Category Archives: Silverlight

SWFSheet – create sprite sheets from SWFs

Posted on January 10, 2011 by keith

[EDIT: Just released a beta of SWFSheet 1.1 here: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2948] [EDIT: Version 1.1 final released: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2977] SWFSheet is a program I created in most of a day back in late December. I finally polished it up this week and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Silverlight, Technology, Windows Phone 7 | 56 Comments

Good bye 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 by keith

As usual, it’s time to make my year end post. I’ll keep it relatively brief. A few changes this year. This spring, I got kind of fed up with Apple, their control-happy policies, and the general direction they are heading. … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Silverlight, Technology, Windows Phone 7 | 8 Comments

PaceCalc for Windows Phone 7

Posted on November 25, 2010 by keith

As many of you know, I’ve been running for the last year and few months, and completed a few races here and there. One of the first things you start to focus on when you sign up for your first … Continue reading →

Posted in Silverlight, Uncategorized, Windows Phone 7 | 10 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

Things I like this week

Posted on September 19, 2010 by keith

1. Internet Explorer 9. Go ahead, laugh. It’s a good browser. Just made it my default. 24 hours in and I don’t miss Chrome yet. 2. Fences. Organize your Windows desktop icons. Killer feature – double click desktop and all … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Silverlight, Technology | 2 Comments

Flash, what is it good for?

Posted on August 29, 2009 by keith

There seems to have been a lot of Flash bashing, both within the community and without, in the last few weeks. In terms of the external criticism, I refrained from a knee jerk reaction: “Flash sucks? Well, YOU suck!” and … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, Silverlight | 61 Comments

Going to the Dark Side

Posted on April 1, 2008 by keith

[EDIT – OK, now that it is April 2nd, enough heart attacks. The following is an “April Fool’s” joke. This is an odd American custom where we lie to our friends on April 1st. :)] As many of you know, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Silverlight | 56 Comments

FlashForward sold to Beau Ambur

Posted on March 11, 2008 by keith

Just got word of this. http://www.flashforwardconference.com/press_release/23 I guess Lynda is committing her time to Lynda.com and the training materials there. It will be interesting to see where this goes. I’ve posted some criticism of FlashForward over the last year or … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General, Silverlight | 3 Comments

I guess I need to make my Adobe "why" video…

Posted on March 3, 2008 by keith

… now that I just received one of these in the mail: http://www.theflip.com/ Thanks Adobe!

Posted in Flash, Silverlight | 4 Comments

Silverlight again

Posted on December 16, 2007 by keith

Oh, the weather outside is frightful So I’ll stay in and play with Silverlight… ahem… Anyway, results from next experiment were a bit discouraging. I took the last experiment, and instead of just a single ball, made an array and … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Silverlight | 18 Comments