Archive | November, 2008
Flash Platform contest to award $100K to developers

Flash Platform contest to award $100K to developers

Ribbit has filled a treasure chest full of $100,000 to reward the winners and participants of it’s Killer App Challenge. The contest is mostly tailored towards the Flash Platform community and we expect to see many quality entries building Ribbit into Flash, Flex and AIR apps. The details are simple. You’ve got 5 categories and [...]

Watch me live on pop17

[re-posting due to blog issues] I was on, live at 3:00 PM PST with Sarah Austin from pop17 (http://www.mogulus.com/pop17) talking about Ribbit, Flash and Flex. I join the broadcast about 18:00 into it. It was lots of fun, and she was super nice to talk with on camera.

Adobe changing the Flex name, now Flash Platform

[re-posting due to blog issues] I love it when Techcrunch delves into our little world and writes about things Flash-related. On the eve of Adobe MAX 2008, they have broken a story which is pretty interesting (and not in any way surprising). Adobe is no longer going to use the name “Flex” and now all [...]

Best Movie Presidents

Best Movie Presidents

In honor of Election Day, here are my top 5 favorite movie presidential portrayals: 1.The American President I love Michael Douglas’ turn as President Andrew Shepherd. A very like-able leader forced into a character debate over his relationship with a lobbyist. The movie marks a reunion of Douglas with Martin Sheen, who would become a [...]