Author Archives: keith

Programming Art

Posted on February 3, 2010 by keith

Been a bit quiet around here, eh? As I mentioned in my New Year’s post, I’ve been kind of taking a break lately. Haven’t really been doing much of anything to write about to be honest. Waiting for inspiration to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, General | 9 Comments

Kindle vs. iPad

Posted on January 31, 2010 by keith

There’s so much I could say about the iPad, particularly being a Flash guy. But I’ll stay out of that fray. Whatever will be, will be. The thing that bugs me about people’s reactions to the iPad is when people … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 19 Comments

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation published in Japan

Posted on January 22, 2010 by keith

Just before I went out to FiTC Tokyo, I was contacted by Naoki Miyagawa, a translater working for OReilly Japan in Tokyo. He said that he was working on the translation of my book, AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 4 Comments

Emergent Behavior

Posted on January 17, 2010 by keith

I wanted to make a demonstration file for a talk I’m doing this week to show the difference between bitmap and vector performance. So I needed something that drew a whole lot of lines. Came up with this, which I … Continue reading →

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Falling Balls Rising

Posted on January 5, 2010 by keith

So my iPhone game, Falling Balls, has been out for almost a year. In the first few weeks it was out, it rose to be the #1 free application on the iTunes App Store. Trust me, this surprised nobody more … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone | 9 Comments

Generative Gestaltung

Posted on January 4, 2010 by keith

A short while ago I got an email from Hartmut Bohnacker, one of the authors of a book called “Generative Gestaltung”. In his words, “In this book we try to explain the basic principles how to generate images with code.” … Continue reading →

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RunVis – Visualizing GPS Running Data from a Garmin 305.

Posted on January 4, 2010 by keith

A while back I mentioned on twitter, and the other day here on this blog about a pet project I was playing with, visualizing the running data gathered by my Garmin 305 GPS watch while on runs. Well, here’s what … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General | 8 Comments

Another look at the Nook

Posted on January 1, 2010 by keith

When the Barnes & Noble Nook was first announced, I was intrigued. If it was as good as it seemed to be, I was actually planning to get one. It seemed to be an incremental improvement to the Kindle. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Kindle | 3 Comments

Another year…

Posted on December 31, 2009 by keith

For the past few years, I’ve posted a review of the previous year and a look to the coming year. So, I’ll do it again. 2009 was a very interesting year. Like this year, last year I had a whole … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Technology | 6 Comments

Hello Tokyo!

Posted on November 24, 2009 by keith

On Thursday, I’m heading out to Tokyo to speak at FiTC! I’ll be getting in late afternoon Friday, Tokyo time. As I’m sure many know, my wife is from Japan and I’ve been over there several times. But when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash | 7 Comments