We’re wrapping up the first week of our bus tour and we’ve had three events with great turnout. In Seattle, our only full day session so far, we had some great sessions and saw some great AIR applications. One of the big takeaways that we’ve gotten is that the Ajax community is very interested in AIR. The polling we’ve done indicates that about half of the attendees come from an HTML/JavaScript background. Web developers seem very keen on being able to write for the desktop for a variety of reasons.

We’ve also gotten a taste of what makes a good venue for something like this. So far we’ve done it in places that have a very low key feel to them and I think that has resulted in a good vibe at the tour events. With the exception of Vancouver, where the record breaking heat made it a bit uncomfortable for people, the venues have been excellent. Of course it helps that all of our venues have plenty of free beer to serve, but what’s a tech event without free beer?

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