Phillip Kerman is a teacher, writer, and programmer with a decade of professional experience using Macromedia tools. He's written for Macromedia's DevNet site, the Resource Kits, and the Central documentation. He has three Flash books in print plus a new title coming out for O'Reilly. For proof that he can also program, check out the real-time cattle auction he built using Flash for www.stampedecattle.com that consistently sells millions of dollars of cattle during a single auction.