Category Archives: Flash

Minimal Comps: Plans

Posted on August 8, 2009 by keith

A few things I have in mind for the components: – A tick property on the sliders. Currently, you can set the label precision which is ok, but it doesn’t affect the resulting value of the component. So you might … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 7 Comments

Minimal Components: HBox, VBox

Posted on August 8, 2009 by keith

Long overdue, a couple of simple layout containers. HBox and VBox. You just create them, add components to them and they lay out the components vertically or horizontally. You can adjust the spacing. I had to go in and do … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 2 Comments

Blobs, iteration 2

Posted on August 8, 2009 by keith

Worked on this some more…

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 2 Comments

Blobs

Posted on August 7, 2009 by keith

Just kicking back with some good old fashioned Flash experimentation.

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 9 Comments

Visiting MIT Media Lab

Posted on August 6, 2009 by keith

I’ve been invited over to the MIT Media Lab this morning by Angela Chang, a student there working on her PhD dissertation on emergent literacy. She asked if she could interview me about my work as a game designer, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 2 Comments

New MinimalComp component: Window

Posted on August 5, 2009 by keith

To celebrate my return to the world of Flash, here’s a new component to go into the Minimal Components set: Quite simple, just two panels and a label, made draggable. I created a simple version for a level editor I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 8 Comments

iPhone Dev: The Honeymoon is Over.

Posted on August 1, 2009 by keith

Last December, I had a bunch of unused vacation time and took a couple weeks off, stayed at home, and learned me some iPhone dev. I submitted my first iPhone application in January and I was hooked. I now have … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, iPhone, Objective C | 27 Comments

Flash on iPhone

Posted on June 28, 2009 by keith

No, I’m not predicting when it’s going to be on there, saying it’s never going to be on there, or forwarding any conspiracy theories about why it’s not on there already. I’m just curious what people think of when they … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, iPhone | 32 Comments

KClipper: Save Text Clips to your Kindle

Posted on June 19, 2009 by keith

A couple of months ago I got my Kindle 2. I was a bit skeptical, but fell in love with it. Even then, I thought, well, it’s new and shiny, see how much you like it in a few weeks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo, Flash, General, Kindle | 11 Comments

Up Next: FLASH ON THE BEACH!!!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by keith

I know it’s a ways away, but FOTB will most likely be the next conference you see me out and about at. And probably the only remaining one this year. I had planned to cut down a bit on travel … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash | 2 Comments