David Tucker - Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Rich Internet Application Developers

David Tucker is a software engineer with Universal Mind (http://www.universalmind.com) and is located in Savannah, Georgia. Davids current focus is developing the next generation of rich Internet applications with Adobe AIR, Flex, and Flash. David is the author of the AIR for Flash Developers video training series (Lynda.com, 2008). David has worked on a variety of development platforms including ColdFusion and PHP. When David does not have a computer in front of him, he is probably playing guitar. David writes regularly at http://www.insideria.com, and his blog can be found at http://www.davidtucker.net.

Marco Casario is the founder and CTO of Comtaste (http://www.comtaste.com), a company dedicated to exploring new frontiers in rich Internet applications in the enterprise field. Hes an Adobe Community Expert, an Adobe Master Instructor for Flex, and a professional speaker at international conferences like Adobe MAX, Flash on the Beach, 360Flex, FITC, AJAXWorld, and Web 2.0 Expo. Marco is the author of Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 3 Developers (friends of ED, 2007) and The Essential Guide to AIR with Flash (friends of ED, 2008), as well as a coauthor of Advanced AIR Applications (friends of ED, 2009). He runs his well-known personal blog at http://casario.blogs.com.

Koen De Weggheleire is a faculty member of the Technical University of West- Flanders (HOWEST) where he teaches Flash Platform solutions (Flash, Flex, and AIR) with a smile. As the Adobe User Group manager for Belgium (http://www.adobeusergroup.be) and Adobe Community Expert for Flash, Koen is heavily addicted to the community; he inspires the community by his blog at http://www.newmovieclip.com and by speaking at several events (Adobe MAX, FITC, 360 Flex, Flashbelt, Flash in the Can, and Flash on the Beach). Koen also is a coauthor of Foundation Flex for Developers (friends of ED, 2007). When there is still some time left, you can find Koen at his company, Happy-Banana, together with Wouter Verweirder doing Flash Platform consultancy on advanced, award-winning rich Internet applications. When Koen is not talking ActionScript, you can find him producing music, collecting goodies, eating pizza , or renovating his 100-year-old house.

Rich Tretola currently is the rich applications technical lead at Herff Jones. An award-winning Flex developer, he is the lead author of Professional Flex 2 (Wrox, 2007) and the sole author of Beginning AIR (Wrox, 2008). Rich has been building Internet applications for more than 10 years and has worked with Flex since the original Royale beta version of Flex in 2003. Other than Flex, Rich builds applications using ColdFusion, Flash, and Java. Rich is highly regarded within the Flex community as an expert in RIA and is also an Adobe Community Expert. He runs a popular Flex and AIR blog at http://everythingflex.com, is the community manager of http://insideria.com, and was also a speaker at the Adobe MAX 2007 conference in Chicago. Rich will be speaking at MAX 2008 in San Francisco. For a nontechnical escape, Rich is also a co-owner of a company that manufactures chocolate bars located on Maui named WowWee Maui.

Ikezi Kamanu is a senior technical consultant at Adobe Systems and longtime RIA enthusiast, with more than 10 years of experience with Adobe technologies. His career in software and multimedia development has been centered on rich, innovative user experiences and overall cool factor. An aspiring efficiency architect, Ikezi can be seen near his New York home studying checkout counter queues, taxi patterns, or favorable flight routes for his next great escape. His website is http://www.efficiencyarchitect.com.

Aaron Brownlee is a senior technical consultant for Adobe Systems and makes his home in Oakland, California. He started doing web development in 1997, spent a decade orienting objects using Java, and currently dazzles the clients of Adobe Consulting using Flex and AIR. When not causing his MacBook to overheat, he enjoys family, bicycles, and motorcycles. His blog can be found at http://blogs.adobe.com/viab.