gripe is that Asia is lacking its own regional MAX to "Connect. Discover. Inspire." Hi John,

I knew that MAX Tokyo is intended for Japanese-speaking audiences, and if possible, I’d had gone for MAX SF or MAX Milan even.

Singapore has had its own MAX in 2005 and 2006. I’ve attended both. The 2 year drought of MAX may have triggered our own little local ActionScript Conference.

My gripe is that Asia is lacking its own regional MAX to “Connect. Discover. Inspire.”

]]> Comment on An exercise in frustration by John Dowdell http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50&cpage=1#comment-6 John Dowdell Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:32:46 +0000 http://flashobscura.potatoeshop.com/blog/?p=50#comment-6 I don't know about the page-substitution issue (thanks for alerting them directly!), but I do know that MAX Tokyo is indeed intended for Japanese-speaking audiences, rather than general audiences in Asia. The office in Seoul has organized a local MAX in the past, as have offices in Hong Kong (mostly Mandarin, I think?) and possibly Beijing. I've always been impressed by the teams of realtime translaters in the back of the hall. It's admittedly hard finding a regional ingua franca... going global with English, or focusing on a local audience, are two of the most reasonable options. jd/adobe I don’t know about the page-substitution issue (thanks for alerting them directly!), but I do know that MAX Tokyo is indeed intended for Japanese-speaking audiences, rather than general audiences in Asia.

The office in Seoul has organized a local MAX in the past, as have offices in Hong Kong (mostly Mandarin, I think?) and possibly Beijing. I’ve always been impressed by the teams of realtime translaters in the back of the hall. It’s admittedly hard finding a regional ingua franca… going global with English, or focusing on a local audience, are two of the most reasonable options.

jd/adobe

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