Joseph Labrecque

http://twitter.com/JosephLabrecque

Denver, Colorado

Senior Interactive Software Engineer - Adobe Education Leader - Adobe Community Professional

Areas of Expertise:

  • Flash
  • Flex
  • AIR
  • ActionScript
  • Mobile
  • Edge
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • programming
  • training
  • writing
Joseph Labrecque is primarily employed by the University of Denver as Senior Interactive Software Engineer specializing in the Adobe Flash Platform, where he produces innovative academic toolsets for both traditional desktop environments and emerging mobile spaces. Alongside this principal role, he often serves as adjunct faculty, communicating upon a variety of Flash Platform solutions and general web design and development subjects. In addition to his accomplishments in higher education, Joseph is the Proprietor of Fractured Vision Media, LLC a digital media production company, technical consultancy, and distribution vehicle for his creative works. He is founder and sole abiding member of the dark ambient recording project "An Early Morning Letter, Displaced" whose releases have received international award nominations and underground acclaim. Joseph has contributed to a number of respected community publications as an article writer and video tutorialist and is author of the Flash Development for Android Cookbook, Packt Publishing (2011), What's New in Adobe AIR 3, O'Reilly Media (2011), What's New in Flash Player 11, O'Reilly Media (2011), Adobe Edge Quickstart Guide, Packt Publishing (2012), Learning Adobe Edge, Packt Publishing (2012), and serves as author on a number of video training publications through Video2Brain, Adobe Press, and Peachpit Press. He regularly speaks at user group meetings and industry conferences such as Adobe MAX, FITC, D2W, 360|Flex, and a variety of other educational and technical conferences. In 2010, he received an Adobe Impact award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the education community. He has served as an Adobe Education Leader since 2008 and is also an Adobe Community Professional. Visit him on the web at http://josephlabrecque.com.

What's New in Adobe AIR 3 What's New in Adobe AIR 3
by Joseph Labrecque
December 2011
Ebook: $0.00

What's New in Flash Player 11 What's New in Flash Player 11
by Joseph Labrecque
December 2011
Ebook: $0.00

Joseph blogs at:
http://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/

Adobe Edge Preview 6 released!

May 11 2012

A new version of Adobe Edge is out at Adobe Labs! Adobe Edge Preview 6 includes a number of new features including: Welcome Screen redesign Lessons Panel Instant Transition Mode Full code mode in Code Editor Edge Symbol file format … Continue reading → read more

What’s New in Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe AIR 3.2

May 11 2012

Here you can find the slides and recording for my talk “What’s New in Flash Player 11.2 and Adobe AIR 3.2″ – given on May 10th 2012 for the Hawaii Flash User Group. FLASH LIVES! What’s New in Flash Player … Continue reading → read more

Flash Professional CS6 : Video Resources

May 07 2012

Now that Adobe Creative Suite CS6 has been released, here is a little round-up of content from myself and others that you can use to get started with Flash Professional CS6! AdobeTV First, check out the great content over at … Continue reading → read more

The Flashy Side of Adobe Edge at D2W

April 30 2012

The D2W conference in Kansas City, MO is coming up fast! This will be my second year at D2W and I’m getting pretty amped up for it. For those not in the know; D2W is the Designer/Developer/Mobile Workflow Conference and … Continue reading → read more

Adobe Flash Professional CS6: New Features Workshop

April 23 2012

Happy to announce that in light of the Adobe Creative Suite 6 announce; my newest video course with video2brain has now been published! Adobe Flash Professional CS6: New Features Workshop Learn What’s New and How It Affects You In this … Continue reading → read more

Slides from 360|Flex 2012

April 18 2012

As promised, here are my slides from Slides from 360|Flex 2012. Thanks again to everyone who attended my talk! Leveraging BlazeDS, Java, and Flex: Dynamic Data Transfer View more presentations from Joseph Labrecque. read more

North American Flash Community Tour: Denver

April 06 2012

I am quite fortunate to live in Denver, Colorado. Why? Because my city was on the list of stops for the North American Flash Community Tour which is presently ongoing. For the Denver stop; both Mike Chambers and Lee Brimelow provided … Continue reading → read more

360|Flex Book Giveaway

April 03 2012

This is actually an Adobe Edge animation – click through to view! My publisher, Packt, has provided me with a giveaway for 360|Flex. I’ll collect business cards during my session and will draw one name for the givaway. The winner … Continue reading → read more

360|Flex Session Peek

April 02 2012

I’m presenting at 360|Flex in Denver this month – talking BlazeDS with Flex and Java! I’m putting the finishing touches on my slides right now and am including a preview below! Leveraging BlazeDS, Java, and Flex: Dynamic Data Transfer Flex … Continue reading → read more

Adobe & University of Denver

April 02 2012

The Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) at the University of Denver will be hosting Adobe this month in a special on-campus event. Representatives from Adobe’s education team will be showcasing some of the great stuff coming up in 2012. … Continue reading → read more

Flash Player 11.2 and AIR 3.2 RELEASED

March 28 2012

Adobe has released both Flash Player 11.2 + AIR 3.2 this evening and have made a number of major announcements around the platform which you may read below: Game on: The new Adobe AIR 3.2 + Flash Player 11.2 http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/03/gameon.html … Continue reading → read more

[slides] Adobe Education Blog: Get Writing!

March 22 2012

Here are my slides for any AELs who want a review. May be useful for others who write online as well. Adobe Education Blog: Get Writing! View more presentations from Joseph Labrecque. read more

New Book: Adobe Edge Quickstart Guide

March 14 2012

Hot off the presses! My new book with Packt has been released and is now available: Adobe Edge Quickstart Guide! This smaller book is being published in addition to a larger Learning Adobe Edge due later this year which covers … Continue reading → read more

Getting Started with Flash Media Server

March 13 2012

After presenting on this topic last month for the Hawaii Flash User Group, I was approached by the FMS User Group asking if I would do the presentation for them as well. No problem, right! This presentation will provide an … Continue reading → read more
Joseph Labrecque