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Flash apps for the kitchen on litl

On behalf of litl, I would like to welcome Flash Player to the kitchen. Here, the world’s most ubiquitous interactive media platform, Flash, will deliver fun and informational widgets, applications and experiences to guide all of us to cooking and enjoying a slightly more technically-infused experience. There is a really cool collaboration at play here: [...]

Fun in the snow

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 [...]

Flash Microphone Opened (Victory Post)

Flash Microphone Opened (Victory Post)

We did it! It took less than 9 months for our getMicrophone() campaign to take effect. I’ve summarized all the Adobe MAX related Microphone news at getMicrophone.com. http://www.getmicrophone.com/?p=85 I can’t wait until the betas for AIR 2.0 and Flash Player 10.1 start rolling out. Now, what’s next for getMicrophone? I think it will make a [...]

Visualizing Voice will be streamed today

Those who have yet to see my Visualizing Voice presentation can see it live streamed today. The cool and innovative folks at Influxis are streaming the FITC Unconference live from MAX. http://fitc.influxis.com/ I’m on at 11:30 AM PST (2:30 PM EST), today (Wednesday, Oct 7). Here is the full scheduled: http://www.fitc.ca/events/schedule/?event=100 See you online!

My strategy at MAX

As Flash developers, we’re gifted with an incredible array of fun, educational and inspirational conferences. This week is MAX, the Super Bowl of all Flash events. Why? This is where we learn things about the products that fuel our livelihood. While there are various new features and product previews leaking out throughout the year and [...]

Presenting to a packed house at FOTB

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 Stereo preview with Flash

I’m working on my demo code and presentations for several events this fall. Here is a little preview:

Two Face coin

Flash Multi-Touch will introduce era of 2′face development

The news is official out of the Adobe Industry Analyst Summit that multi-touch Flash has been confirmed. This is going to introduce a new era of Flash development, where coders will be targeting specific hardware capabilities to carry out the full experience of their apps. Assuming there will be a minimal audience of developers coding [...]

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Adobe growth and success signs are everywhere

This past weekend while driving around, I was reminded that you can’t easily escape work. Over a 24 hour period, I encountered the following two Adobe/Flash scenes from behind the wheel – both indication that Adobe and Flash Platform are on the up and up: Apparently, someone has done very well for themselves designing intro [...]

Flex, what have you done to me?

Flex, what have you done to me?

I woke up in Flash Professional today and realized that developing with Flex so much the past few years has finally changed the way I code Flash Platform apps. For better or worse, working with the RIA framework known as Flex has changed my approach, practice and sense of virtual space as I develop applications. [...]