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5 Lessons Every Web Developer Should Learn
August 21 2008
Back in July, the d'bug blog posted a great article up about 5 lessons every web developer should learn. Good wisdom for those of us (read: most of us) who are predisposed to let our egos run wild. read moreAugust 19 2008
Day 1 of 360Flex has come and gone. Here are some of the highlights from the sessions I was able to attend. read moreAugust 18 2008
As of yesterday, 360Flex is on! Yesterday was a preliminary day of training classes and "how-to" sessions. Conference organizer John Wilker told me this year's preliminary day was the widest attended ever, with over 200 of the 400 attendees coming in early to learn a little Flex. The Flex 101… read moreDavid Heinemeier Hansson talks Simplicity, Process with UIRC
August 11 2008
I was fortunate to be part of an interview with David Heinemeier Hansonn, or DHH, co-founder of 37Signals and inventor of the popular Ruby on Rails framework. The interview happened a few weeks ago for the User Interface Resource Center and covered a variety of topics - everything from simplicity… read moreWin MAX tickets, Macbook AIR, and more in Scalenine "Skin to Win" challenge
August 10 2008
Adobe, EffectiveUI and Scalenine are teaming up to sponsor the "Skin to Win" challenge. Designers and Developers are challenged to create their best themes for Adobe Flex with tickets to Adobe MAX, a Macbook AIR, Adobe software and "other great prizes" on the line. Whether you're an experienced designer or… read more5 Million People watch CS3 tutorials online
July 28 2008
If you bought CS3, you might recall an extra CD of online video tutorials presented in an application called the Adobe Video Workshop. The application was built in Flex with all of the content graciously provided by the good folks at Lynda.com. Adobe reports now through the User Interface Resource… read moreNew to AS3? Grant Skinner wants to help.
July 24 2008
Lee Brimelow posted that Grant Skinner has posted a slide deck from a recent talk he gave on migrating from AS2 to AS3. Whether you're an old AS2 or flash developer or just new to the language, the slide deck is a great start for understanding the basics of AS3… read moreeBay desktop hits 1 million users
July 20 2008
Late this week it was announced that eBay desktop reached 1 million downloads. Mike Potter from Adobe wrote a great summary of the achievement and it's significanceon his blog. Ryan Stewart also has a great post up, including an interivew with Alan Lewis, the application's project manager from eBay. read moreInside Iron Man: an interview with visualization supervisor, Kent Seki
July 14 2008
I was privileged to be a part of an interview with Kent Seki last week. Kent was the visualization and HUD effects supervisor for Iron Man, and our conversation with him was one of the most interesting and inspiring I've had for a long time. The full interview along with… read more37signals stops support IE 6 (and me)
July 10 2008
37signals, producers of the popular Basecamp, Highrise and Backpack applications, have announced their intention to "phase out" support for IE 6 on August 15th of this year. Unfortunately this means they're going to lose a lot of their business also, as the rest of us can't stop supporting our IE… read moreJuly 04 2008
In this entry, we discuss the Flex 4 Roadmap based on a presentation by Ely Greenfield currently up on Adobe TV. read moreILOG starts preview program for Elixir 2.0
July 03 2008
ILOG has launched a preview program for version 2.0 of their popular Elixir toolset. Whether you've been a fan of Elixir or you're a flex n00b looking for some sweet charting components, this program is for you. Elixir also has some new lower price points for developers who don't work… read moreAn interview with Lovely Charts creator, Jérôme Cordiez
July 02 2008
Lovely Charts is an application built in Adobe Flex for diagramming wire frames, interaction diagrams, UML, and just about anything else you can think of. It's one of the best and most complete user experiences I've seen in Flex, a close second to Buzzword, and really show cases the power… read moreJune 30 2008
Adobe announced this evening that they're working with Yahoo and Google to make Flash content more searchable. Both companies have been given a special version of the flash player that can crawl swfs and automatically perform every action a user might, from clicking buttons to entering text in text areas… read moreJune 28 2008
In April I covered a simple scheduling RIA called When Is Good. I got really excited about the simplicity with which they approach scheduling a meeting - everyone gets online, clicks a single url, selects the times they're available, and the organizer gets a simple view of what time works… read more
