Chuck Freedman
After the win, we called our 80+ year old grandfather back in Boston (Revere). After saying hello, he replied… “We’ve got a problem… Chase (my son, his great grandson) only had to wait 8 months… I had to wait 80 years!”. The Sox are once again World Series Champions and, after sweeping the Colorado Rockies, [...]
Archive | October, 2007
Big Birthday, Big Present, courtesy of Big Papi and The Red Sox!
**** UPDATE **** Game 1: Boston 13, Colorado 1 Game 2: Boston 2, Colorado 1 Game 3: Boston 10, Colorado 5 Game 3 got a little close there, but the Sox rookies took care of it. The Red Sox now just need one more win to take home their 2nd championship in four years. **** END [...]
Ribbit Shout is voice-to-text to email, for Flex and AIR
I just announced the Beta1.1 release of Ribbit Developer Component and we’ve added a huge new feature. Ribbit Shout services in the Flex/AIR component let you create, record and send a voice message to ANY email address. The recipient of the message receives the voice message attached as an mp3, along with an optional voice-to-text [...]
Can Flash become the best defense to a Visually Impaired Website Access Law?
Techcrunch reported today on a potential ruling in the state of California that all web sites need to be accessible to the visually impaired. The article singles out AJAX sites (and other script-based sites) as potentially coming up very short of standards that may come from such a ruling. Flash-based sites and apps could be [...]
Apple and NBC no longer dating, but clearly still friends
It wasn’t too long ago when NBC announced they would no longer be selling their content through Apple’s iTunes. I’m not an iTunes (or Apple) customer yet, but I am still so fascinated by the company, their technology and the loyal grip they have on their customers. I also am a big fan of NBC [...]
The Red Sox TV
I discovered this today while helping a co-worker decide on a new TV. Hannspree’s MLB Redsox Sandlot 15″ LCD Television Perfect for your home office, cubical, kitchen, man room or bathroom (one in the same, for some). Matching Designer Remote Control, 4-in-1 connection, Headphone Jack and Stereo Speakers. Apparently, Yankees TV production came up short and [...]
MAX and the baseball post-season curse
I know what you’re gonna say: ”Leave it to Chuck to find some correlation between baseball and Flash”, but check this out… Each time MAX is held in baseball city, that team gets eliminated early in the post-season. Two years ago, MAX was in Anaheim. The Angels lost to the Chicago White Sox during MAX in the [...]
The Ribbit Developer Platform is now open to all developers
I am happy to let you know that as of this week, the Ribbit voice component for Flex and AIR has gone public beta and the developer platform is now open for all developers to join. Join Now & Download the Component: To join, go to: http://developer.ribbitphone.com/signUp.php You will be approved and able to code [...]
MAX 2007, so far sooooooooo good
Highlights for me so far after Day 1 of Adobe MAX 2007 have been: good food at the Speaker Dinner, the welcome night Ignite sessions, Kevin Lynch’s Microsoft jokes during the keynote, getting a free massage at the community pavilion, seeing many friends (and myslef) in the pre-keynote montage, being able to find the room my [...]
