I've never been a big fan of Flash.  Even before the term Semantic Web was a buzz word, I would point out that Flash sites were unsearchable and lacked unique URLs to deep link to specific content.  I found myself giving people instructions like, "go to this URL, click the products tab, wait for the icon to stop spinning, scroll down until you see product x, click on that, now click on the spec tab".   When Travis was getting her MA in Interactive Multimedia from SIU, she was taught a very Flash centric approach to multimedia production.  She would defend building Flash sites by saying the HTML was too limiting.  It didn't allow her enough control over her designs.  10 years later, I find myself having the same Flash vs. Semantic Web discussion in the weeks leading up to the launch of the OurTahoe.org.

While Chad pointed out some interesting Flash objects that enable deep linking, a recent Pew Study about Tagging and this video posted by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University have reinforced my belief that if students studying interactive technology are taught anything in a masters level program, they need to understand that why the Web2.0 approach to web design adds value to information in a way that Flash and image splice web design don't.  How things work is actually more important than how they look.