Adobe's Chief Software Architect Kevin Lynch is slated to speak at eBay's upcoming Developers Conference in Boston in June. Folks from the eBay Developers Program have been working with Adobe on an unofficial project and recently debuted San Dimas, the code name for an eBay Desktop application built on Adobe Apollo.

"Rich Interaction Application" is the latest buzzword among geeks, and eBay's San Dimas utilizes Adobe's Apollo technology to place the eBay buying experience on the desktop. Rob Abbott describes some of the thinking behind the project on his blog (http://www.robabbott.com/2007/03/19/ebay-san-dimas-and-adobe-apollo), and Adobe's press release announcing the first public alpha version of Apollo is available here.

Abbott says the project has received funding at eBay: "I will be writing about this application and the design effort quite a bit so check back for weekly updates on our unofficial eBay project."

Adam Trachtenberg blogged an update about the Developers Conference on Friday, noting "distinguished" speakers include eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, and the elusive John Donahoe, President of eBay Marketplaces.

http://ebaydeveloper.typepad.com/dev/2007/04/latest_updates_.html