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Come chat with me on Ustream on my Virgin America flight and watch people walk by! I'll be turning on my camera every hour or so and I'll be chatting live from 35,000 feet.
I'll also be IMing with Virgin America's IFE engineer James Weatherson around 6PM PT today and I'll post a tra... Mar. 21, 2009 06:54 PM EDT |
The tool is only in concept stage at this point and at times rather buggy, but here's a pretty cool way to visualize data in a slightly different way than you're used to: iFree3D, a nifty visualization app developed by Israeli startup TLG View, lets you pull in data from different sour... Mar. 20, 2009 01:27 PM EDT Reads: 123 |
The AIR runtime allows you to manage and interact with the system tray and dock bar icons of your application. You can define context menus for them. On Microsoft Windows systems, the icons in the system tray don’t have any default context menus, so unless you have a specially prepared... Mar. 20, 2009 11:58 AM EDT Reads: 166 |
BlogTalkRadio, the site where anyone can set up a podcast or “radio talkshow” over the web using phone calls, is playing in the enterprise space. The site, which has over 1000 live broadcasts per day, has been launching content partnerships with major publishers and media organizatio... Mar. 19, 2009 10:15 PM EDT |
The last piece on journalism got a lot of reads, but more importantly, unveiled some areas where I need to repeat things I've been saying for a long time. It's my fault -- I get into the habit of being misunderstood, and I expect it will always be so. But two things happen: 1. The worl... Mar. 19, 2009 02:01 PM EDT |
Last week I spoke on Flex 4 at SD West 2009. Apart from the warm California weather, I enjoyed the great conference. It had the usual impressive line-up of speakers and attendees, a good number of expo participants and the annual JOLT awards ceremony.
The flagship topic of the conferen... Mar. 19, 2009 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 164 |
Last week I spoke on Flex 4 at SD West 2009. Apart from the warm California weather, I enjoyed the great conference. It had the usual impressive line-up of speakers and attendees, a good number of expo participants and the annual JOLT awards ceremony.
The flagship topic of the conferen... Mar. 19, 2009 01:00 PM EDT |
So in today’s post, you’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, resources and .PNG downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community for making your next adobe fireworks effect. Mar. 19, 2009 12:56 PM EDT |
19th XBRL International Conference
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The 19th XBRL International Conference: “Reducing Reporting Burden with XBRL: A Catalyst for Better Regulation” is produced by XBRL International, Inc. and is hosted by XBRL France in cooperation wit... Mar. 19, 2009 03:05 AM EDT |
SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is one of the most important technologies in the graphics arena. Since Flex inherits most of its features from Flash, it has very good support for vector drawing. This article introduces you to the fascinating world of SVG in Flex. It teaches you how to c... Mar. 18, 2009 10:46 AM EDT |
Following Serge Jesper's topic "SEO fo Flash works" I wanted to point it out the new Search Engine Optimization Technology Center. It's a great point of reference for anyone involved in RIA development using Flash and Flex (SWF format). Mar. 18, 2009 05:22 AM EDT Reads: 123 |
Following Serge Jesper's topic "SEO fo Flash works" I wanted to point it out the new Search Engine Optimization Technology Center. It's a great point of reference for anyone involved in RIA development using Flash and Flex (SWF format). Mar. 18, 2009 05:22 AM EDT |
Another Y Combinator startup launched at the SXSW festival: Echodio. It lets you back up your iTunes music library to the Web and then stream it from there. At launch it only supports streaming through Boxee, the media browser. But in a few weeks it will launch its own Web player,... Mar. 17, 2009 09:05 PM EDT |
Last night I went to a panel discussion at the UC-Berkeley school of journalism. The topic was the San Francisco Chronicle, the last major paper in the Bay Area, and one that seems to be headed for the same fate as the Rocky Mountain News and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
I took a pi... Mar. 17, 2009 11:58 AM EDT |
My second contribution to InsideRIA portal is online.
The article "Yahoo Maps Web Services" is an excerpted from Chapter 18 of the O'Reilly Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook (by David Tucker, Marco Casario, Koen De Weggheleire, and Rich Tretola).
In this article you'll learn how to consume Yaho... Mar. 17, 2009 11:55 AM EDT Reads: 133 |
My second contribution to InsideRIA portal is online.
The article "Yahoo Maps Web Services" is an excerpted from Chapter 18 of the O'Reilly Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook (by David Tucker, Marco Casario, Koen De Weggheleire, and Rich Tretola).
In this article you'll learn how to consume Yaho... Mar. 17, 2009 11:55 AM EDT |
If we had an opportunity to visit a typical datacenter, we’d see mainframes, midrange systems, industry standard systems, storage systems, air conditioning equipment, power supplies and just about every other type of computing equipment. Oh yes, don’t forget the cappachino ... Mar. 17, 2009 06:00 AM EDT |
Brian Solis, the "next-gen" PR dude, just got some hot shots of the Dell Adamo. Color us impressed. His photos show a laptop with the sex of a MacBook Air with a little more of the hard edged aesthetic familiar to those who enjoy cheese graters and shipping containers. Mar. 16, 2009 11:27 PM EDT |
Adobe has released their new AIR product with much fanfare about letting developers "use proven Web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems." The grand vision that's being promoted is that AIR is pioneering the applic... Mar. 14, 2009 01:53 AM EDT |
Google VOIP to be ported to Gphone.
Too much news about iPOD shuffle.
Google “behavioral-based ads.”
I discuss the history of direct marketing.
Nintendo has sold 100 million DSs!
CBS to stream NCAA tourney.
Woz breaks foot!
US Air sued for $1 million over lost... Mar. 12, 2009 06:53 PM EDT |
This is my first contribution to InsideRIA portal. The artcile "Consuming Flickr Web Services" is an excerpted from Chapter 18 of the O'Reilly Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook (by David Tucker, Marco Casario, Koen De Weggheleire, and Rich Tretola).
The first solution published is about consumin... Mar. 12, 2009 07:47 AM EDT Reads: 137 |
This is my first contribution to InsideRIA portal. The artcile "Consuming Flickr Web Services" is an excerpted from Chapter 18 of the O'Reilly Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook (by David Tucker, Marco Casario, Koen De Weggheleire, and Rich Tretola).
The first solution published is about consumin... Mar. 12, 2009 07:47 AM EDT |
I have just uploaded a new class to the as3corelib library that makes it easy to monitor files for changes.
The class is called FileMonitor, and is in the com.adobe.air.filesystem package. Here is a simple example of it in use:
import com.adobe.air.filesystem.FileMonitor;
import flas... Mar. 11, 2009 01:54 PM EDT Reads: 118 |
.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_lin... Mar. 11, 2009 11:38 AM EDT |
I've just found the time to update the Flex SDK to its latest version 3.3. This new update includes a new version of the data visualization libraries.
The new libraries allows developers toleverage features such as charts and the Advanced DataGrid. Mar. 11, 2009 08:09 AM EDT |
I've just found the time to update the Flex SDK to its latest version 3.3. This new update includes a new version of the data visualization libraries.
The new libraries allows developers toleverage features such as charts and the Advanced DataGrid. Mar. 11, 2009 08:09 AM EDT Reads: 189 |
I've just found the time to update the Flex SDK to its latest version 3.3. This new update includes a new version of the data visualization libraries.
The new libraries allows developers toleverage features such as charts and the Advanced DataGrid. Mar. 11, 2009 08:09 AM EDT Reads: 129 |
Computing In Thin Air — The Sixth Sense Demo At Mar. 11, 2009 08:00 AM EDT |
AlertThingy, an Air app for aggregating social networks developed out of the UK, is poised to release an update to its recent version that improves filtering, adds groups and integrates powerful search. Next Tuesday AlertThingy 3.1 will have new filtering options which lets users ident... Mar. 10, 2009 11:50 AM EDT |
The Java Applet caused a lot of hype in the mid 90s when some people believed it would become the standard for interactive content on the web. It never happened. Some will claim this is because M$ shipped a buggy implementation. The simple truth is that designers design the web, and Ad... Mar. 10, 2009 07:55 AM EDT Reads: 130 |
If you haven't noticed there is a bit of a fight going on between Microsoft and Adobe about who has the best product, Silverlight or Flash. Addressing attendees at a tech-and-telecom conference Adobe EVP and CFO Mark Garrett commented on Silverlight's impact on Adobe's flash business.... Mar. 8, 2009 09:49 AM EDT |
It is quickly becoming apparent that new weapon of choice for modern conflicts is not in the traditional battle field. Instead many nation-states are increasingly employing cyber warfare to attack other states or entities in an effort to disrupt or disable critical technological infras... Mar. 5, 2009 06:26 PM EST Reads: 108 |
The goal of this article is to give you a brief overview of some of the objects from clear.swc, which is a part of the open source Clear Toolkit framework available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/cleartoolkit.Component library clear.swc includes Mar. 5, 2009 10:38 AM EST Reads: 120 |
On April 8, 2009, Mitre will be holding its biannual SOA for E-Government Conference. This conference is one of the region's premier opportunity for federal managers and MITRE Subject Matter Experts to network with fellow technology and business leaders. This edition will focus on the... Mar. 5, 2009 09:00 AM EST |
Zoho, makers of an awesome web-based software suite comprised of document, project and invoicing management tools, has given its online word processing tool Writer a fresh look along with a couple of new features worth checking out. The Chennai, India-based startup says Zoho Writer 2.0... Mar. 5, 2009 05:49 AM EST |
PluggedIn, a startup that launched back in April 2008 as a Hulu for music videos, is closing up shop. The company has run out of money after negotiations for a $2.5 million Series B funding round fell apart at the last minute. Co-founder Brett O'Brien says that PluggedIn is current... Mar. 4, 2009 06:44 PM EST Reads: 103 |
Here are 5 tips you can take in order to make your components friendlier to designers. While your component may be extremely dynamic and useful, lots of programmers (including myself) tend to forget there is a whole other side to using or components, that being styling. With these step... Mar. 4, 2009 06:18 AM EST |
Context menus appear at the cursor when the user right- clicks (on Windows) or Ctrl- clicks (on the Mac). Contrary to Flash applications for the Web, AIR applications don’t offer any default context menus, so it’s up to the developer to create and populate context menus for the applica... Mar. 4, 2009 05:13 AM EST Reads: 204 |
Context menus appear at the cursor when the user right- clicks (on Windows) or Ctrl- clicks (on the Mac). Contrary to Flash applications for the Web, AIR applications don’t offer any default context menus, so it’s up to the developer to create and populate context menus for the applica... Mar. 4, 2009 05:13 AM EST Reads: 135 |
Fractional Horsepower is a very powerful idea. It says that sometimes you can make a new product by taking an old one and scaling it down.
The originator of the concept, in my experience (he may have borrowed it from someone else) is Steve Jobs, who described the Apple II as a fraction... Mar. 3, 2009 04:59 PM EST Reads: 102 |
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