Archive | November, 2006

Finally Xbox 360 time

The timing couldn’t better. Having just completed my first book (Yahoo! Maps Mashups) due on shelves February 12, Amazon decided to offer up 1,000 Xbox 360′s at the bargain price of $100 clams. And wouldn’t you know it, I was able to snag one. I haven’t been completely abstinent from the pleasures of console gaming. [...]

FITC Hollywood 2006 Recap

FITC Hollywood 2006 Recap

There were many highlights to the well-run, well-attended FITC Hollywood 2006 Conference. Apollo, Flex 2 and AS3 were the hot topics, with worthy presentations from Mike Chambers, Chafic Kazoun and Keith Peters, respectively.  I was joined by Caleb Haye to present Yahoo! Maps Mashups and Flash at Yahoo!. Some wifi trouble gave us a curveball, [...]