Adobe Community Experts

MIriam Dholkawala

Mumbai, India

Biography

Mariam Dholkawala is a Flash content developer who has been evangelizing Flash as a mass mobile entertainment consumption platform for almost 3 years.

She caters to developing Flash based content on various platforms; the primary focus being mobile phones. Mariam is also the Manager of IndiMaD—The Indian Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group. With more than six years' experience working with Flash and other Macromedia products such as Director and Fireworks, she has been the project lead on numerous games and applications, including the award winning Cryptic Capers and Acorn Mafia on the Flash Lite platform.

When not working on Flash games, Mariam likes traveling to new countries and learning about new cultures and languages.

Credits

Web Sites & Blogs

• IndiMaD – The Indian Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group
  Mariam Dholkawala’s Blog
  Featured in the Adobe’s Macromedia Flash 10th Anniversary article in 2006

Speaking Engagements

Adobe MAX 2006, Las Vegas
Macromedia MAX 2005, Seoul Korea
Adobe Flash Lite Online Webinar, 2006
BAMaDUG online seminar, 2006

Articles
Porting J2ME games to Flash Lite on Adobe.com
Persistent Data for Flash Lite 2.0 Games on Adobe.com
Best Practices for Mobile Game Development – Cryptic Capers on Adobe.com
Best Practices for Mobile Game Development on gotoAndPlay.it
Flash Lite 2.0 Game Development – Ball Toss on Rome Adobe MaD User Group

Discussion groups

Adobe Forums
Forum Nickname - marsdh
Adobe Mobile and Devices Forum

Other Forums

Forum Nickname - marsdh
Nokia Developer Discussion Boards
Forum Nickname - mariamdh
Flash Kit Community Forums – Flash for Mobiles and Devices

Mailing Lists
IndiMaD User Group
Boston MaD User Group
Flash Lite Yahoo Group