Author Archives: keith

Flash on Tap Workshop: From Flash to iPhone

Posted on May 8, 2009 by keith

As mentioned, I’ll be doing a workshop at the upcoming Flash on Tap conference here in Boston. The name of the workshop is “From Flash to iPhone”, which gives you a pretty good idea what we are going to cover. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash, iPhone, Objective C | 10 Comments

Flash on Tap Coming up SOON!

Posted on May 8, 2009 by keith

My God! I just realized it’s less than 3 weeks til Flash on Tap. I’m doing a session – Playing With Chaos, and a full day workshop – From Flash to iPhone. It’s going to be a fun week in … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Leave a comment

Don't piss off Phillip Kerman

Posted on April 28, 2009 by keith

So a while back Phillip Kerman asked me if I could do a quick video for the FiTC awards ceremony. Not thinking it through clearly enough, I agreed. So a week or so ago he got me a script and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, General | 16 Comments

Kindle One Week Later

Posted on April 18, 2009 by keith

Still loving it! A few updates… First, some personal background info. To get to work each day, I take a train and a bus. Now that the weather is half decent, I walk to the train station in the morning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Kindle | 11 Comments

FastMac iPhone Charger

Posted on April 18, 2009 by keith

When I was at 360iDev, the guys from FastMac had a booth set up where they were showing off (and selling) these iPhone chargers. It looked pretty cool and they were offering them at a nice discount for the conference. … Continue reading →

Posted in iPhone | 6 Comments

Flash 10 BitmapData.draw fails beyond 4096 pixels?

Posted on April 16, 2009 by keith

So Flash 10 allows us to create bitmaps that are larger than the 2880 pixels. Up to 8192 wide or tall (though not both – there’s a maximum pixel count). I’ve covered this in depth in a previous post. But … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 21 Comments

Kindle 2 Review

Posted on April 11, 2009 by keith

Yay! My Kindle 2 arrived last night! The two word review: LOVE IT! Read on for more detail. First of all, to see why I bought a Kindle 2, read here: http://www.keithpeters.org/?p=165. And, here’s all the pictures to go along … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 16 Comments

Ever feel like you are just building the same app over and over?

Posted on April 9, 2009 by keith

You may be on to something… See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today’s Big Thing.

Posted in General | 6 Comments

WP-Cache

Posted on April 8, 2009 by keith

I just got informed by MediaTemple that my GPUs are trending high. I have a vague idea what that means – basically that my site is using too many of MT’s gerbil wheels, and they are going to charge me … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 3 Comments

Ulozer!

Posted on April 7, 2009 by keith

Image created by Kyle McDermott. The “Action-Scriptures” got a genuine LOL out of me! 🙂 This takes me back to my Mad Magazine days.

Posted in General | 4 Comments