Chuck FreedmanIn addition to presenting on Day 1, I took some Flip video from in front of, behind and on the stage at Flashforward 2008. The video features some key speakers and characters at the conference, including Keith Peters presenting, Grant Skinner presenting, Beau Amber leading a couch session, a bit of me presenting Ribbit, Phillip [...]
Archive | August, 2008
Time to Flashforward 2008
Wow, this is as excited as I’ve ever been for a conference. After the little ‘pep’ talk at our Speaker dinner, and the clear focus on PASSION, I looked around the room and realized how significant and unique the collection of presenters really was. I’ve retooled my presentation slightly to better reflect the uniqueness of [...]
An ActionScript storm front forming over Bay area
This week is going to be a perfect storm for Flash and Flex developers in the Bay area. We’ve got two conferences converging. 360Flex San Jose officially started today and runs until Wednesday, August 20th. On that same day, Flashforward (under new management) starts in San Francisco and runs through Friday, August 22nd. With all [...]
ActionScript Olympic Race, featuring Math.random
Watching the Olympics, I thought it would be cool to simulate a race with ActionScript. Below is my first version of the ActionScript Olympic Race, where each colored circle has an equal chance at winning. The script features a Math.random() based algorithm that calculates the distance each circle will move as a Timer instance runs. [...]
A case against eBay to sustain the middle man
On a recent flight, I overheard an incredible conversation about how one large vendor not only prevents its dealers from selling on eBay but actually penalizes them for doing so. It got me thinking about the value of the middle man and how it may be preserved. The death of the small town or regional [...]
Today marks my 10th year of Flash
Today, this very day, represents a decade of me working (drawing, animating, tinkering and coding) with Flash. It was on August 8, 1998 that I compiled my first swf with an educational version of Flash 2. I got the software at the BU Bookstore (a.k.a. Barnes & Noble) in Kenmore Square, Boston. Yes, the very [...]
They are on to us; movie quotes on shirts
What used to be not-so-private jokes between movie fans now seems to be public knowledge. I have drawn great humor in the past from blurting out random movie quotes in order to generate laughs from my closest and rather cinema-sophisticated friends. My ability to pull out the most obscure, yet somewhat notable movie quote earned [...]
