Sep 30th, 2008
MAX 2008 Birds of a Feather – LAST CALL!
I am closing down the MAX BOF submission site tomorrow night (Oct 1). If you have a good idea for a BOF, please submit it here ASAP! If you are not sure if your idea is “BOF worthy”, submit it anyways – you never know! For more information on the MAX BOFs, see my earlier [...]
Sep 29th, 2008
Attention Tampa area developers using Flash, Flex and AIR
If you are a software developer living in the Tampa area interested in Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR, please consider joining me at the inaugural Tampa Flash, Flex and AIR Developers Group meeting on Tuesday, October 7th at 7pm. The meeting will be held at the Art Institute of Tampa at 4401 N. Himes Ave [...]
Sep 29th, 2008
Badger – Tool for creating and customizing an AIR install badge
Earlier this month, I wrote about the advantages of using an install badge for your AIR applications. A few days ago, the Adobe AIR Developer Center posted Grant Skinner’s new application called Badger that makes customizing an install badge even easier. Check it out at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/badger_for_air_apps.html Full options:
Sep 28th, 2008
Curious about what’s new in CS4?
I am a regular user of Photoshop and Lightroom, mostly in support of my weekend aerial photography business. CS4 is just around the corner so I’ve started checking out the new features. I found some great videos on Adobe TV detailing CS4: Adobe CS4 Launch Broadcast – tons of demos – 1 hour long Web [...]
Sep 18th, 2008
Fantastic Flex App SlideRocket Public Beta Begins
I have been part of the SlideRocket private beta for several months and have been extremely impressed. Today, SlideRocket has expanded their beta program to the public so if you haven’t tried it, check it out at http://www.sliderocket.com. SlideRocket is a Flex-based site for designing and presenting slide presentations both online and offline (using Adobe [...]
Sep 13th, 2008
100,000 blog hits – what people are reading…
Today, my 10 month old blog received its 100,000th view. I know that there are many bloggers that get this many views every week, but for me, this is a fun milestone considering I only received 10 hits per day during the first month (thanks mom!). My blog now averages between 600 and 1200 hits [...]
Sep 12th, 2008
4 More Flex Videos from 360Flex San Jose 2008 added
I just added 4 additional video links to my previous article titled, “21 Flex Videos from 360Flex San Jose 2008” bringing it to a total of 25 videos. Below are the additions: Advanced State management by Troy Gardner – Cogs is a heirarchical statemachine library for use with AS3.0 projects. Reflective Programming by Eric Ko [...]
Sep 9th, 2008
Jibidee.com Launches – Fantastic UI – Online organizer, mini-documents, list management, etc.
Allen Clary and other friends of mine here in Tampa today launched Jibidee.com at the TechCrunch50 Conference. As you can see in their TechCrunch profile, the site is built using Adobe Flex (which I’ll take partial credit for ) The site has one of the most beautiful UIs you’ll find anywhere. In addition to [...]
Sep 6th, 2008
Flex Magazines!
Two Flex magazines – Flex Authority and Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine. Both offer print and PDF subscriptions. Thanks to Judah Frangipane for discovering these. P.S. How long has it been since you saw a blinking font? Wow. (The Flash and Flex Dev Mag website is like a 1995 flashback – but according to Judah, [...]
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