Through My Eyes

<soapbox> Just a little update to Ray's article today. After receiving many negative comments on his blog, emails from CMX and a not-so-subtle email from me, my article has finally been removed from the offending blogger's site.Thank you t

Posted: Apr. 23, 2008 11:20 AM

Living on the Edge

As the title indicates, my Fireworks article is now live on Adobe Edge. Feel free to check it out. I'm quite happy with the end result and I hope you gain some insights on the Fireworks work flow as well.I have covered this topic in both written and

Posted: Apr. 7, 2008 04:03 PM

Lightroom 2.0 Public Beta Announced

Adobe Lightroom 2.0 is available for download on Adobe labs. Touted as the "photographer's software" Lightroom has made great strides since version 1. V 2 integrates nicely with Photoshop CS3, sports new editing tools, and much more. for al

Posted: Apr. 2, 2008 10:34 AM

Something Old is New Again

Some months ago, I wrote about my interest in a new audio book category, the podcast novel. These novels are similar to those movie serials of old (Flash Gordon, Lone Ranger), radio serials of not so old (The Shadow, Green Hornet) and TV mini-series

Posted: Mar. 19, 2008 04:43 PM

Coming to an email near you

Keep your eyes peeled for the April issue of Adobe Edge because yours truly is making a guest appearance. Here at CMX as well as in my teaching, I've been focusing recently on using Fireworks to create click-through prototypes, and establishing best

Posted: Mar. 13, 2008 09:03 AM

The Year that was, the Year that Will Be

As I sit in my sun room, looking out a a thin blanket of fresh snow in the back yard on this last day of 2007, I find myself getting a bit reflective.Like any year, 2007 had its ups and its downs. Attending and speaking at TODCON is always one of the

Posted: Dec. 31, 2007 08:44 AM

Northern Canadian Gothic

A week in the Canadian Wilderness.With Tom Green. Actually, it was not as scary as it sounds. I recently spent a week near the eastern shore of Lake Superior with Tom and his son, Rob. We had a great time, camping, hiking and canoeing and treati

Posted: Aug. 22, 2007 09:07 PM

Traverse City JumpStart Conversion

We get a lot of positive feedback about our JumpStarts. They are a great way to kick start the design and production process and can really speed up development time. They're so great, I use them myself!Last month I was approached by a personal train

Posted: Aug. 2, 2007 10:02 PM

Horn Blowing

Toronto Star Interview on Digital PhotographyI'm a big believer in post secondary education and have been working with Centennial College as a teacher for many years. Recently, thanks to the Centennial College press contact, I was interviewed by the

Posted: Jun. 20, 2007 01:54 PM

The Eve of TODCon

It's coming. In two short days, TODCon will be here once again. And I can't wait. Bright lights, big city, geeks . . . what more could someone ask for?And the line up looks great. Some very cool topics will be covered. No doubt much fun will be had i

Posted: Jun. 8, 2007 10:43 PM

YOUR FEEDBACK

	Adding Enum Support to Adobe Flex AMF Protocol By Valery Silaev travesti wrote: thanks my brother
	Three RIA Platforms Compared: Adobe Flex, Google Web Toolkit, and OpenLaszlo By Kevin Whinnery NN wrote: Yeah you are right GWT is poor man's Flex. After using GWT on two projects I am done with creating UI using Java. Best combo is Flex + ROR or Flex + Java (server side rules no question about that) Otherwise Appcelerator sounds great for page level RIA.
	Adobe Reorgs: Mandels and Ramadan Gone, Lynch in Charge of the Whole Magilla By Maureen O'Gara Howard Fore wrote: @Joe: Yeah and she's the editor!!!!
	Designing and Animating Characters in Flash 8 By Chris Georgenes Markus wrote: i cant read it becouse some dumbass decided to put an ad for soa world infront of everything, Whos the idiot that made that decition?
	Dreamweaver Tutorial: How To Build CSS Based Pop-up Menus... By Joyce Evans Theo wrote: I've tried your instructions but the final result is the pop up menu overlaps itself and appears way below the button it is supposed to be connected to. I've adjusted positions in Fireworks and followed your instructions for dreamweaver, but it does not change. Th...