Alan Lewis, eBay Desktop PM

Alan is the product manager for eBay Desktop. Besides creating that product, during his 4 years at eBay Alan has worked on the eBay Mobile for iPhone and eBay Toolbar for Firefox projects. He also has been a technical evangelist for eBay's web services.

Before joining eBay he worked for a number of years as a technical writer and product manager at Blaze Software, where he helped build the market leading enterprise business rules management product. Alan has a BA in philosophy from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Presentation: "Lessons Learned Leveraging Adobe AIR with eBay Desktop"

Track: RIA in the real world: The Evolution of the Client

Time: Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00

Location: Cornell

Abstract:

A new generation of desktop application technology is upon us, but it isn't just the technology that is new.

Alan Lewis presents lessons learned from the creation of eBay Desktop, one of the first large applications built using Adobe AIR.

Topic covered include the design process, how to get feedback from users, how to get internal support for projects that use new technology, and how to get the most out of what the Adobe AIR offers.