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Archive for July, 2008
Speaking at MAX 2008

Join me at MAX 2008, the annual Adobe event, to connect with thousands of Adobe users, experts, and staff for four days of education and inspiration. Learn cutting-edge skills, explore emerging technologies, build valuable relationships, and ignite bold new ideas. This year’s program features a diverse schedule of sessions and labs, unique networking and social [...]

Finally! A great article on the issues with AS 3.0

  So the guru Colin Moock published an interesting article about nine problems he sees with ActionScript 3.0 and Flash Player 9. Most of the charges he makes are specific to the Flash CS3 authoring environment, and the general theme is that ActionScript 3.0 and its implementation in Flash CS3 makes the development process more [...]

Google Trends Rocks

  This might be news to everyone else but Google Trends rocks! Compare any two (or more) things to see how they’re faring with the public (search numbers).  Compare Flash to Silverlight and you’ll see how all is well in the land of Adobe. http://www.google.com/trends  

Websites Created

I’ve been really meaning to do a post on each one of these websites I’ve created over the past couple years but paying work keeps getting in the way.  So here they are. A snapshot Yes, I made all the Flash on this site.  Great use of Flash video: http://www.tgel.com Other sites: http://www.womf.org http://www.pemko.com http://www.samsonlive.com [...]

Adapting to New Technology

“Most people use about 35% of the capacity of any one technology,” says Michelle Weil, a psychologist and product-design consultant, “and then they stop.”  I feel like everyone to a degree feels the pressure to learn new technology. I admire the people that don’t actually.  But if you work in the technical industry, as a [...]