Well, it's that time again - seems like only a few months ago Adam and I were out in Anaheim at last year's MAX. Was a great experience - learned a bunch and hung out with some awesome people. Sounds like ...Read More
Since I brought it up the other day, thought I would quell any remaining concerns... Move along, nothing to see here... Read More
After a quick jaunt around the new Flash 8 Documentation, I came across the DepthManager class. Don't do a lot of component development right now, or maybe I've just been living under a rock, but this seems like a great tool ...Read More
Was reading through the myriad of Macromedia Technotes released today and came across this one: Macromedia - Flash TechNote : Encoding 16:9 aspect ration source material resizes to 4:3 ratio Haven't tested it yet, but how boring would it be if ...Read More
Perhaps very pie-in-the-sky, but I got to thinking about all the rich media devices that are now all around us in the car - mp3 players, dvd players, game systems in others... In a perfect world, all of these would ...Read More
Ericd mentioned earllier today efforts to simplify complicated conditional statements... This got me thinking about something I do pretty regularly that tends to be handy and maybe someone else could take advantage of it. Imagine you have a series of things ...Read More
So, what's the big deal with tags anyway? With services like deli.ci.ous and flickr generating a lot of buzz around the concept of tagging, I thought I would put in my two cents... Tags are forms of metadata, or data that ...Read More
This great 3-part series by Mikko Kontio, Technology Manager at Softera, is an indtroduction to designing successful software architectures. Part 1: On the importance of process Process, Functional Design, Use Cases, Quality Attributes, and Choosing Architecture. Part 2: On the role of architect Preplanning, ...Read More
Ever wondered what the Hello Kitty's skeleton would look like? Or perhaps one of the Powerpuff Girls? Michael Paulus has used medical illustration technique to give insight into the skeletal structure of these and more well-known cartoon characters. Creative and ...Read More
