Author Archives: keith

MinimalComps 0.9.6

Posted on November 7, 2010 by keith

It’s been a while, but I finally got around to doing some work on MinimalComps. I went through all the issues that people had entered in Google Code. Some were older and already handled. Some were requests for new features, … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 9 Comments

Consumers vs. Creators

Posted on November 3, 2010 by keith

Great quote from Leo Laporte on this week’s Mac Break Weekly. this is the risk inherent in treating your users as consumers as opposed to creators – is that you could actually breed the creaters out of userbase and by … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | 5 Comments

On the “death” of Silverlight

Posted on October 31, 2010 by keith

This week, Microsoft announced their changing strategy regarding Silverlight. You can read more about that here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-our-strategy-with-silverlight-has-shifted/7834. [Edit: 10/01/2010] Note, this post just came out today, which clarifies things a lot. http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/pdc-and-silverlight/ [/Edit] The key points are that going forward, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Silverlight, Technology | 63 Comments

How to Run a Blog

Posted on October 28, 2010 by keith

Running a blog is easy. I’d love to come up with 10 rules for running a blog, but I couldn’t think of 10 really important ones. The ones I’m going to list are the bare minimum though. 1. If you … Continue reading →

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Java on OS X for the uninformed

Posted on October 26, 2010 by keith

By uninformed, I count myself as number one. I’m writing this because I didn’t really get the whole Apple deprecating Java situation. It sounded serious, so I educated myself a bit. This post might be helpful for people who don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 12 Comments

More thoughts on Mac

Posted on October 21, 2010 by keith

I’ve been thinking a lot more about yesterday’s thoughts, and it occurred to me I’ve maybe been thinking about it all wrong. I’ve been into computers since about 1986 when I gained control over a Commodore 64 at work. On … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 17 Comments

Thoughts on the 10.7 App Store

Posted on October 20, 2010 by keith

Today Apple announced OS X 10.7, aka “Lion”. One line reaction: I’m really glad I switched back to Windows when I did. The most troubling aspect of the whole announcement was the unveiling of the OS X App store. Why … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 49 Comments

Learning XNA 3.0

Posted on October 12, 2010 by keith

Since there are no XNA 4.0 books out there yet (lots due for release in the next 2 months though) I picked up a 3.0 one. This one had some really great reviews and just into Chapter 3, I’m really … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Phone 7 | 3 Comments

More Windows Phone 7 Development Resources

Posted on October 5, 2010 by keith

Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Training 12 videos with close to 10 hours of hands on training. I’ve gone through the first two. Very accessible so far. Programming Windows Phone 7 by Charles Petzold. This guy has been writing Windows … Continue reading →

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Amazing Math Tutorial Video Site

Posted on October 1, 2010 by keith

http://www.khanacademy.org/ I don’t have much more to say about this. Do you need to learn or brush up on any subject related to math? You will find a wealth of data here in a massive number of videos, each 10 … Continue reading →

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