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Discussing the Ribbit acquisition with Ryan Stewart

July 30, 2008

This video was broadcast live, yesterday, from Ribbit in Mountain View, CA. I really appreciated Ryan coming down for part of the day to discuss the deal first hand and find out the great things in store for the Ribbit and Flash/Flex developer communities. Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV Ryan did a great blog post on…

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With Passion and Energy, you’ll make the time

July 29, 2008

As usual, I was recently inspired by Sir Keith Peters and a post he made entitled ‘Where do I find the time?‘. Keith’s post is in response to a question I have no doubt he gets asked a lot. If you’ve followed Keith’s career, and if you’ve been lucky to work with Keith, as I…

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Sprout: Click to add Twitter, Ribbit, Maps and more!

May 8, 2008

Sprout is a Flex sensation. The web-based drag and drop application lets you add many of your favorite web services into your own, fully customize-able widget. It’s sleek, flashy and full of intuitive controls. I’ve been testing out Sprout, easily building widgets of all different sizes, including a full array of design effects, and, most…

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Celebrating my first year with Ribbit

April 30, 2008

Today marks my one year with Ribbit. Those of you who have white-knuckled your way through a first year with a startup probably know what a gratifying milestone it is. It feels pretty good and special. I’ve enjoyed more support in my current role at Ribbit than any other job I’ve ever had. My ideas…

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Just posted my MAX speaker session

April 1, 2008

Last year I had the honor of speaking at MAX in Chicago for the first time. Having spoken at and attended many conferences, appearing at MAX was easily one of the highlights of my career. This year, especially with MAX 2008 being in my new ‘backyard’ of San Francisco, I hope to lead another exciting…

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Amphibian and the Ribbit Store, where developers will monetize apps

January 28, 2008

  Amphibian and the Ribbit Store were announced today, creating a premium avenue for Ribbit developers to actually distribute and monetize their Flex and AIR applications. More on Amphibian: It’s another banner day for Ribbit as we introduce the world to Amphibian, the consumer side of our web-telephony service. Our execs are down at DEMO this…

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My first two years in Silicon Valley, Part 1: Ymaps and Flex 1.x

December 11, 2007

And now, part 1 of a 4 part blog series on my first 2 years out west…  Yahoo Maps and being stuck at Flex 1.x Yahoo gets almost all the credit for my relocation. They won me over and got me to move 3,000 miles form home. Not many developers get a chance to work on and enhance an application that…

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My first two years in Silicon Valley, Intro

November 30, 2007

This week marks 2 years since I relocated from Boston to the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, also known as Silicon Valley. In that time I have worked for two great companies, appeared at 10 events, met and worked with amazing people, made some great friends and learned a ton about innovation…

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Announcing my next move; Yahoo! to Ribbit

April 19, 2007

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…

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Lecturing at Boston University today, on Flash

April 9, 2007

I graduated Boston University’s College of Communications in 1999 with a B.S. degree in Film and Television. Per the invitation of the college’s alumni association, I will be lecturing 30-50 students, Monday, April 9, 2007 on my success with Flash. The title of my lecture/presentation will be called “Flash, the Ultimate Communications Tool”.  In the…

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