Category Archives: Flash

DX3 Cancelled

Posted on April 7, 2007 by keith

I’ve been hearing rumors of this for the last week, but now it’s official – the DX3 conference is cancelled. Although I was not planning to speak or attend DX3, I’m still sad, because it would have meant a lot … Continue reading →

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Making Things Move is here! And thank you.

Posted on April 3, 2007 by keith

I got two things in the mail today. One was a couple of boxes of Foundation ActionScript Animation 3.0: Making Things Move! I’d put up pictures, but it looks pretty much like the last version. 🙂 Always a good feeling … Continue reading →

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Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move! – shipping today!

Posted on April 2, 2007 by keith

At least that’s what it says on Amazon: April 2, 2007. Pete Aylward at Friends of ED says he has copies in his hands, so I’d say it’s on schedule. Feel free to get a copy at the BIT-101 Store!

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Starting to get psyched for FiTC

Posted on March 30, 2007 by keith

Three weeks from tomorrow, I’ll be hopping on a plane with Sam and Chris to Toronto, where we’ll hook up with Tink and all grab a taxi to the hotel. Then we’ll start four days of fun known as FiTC. … Continue reading →

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BFPUG Meeting: CS3 Launch and Software Raffle

Posted on March 28, 2007 by keith

If you are in the Boston area, stop by and join the Boston Flash Platform User Group for the launch of Adobe Creative Suite 3. Tonight, Wednesday, March 28, at 7pm, New England Institute of Art in Brookline Village. From … Continue reading →

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Professional Apollo

Posted on March 25, 2007 by keith

I haven’t mentioned it yet, as it only became officially announced a little while ago, and I was preoccupied with some other stuff the last couple of weeks, but I’m contributing a few chapters to what will be one of … Continue reading →

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Sayonara. Mata raishuu!

Posted on March 15, 2007 by keith

Good bye. See you next week! Throwing my freshly charged DS Lite in the bag, a quick blog post, tossing the laptop in the bag too, and calling a taxi for the airport. Then it’s a two-hour flight to Detroit, … Continue reading →

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Building Apollo Apps. Rethink your rules of thumb.

Posted on March 14, 2007 by keith

My friend, former co-worker, current co-author, and Yahoo! Maps genius, Chuck Freedman, made an interesting observation about the size of Apollo apps today. As Flash developers over the years, we’ve had it beaten into our heads to keep apps small. … Continue reading →

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Open Source UML to AS3?

Posted on March 7, 2007 by keith

Last week at the Boston Flash Platform User Group, we were given a very cool demonstration of Enterprise Architect by Josh Noble. Today, I was preparing for our design patterns meeting and playing around with StarUML, which can generate UML … Continue reading →

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Joey Lott on Customizing Flex 2 App Appearance

Posted on February 17, 2007 by keith

Joey Lott will be speaking at the Boston Flash Platform User Group this month (Wednesday, February 28). The topic will be “Customizing Flex Application Appearance” It will be a discussion of how to use CSS, skins, themes, and much more … Continue reading →

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