Adobe Community Experts

Robert M. Hall

Philadelphia, PA

Biography

Robert pushes the Flash Platform in unique directions. Over the past 8 years working with Flash his award winning projects have spanned the gamut from integrating Flash into next generation ATM machines, self-service coin-counters, radar body scanners, robotic kits, specialty kiosks and secure banking applications.

Robert is currently an independent contractor through his company Feasible Impossibilities. He focuses on utilizing and integrating Flash with a variety of electronics and peripherals to create unique interactive exhibits and kiosks for experiential destinations, such as museums, interpretive centers and other venues. His focus on the Flash Platform also finds him exploring human-computer interaction on mobile devices such as Pocket PC's, Flash Lite capable handsets as well as other Flash Enabled consumer devices.

Robert has contributed to six books on Flash design and development over the past few years, and several articles for online publications including Adobe’s DevNet. He has been a presenter at FlashForward in NY in 2001 and 2004, Macromedia MAX 2005 and Make:Philly 2006. Robert also presents and speaks regularly about Flash in his role as the manager of the Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group.

Credits

Web Sites

• http://www.impossibilities.com/ - Robert's personal site
  http://www.pfpaug.org/ - Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group

• Articles

  • Macromedia DevNet – Connecting Macromedia Flash and PHP
    Philly Creative Guide - Guest Columnist - A Personal Experience with Philly-Based User Groups

    Books

  Flash MX Magic – Contributing author
  Flash Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices – Contributing Author
  Flash MX Bible – Contributing Author
  Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 for Server Geeks – Proposal Review
  Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript 2.0 Dictionary – Technical Editor
  Macromedia flash MX 2004 Killer Tips – Technical Editor

Speaking Engagements

Adobe MAX 2006 – MAXUP Community Track – Make Your Own Robots With FlashMacromedia MAX 2005 – Oct 2005 - Flash On Every Screen
Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group – March 2005 - Introduction to Flash Lite 1.1 & Introduction to MakingThings Teleo
FlashForward 2004 New York – July 2004 – Ask the Experts Session: Interfacing Flash with the Real World
Art Institue of Philadelphia Multimedia Day – June 2003 – Exploring Your Skills in the Multimedia Industry
Philadelphia Flash MMUG – August 2002 - Flash MX Communications Server - Remote Collaboration Demonstration
FlashForward 2001 New York – July 2001 – Dynamic Text-to-speech with Macromedia Generator

Awards

Macromedia Site of the Day March 28, 2006 for www.marcolina.com (Flash/ActionScript Development)
FlashForward 2004 Film Festival Nominee
FlashForward 2001 Film Festival Award Winner – eCommerce Category
Compete list of Awards and Recognition at http://www.impossibilities.com/publications.php

Forums

• Flash General Discussion

  Flash Player

  Flash Handhelds

  Flash Lite 2 Development

  Flash Lite: BREW

  Flash Lite: Nokia

  Flash Lite: Samsung

  OSFlash – Mailing List – www.osflash.org