Hi, I'm Rich Tretola. You may know me from my personal blog at EverythingFlex.com or have seen me speak on the conference tour.

I am fortunate enough to have been given an incredible opportunity by O'Reilly to lead the vision of InsideRIA.com. Over the past few months I have worked with O'Reilly and Adobe to put together a team of rock stars in the Rich Internet Application world.

This is the Design category and will include contributions by our Design expert, our Lead Expert, and myself. It is even possible that some of our Developer Experts make an occasional post to this category. It will focus on design techniques for building RIA applications with the user experience in mind. With the current suite of tools being offered by Adobe, Microsoft, etc., it is becoming very easy to create a RIA but building one that is user friendly and offers a great experience is where the real impact of RIA can be felt. This category will also be offering full length feature articles, screencasts, and eventually podcasts as well.

I encourage you to visit the "Meet the Experts" page within InsideRIA to see the credentials of our experts and build a relationship with them by offering feedback on what content you would like to see and where you would like InsideRIA heading in the future.

Want to contact me directly? Please contact me at rtretola@oreilly.com.