Chuck FreedmanAdobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight should not be compared. Understanding the difference The only thing both have in common is that they are new technologies. Adobe offers AIR to allow their existing customers, RIA developers and designers, to extend their applications from the web to the desktop. Microsoft offers Silverlight, in similar fashion, except it wants to [...]
Archive | February, 2008
Speaking at Boston Flash Platform User Group (BFPUG)
I am very excited to be attending my first BFPUG meeting on February 27th, joining fellow Flash developers from my hometown. I’ll be arriving fresh from 360|Flex in Atlanta to present some very cool Ribbit news, code and sample apps. I’ve already heard from several Boston-based Flash and Flex developers who will be attending. Looking forward [...]
Why AIR?, my 30 second tribute
Here, posted on youtube, is my 30onair video, driving home my enthusiasm for the Adobe Integrated Runtime.
360 Flexlanta!, where Flex calls home
It doesn’t matter what Flex books you have on your shelf (or open and stacked on your desk). It doesn’t matter how many times you visit onflex.org everyday, or how many photos of the Baker-Hamilton building you have on your wall. It doesn’t matter how many bottles of wine you drank, by yourself, to toast the release [...]
360|Flex API Contest – Win a Wii plus admiration and envy of all Flex coders
Contests provide not just cool prizes, but a way to establish (|| re-establish) yourself as a premiere developer in the community. The spotlight on a conference will never be bigger (for Flex developers) than with the upcoming 360|Flex API contest. Winners from the contest will be announced during the conference keynote, have their app shown [...]
Papervision 3D Training with John Grden, recap
I had the honor of attending a Papervision 3D training course held this past weekend in San Francisco and taught by Master John Grden, of the ir5 order, and pv3d council and outer rim member Andy Zupko. Both share an infectious enthusiasm for the break-thru open source 3d framework called Papervsion. Their teaching technique, especially [...]
a response to Aral’s Microhoo? post
In response to Aral’s Microhoo? post… “Needless to say, Flash and Flex developers are watching this closely as Yahoo! has traditionally been very supportive of the Flash Platform. Something that will, no doubt, change if Microsoft buys it.“ — Aral Believe it or not, I think Yahoo! is much less a ‘Flash’ house now than [...]
