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Jonathan Snook

Biography

Jonathan Snook has been involved in the web since '95, and is lucky to be able to call his hobby a career. He worked in wb agencies for over six years and has worked with high profile clients in government, the private sector, and non-profit organizations. Jonathan Snook currently runs his own web development business from Ottawa, Canada and continues to write about what he loves on his blog at Snook.ca.

Blog

Adobe AIR, Webkit and XML

April 12 2008

Normally, when working client-side within a web application and there's a need for data exchange, it feels very natural to use JSON as a data exchange format. It's easy to take a string from the server, convert it into a JavaScript object and then access what we need out of… read more

On-demand Seminars from Adobe

April 01 2008

Sometimes it can be difficult to find quality resources to learn about all the functionality you need to know to build your rich internet application. Luckily, Adobe puts a great deal of effort into providing plenty of learning material for the community. read more

Misconceptions about AIR

February 05 2008

Every fledgling technology has misconceptions about it until people get more exposure to it, have used it, have developed with it, and understand the intent and limitations of that technology. AIR is no exception. Robert O'Callahan made a couple remarks concerning AIR, highlighting these misconceptions such as sandboxing applications and… read more

Learn about Adobe AIR and Silverlight

January 28 2008

At Web Directions North this week, taking place in the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada, InsideRIA's very own Andre Charland will be presenting a session on Adobe AIR. Walter Smith will also be taking part in this session to talk about Microsoft Silverlight. read more