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AIR. He has written and spoken extensively on Flash and
rich Internet application development and is coauthor of
Adobe Apollo for Flex Developers Pocket Guide, Flash
Enabled: Flash Design and Development for Devices, and
Generator and Flash Demystified.
Mike received his Masters in International Economics and
European Studies from the John Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 1998.
When he is not programming, Mike can be found playing
Halo, trying to recover from his World of Warcraft addic-
tion, or hanging out with his two daughters, Isabel and
Aubrey and wife Cathy.
Mike maintains a weblog athttp://www.mikechambers.com/
blog/.
Daniel Dura
Currently based in San Francisco, California, Daniel Dura is
a Platform Evangelist at Adobe focusing on Apollo and Flash.
Before joining Macromedia (which merged with Adobe in
2005), Daniel and his brother Josh founded Dura Media
LLC, a rich Internet application development company based
in Dallas, Texas. While at Adobe, he was a member of the
Central and Flex teams, as well as a Product Manager for
Developer Relations.
Daniel has given presentations on Flash, Apollo, and Flex all
over the world at user group meetings, conferences, and
pretty much anywhere someone is willing to listen. Outside
of his day job, he enjoys general aviation and is well on his
way to earning his private pilot license.
Kevin Hoyt
Kevin Hoyt is a Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc.
who likes moving, breaking, blurring and jumping over the
lines of conventional technology. He seeks out every