The XD Atlanta site has recently been updated. It has moved from a meeting announcement only page, to a site containing more information and resources on eXperience Design.

There is a lot of new things going to be added over the next few months. One of those is a new user based forum. There are also several new Atlanta Community members that are going to be posting to the site. If you haven't seen it already, go ahead and pop over and check it out.

http://xdatlanta.org/

So after many long days and nights we have finally launched version two of our site. Since we already posted about it on the new blog (news) section of the site, I am just going to direct you there. Enjoy!

http://www.maybeinc.com

InsideRIA.com is a new online community developed by O'Reilly and sponsored by Adobe. The goal is to create an invaluable resource for information on the ever-changing state of design and development of rich Internet applications (RIAs).

If you have upgraded to Apples new OS Leopard (10.5) then you have probably already used QuickLook. It is a cool utility that allows you to view the contents of a file without even opening it.

I wasn't able to make it to SXSW this year, but I did just come acorss Brian Fling's, Director of Strategy at Blue Flavor, presentation. The presentation is more geared towards designing / developing content for the mobile web (using XHTML-MP) but there is a lot of valuable information in there for anyone designing for mobile devices. It is a great read that I strongly suggest.

I mentioned in my last post about some new things I am taking on in 2007. The first of these that I would like to introduce is maybe.for.you. Maybe.for.you is an interactive design agency based out of Atlanta, Ga. Maybe.for.you went official on January 1, 2007, with the primary focus of creating extraordinary user experiences targeted at the web, desktop, and mobile platforms.

DC, just posted to the Y! Flash Lite Group that Macromedia Japan's homepage has been redesigned targeting Flash Lite. I can't read Japanese so don't have a clue what any of it says, and it won't pull up on my phone (probably because I don't have an i-mode compatible device), but viewing it via the browser looks nice. When a company as large as Macromedia redesigns there web site to target flash lite enabled mobile devices you know times are changing.

UPDATE - It looks as if this is only a Flash Lite version of the site, going to http://www.macromedia.com/jp/ still shows the default Macromedia site. Still very cool news!

We just released the MAX '05 Mobile Conference Guide for Flash Lite enabled devices.

I am sure all of you have heard that Opera is giving aware free license's of Opera 8 until Midnight tonight(Pacific Time). If not head on over and grab yourself one, just don't go expecting to find a free version of their mobile browser.

I haven't picked up a Computer Art's Magazine in a few years, but for some reason I decided to grab the newest issue this past weekend. While flipping though I noticed an article title Design for Mobiles. The article covers everything from Themes to WAP Sites but focuses mainly on Flash Lite design/development and how you can begin developing content for mobile devices. While it only skims the surface of what Flash Lite, and other mobile technologies, have to offer it worth picking up quick read.