Chuck FreedmanIn addition to making a few random donations for Haiti relief, I wanted to contribute to the HaitiNeeds.us effort led by Jesse Freeman. Partially inspired by something Ted Patrick did several years ago, I decided to take a bunch of conference schwag items and post them on eBay. 100% of the proceeds go to charity [...]
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Lots of personal and technical wins in 2009
It’s Sunday morning, January 3, and I’m on a natural sugar high after drinking a cup of Cran-Peach juice from Massachusetts-based Ocean Spray. I wanted to be in the most positive frame of mind (not easy when my Celtics lose 3 in-a-row to end the year / but easier when you wake up to relaxing [...]
RIA Beard Off Charity event Update
UPDATE: 49 donations and with $3100 in total donations, we’ve blown way past our goal! [as of 12/3, 2:20 PM EST] Congrats to all and thanks for your tremendous heart and support. The Beard Off Leaderboard [updated avatars only] Thank you for your support! Several members of the RIA/Flash community have rallied [...]
Joining litl
I have left Ribbit to evangelize Channel content and application development on the litl device. This is the 2nd post in a two part story, of where I was and where I am going. Where I am going… The love for consumer electronics is in my blood. I was raised as a gadget nutball. My [...]
Leaving Ribbit
I have left Ribbit to evangelize channel content and application development on the litl device. In a two part blog post, I would like to share with you the story of where I was and where I am going. [*] Where I was… 30 months ago, in April 2007, I walked into the door at [...]
A ‘Catalina Wine Mixer’ of a week ahead
Just a quick post to say that I have a pretty significant week ahead of me. I’m flying out to the Bay Area to check in at Ribbit HQ in Mountain View. After a few quick days of coordinating and catching up with the team, we are all conducting our flagship developer event: Ribbit Developer [...]
Moon Writing
I was watching a movie late last night when a sharp light caught my eye out of the living room skylight window. I looked up and noticed the moon was glowing bright, hiding deep behind the bare autumn branches of a tree. I took a closer look and, with a head clear of stress and [...]
(Video) Stereo Microphone in Flash and AIR
I recently posted this HD recording of me demoing the Stereo Microphone portion of my Visualizing Voice presentation. The video features the C# and AIR applications using Merapi I built to pass stereo channel data to control various Flash UI elements by speaking into a USB stereo microphone. I had the pleasure of giving this [...]
Presenting to a packed house at FOTB
I’ve heard rumors that over a hundred were turned away from my session today at FOTB. I’m happy to say that my debut presentation at Flash on the Beach was super fun and very successful. The stereo microphone demonstrations were flawless. All in all, the questions and audience participation were the best I’ve ever experienced. [...]
Visualizing Voice 2009 World Tour
After a timely break thru last night, I can comfortably say that my upcoming Visualizing Voice presentation is going to be my most exciting and ambitious yet. In addition to showcasing some very cool Flash microphone interaction, I’ll be demo-ing an unbelievable example of getting stereo microphone in Flash Player. This is something I’ve been [...]
