 | 13 May 12:37 Really edge case here, but hey, it’s something. Background In creating a Vidego API (video content management API) example in Flash CS3, I ran into problems making an AS3 version from the AS2 version. Flash CS3 doesn’t haven an Accordion component, so I went about using a List instead. My problem with the List in [... 8 Apr 14:30 Via Bobby from the Flash Mobile Group. Sounds more like management transition & shuffling if you read the press release. …the Mobile and Devices Business Unit will be folded under Adobe’s Experience and Technology group. This group is under Kevin Lynch, so I’m sure it’ll be successful. That’s not why I care, though. What [... 29 Mar 11:32 …and end the drawNow madness. I knew something was SERIOUSLY wrong when I read in the official docs (Part 3) from Adobe that if your code doesn’t work correctly, try using “drawNow”, and failing that, “validateNow”. What do you mean “try”? What… the… hell… I was further curious when I dug in the source code. [... 18 Mar 11:46 If you are in a hurry, here are some links with excerpts about the section. Contents Introduction - What and Why MIX? Conference Grounds - Where was MIX and how did it go down DoubleClick - Syndication ready Silverlight Have we seen this before? - “Dude, Flash did that years ago.” Silverlight Adaptive Streaming - Curious about how the buffering works. Silverlight [... 18 Feb 14:22 I’m speaking at 360Flex next week, Feburary 25th at 4:00 pm. My topic is officially called “Big and Famous: How to Succeed as an Independent Developer”. My topic will cover: Why and how to become an independent developer Why and how to make money Why and how to build your personal brand Why and how to use [... 18 Feb 12:45 I am a bottleneck at work. It’s made worse by the fact that 30% of my day is spent coding. The rest is working with co-workers on implementation details for projects and working project managers on time estimations & resource allocations. So, even the 30% of my day that I do get [... 13 Feb 18:10 Peter Elst had a good post updating us on the ecosystem of Flash on Mobile. His point about Flash Lite 3 vs. Tamarin-Tracing got me thinking. As an American, I’m uber-confused on which VM to hedge my bets on. Do I continue writing components for Flash Lite in AS2 awaiting the day when I’ll actually [... 13 Feb 15:52 Uploaded my source code for the FlightAware app shown in my last entry - source | ZIP. I’ve only done a little documentation; aka, on the header of each class. Keep in mind I wrote this in 20 blazing fast hours with no sleep, so ignore quality & practices. The only thing [... 8 Jun 10:49 The benefit with using international standards when creating software is that you can blame to stupid design decisions on "an international team of brilliant computer scientists". That way, if someone tries to body-check you on the pathetic implementation, you can defer to aforementioned governing body. That way, you're calling an international standards body a bunch of crackheads, thus making you look like a crackhead. 1 Jun 14:08 Have a plane to catch, so figured if I blog when I have no time, I'd be brief for once in my life. Ready? Go. Currently in Cali, awaiting for my flight to board back hom to ATL. Cali is 20 degrees colder than ATL; lame. 72 F (22 C) back to 91 F (32 C) will be a welcome change. I was here on-site with a client doing some consulting for my current contracting client. Confused yet? Don't be, it's fun. Figured I'd document the Flex lessons I learned while in the trenches the past 2 weeks. | | |