Archive | March, 2009
getMicrophone() and the OPEN MIC initiative

getMicrophone() and the OPEN MIC initiative

   It was a sunny winter day in Mountain View, CA. The season actually felt like early autumn to my New England-conditioned senses. Lee Brimelow showed up at the Ribbit offices, via an open invitation lingering almost 8 months, to do a video interview with us on Ribbit’s API for Flash and Flex. Lee ran [...]

Brighton Calling, finally speaking at Flash on the Beach

Brighton Calling, finally speaking at Flash on the Beach

Yes! I got an email from John Davey with an attached personalized badge (see right sidebar) inviting/confirming me as a speaker for this September’s Flash on the Beach. Friends who have gone and attended tell me this is a can’t miss event! Visit the Flash on the Beach 2009 site and you’ll see most of [...]

Going under Flash and Flex, Ribbit to release RESTful API

Going under Flash and Flex, Ribbit to release RESTful API

Internally, much of the company has been chanting “we are going beyond Flash and Flex”, but I don’t think the word ‘beyond’ is right to say. Maybe ‘to the side’. Definitely not ‘over’. Probably not ‘in a tangent’. However I can get myself to say it, Ribbit is about to offer the global developer community [...]