UPDATE:
You can’t make this stuff up. Someone sent me a couple of great graphics supporting my assertion. So please respond with anything that supports the contrary.
Update:
After getting a little splashback from some of my friends and colleagues, I thought that I’d add a little supporting evidence to my assertions.
“Moving” to HTML5 …
Read more →April 11, 2012 Tags: Adobe, Adobe AIR, Adobe Flex, Apache Flex, developers, Flash, Flex, future of Flex, HTML5, Mobile
Category: AIR, Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, Mobile, RIA 4 Comments 
5 Reasons Why My Tweets are Better than Yours
How to Effectively Use Twitter
Writing good tweets is an art form.
Some tweeters use “Shock ‘n Awe” and others use humor (that’s humour for my Canadian friends.)
OT: Should I call them “tweeters” or “twits”?
Never mind, let’s talk about some of …
Read more →April 4, 2012 Tags: advice, how to, social media, tweet, twitter
Category: Best Practise, Social Media No Comments
Let me start with the punch line: Adobe’s announcement only applies to browser-based applications that use domain memory IN COMBINATION WITH hardware accelerated Stage3D in Flash Player
If you don’t know what these features are, this announcement does not effect you.
It’s funny to me how a simple statement gets construed when passed on to even …
Read more →March 29, 2012 Tags: Adobe, announcement, dead, domain memory, Flash Player, game developer, gamer, Stage3D
Category: Flash, Flash Platform 12 Comments
One of my presentations on Flex Localization with BabelFx was recorded at 360|Flex in 2011. Zaa.tv recorded a bunch of the sessions at this event and they have recently posted the videos for free.
So if you missed 360|Flex, you will find several of the presentation (including mine) very helpful in your quest for mastering …
January 12, 2012 Tags: apache, BabelFx, Flex, i18n, l10n, localization
Category: 360|Flex, Best Practise, Events, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA No Comments
I often get asked, “How did you get to where you are?” To which I respond, “Mediocrity?”
The real answer… public speaking, community involvement, not sucking at what I do and genuinely enjoying my work.
Now, I can’t help you with all these topics. But I can give you some advice on getting start with …
Read more →November 16, 2011 Category: Best Practise, Events No Comments
For years the Adobe Flex SDK has been “open source.” And it was, kinda. But they had never opened it up to the community to help work on the project. Then last 360 Flex 2011 in Denver, Adobe announced that they’d support the Spoon project which would essentially spoon feed updates and additions to the …
Read more →November 16, 2011 Category: Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 1 Comment
First of all, the sky is not falling. Flash is not dead.
But with a poorly handled announcement by Adobe regarding the Flash Player plug-in for “mobile browsers” it really caused quite a stir. Unfortunately, the intent of the communication was not clear enough for most people. Including most of us in the community. …
Read more →November 12, 2011 Category: Flash, Flash Platform, Mobile No Comments
Adobe gives away free copies of the new Flash Builder 4 Standard edition to students, teachers, and unemployed developers. To apply for your free copy, visit http://bit.ly/FreeFlashBuilder…
Read more →June 8, 2010 Category: Flash Builder, Flex 1 Comment
Flash Player is open and SWF is documented
The core of Flash Player is the Tamarin Virtual Machine, which is an open source project under Mozilla. While the SWF file format is not fully open, it is documented by the community on osflash.org. Additionally, there are numerous open source products that read and …
Read more →May 10, 2010 Tags: HTML5, osflash.org, Silverlight, SWF, Tamarin
Category: Best Practise, Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, RIA 12 Comments
If you need an easy and affordable way to secure your application against license sharing and ‘keygen cracks’, Zarqon just may be the answer you’ve been looking for.
A good friend of mine, Cliff Hall, is most known for the PureMVC framework which was inspired by his his lack of love for the Cairngorm framework. …
Read more →March 24, 2010 Tags: Adobe, AIR, Cliff Hall, Flex, Licensing, PureMVC, RIA, Zarqon
Category: AIR, Best Practise, Flash Platform, Flex, PureMVC 2 Comments
