Me (gangsta style), Chase and Jamie killing Zorg on the Buzz Lightyear ride during our recent trip to Disneyland. Jamie usually scores higher than me, but Chase decided to help me out on this adventure. On the way out of the ride, you can view your photo and email it to yourself, which I think pays dividends in…
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Igniting MAX and the human response
Answering the call from MAX master Ted Patrick, I submitted a topic for the Ignite sessions to be held during the opening night at MAX. And wouldn’t you know it, that topic was chosen. My proposed Ignite session ‘Score with Flex up the middle’ will be one of just 16 topics featured during the opening night of Adobe’s…
Meet the new Blog
Something magical happened last week when, while reviewing my weekly stats I noticed that this blog I write had attracted over 1,000 unique visitors in a single day. What was even more astounding was that those visitors hit over 5,000 pages. Under most circumstances, that kind of news/milestone would motivate one to begin taking their…
Announcing my next move; Yahoo! to Ribbit
Life is a game of chess. You have to make your moves carefully, consciously and without emotion. When you decide to leave a company and team you really care about, the emotion factor just can’t be ignored. After 17 very successful months at Yahoo!, I have decided to leave for an exciting startup company in Mountain…
Yahoo! Maps Mashups SHIPPING and IN STORES
My first book “Yahoo! Maps Mashups” is in stores and starts shipping today. What a thrill it was yesterday to spot my book (actually, my wife saw it first) at the local B&N with 4 fresh copies on the shelf. The book is categorized as “Web Development”, “Flash”, “ActionScript”, “JavaScript” and “Ajax” so it finds itself…
Proudly Announcing GameTripping.com (re-launch)
With a goal of 500 reviews by May 1st, I have re-launched Gametripping.com. Originally launched in June 2004, GameTripping received some early press when I gave a radio interview almost 2 years ago. Recently, I found some time to enhance the old code, and with the power of Flex 2, I was able to really enhance…
Yahoo! Maps Mashups – From the back cover
Less than two weeks to go! Amazon.com has added details from the book’s back cover. I like this becuase it sheds some light on the books voice and direction. In addition to covering, in detail, the maps API methods, I spent some time helping the reader from from Ajax to JS-Flash. Another thing revealed here, and…
Yahoo! Maps Mashups – Official Table of Contents
Wiley, the publisher of my first book Yahoo! Maps Mashups, has released the table of contents. The book is due on February 12 and it’s going to be a very exciting time. With just about a month to go before it’s release, here is the official list of chapters for the book: 1. Your Map,…
Yahoo! Maps featured in Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
I just got a fresh copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 featuring Yahoo! Maps. The popular software uses the Yahoo! Maps Flash API to let users position photos anywhere on the map. I am very proud of this integration, as it proves the quality and stability of the Flash API and map services worthy of…
FITC Hollywood 2006 Recap
There were many highlights to the well-run, well-attended FITC Hollywood 2006 Conference. Apollo, Flex 2 and AS3 were the hot topics, with worthy presentations from Mike Chambers, Chafic Kazoun and Keith Peters, respectively. I was joined by Caleb Haye to present Yahoo! Maps Mashups and Flash at Yahoo!. Some wifi trouble gave us a curveball,…