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Well, I had some free time, with all of the missing Flash Camp Boston I’m doing, so I thought I’d put together a screencast demonstrating how to set up FDT and Flash Professional. This is my first ever screencast, so, forgive the “uh”s, “umm”s, and any tangential rambling. I’m planning on doing a lot of screencasts in the future, so I’m testing out different software. So, until I figure out what software and screen resolution I want to use, I’m resorting to hacking Jing’s embed code. If the video below isn’t big enough (and it probably isn’t), hit this link to see the full [Ed. note: Probably too big] version.

Update: I’ve obtained a license for ScreenFlow (thanks to my boss), and will be using it to do screencasts from now on. I ran over my Screencast.com bandwidth limit, which is actually a very good thing, all thanks to you! The only bad news is that I had to record the SWF in ScreenFlow (yes, because I was too lazy to try to convert it or re-record it), but the good news is that there are no bandwidth issues and it’s much more manageable in WordPress now.

Sorry for any inconvenience. Enjoy!

While doing research for my InsideRIA post, I came across a bevy of awe-inspiring examples of multi-touch. Note that not all of these are Flash-based, but still amazing nonetheless. I’ve tried to categorize them as best I could, though admittedly I have been through so many, that I may have mislabeled or improperly linked some. Don’t shoot me if  I did! Read the rest of this entry →

[Ed. Note: I was going to be all cute and try to draw some conceptual box art, but I'll leave that to someone with more time. ]

Well, it’s that time of year again. The time for us all to wager on what we think will be unveiled at MAX. A few people have already weighed in, but the one thing I haven’t seen guessed at yet (probably because the likelihood is low) is the announcement of a Flash Platform Suite. I know I’m not the first person to think of this, but I haven’t seen it committed to paper yet. So I would like to hear the Community’s opinion: Flashers, Flexers, and CFers, what would you want in an Adobe Flash Platform Suite if such a thing(s) were to ever come into existence? Products like Flex Builder, ColdFusion and other Flash Platform applications are all currently sold separately, and we have yet to hear mention of  how Flash Catalyst or ColdFusion Builder will be packaged. This is all in pure fun, of course. We have no idea if any such options will ever become commercially available. So, with that disclaimer out of the way, let’s speculate! Read the rest of this entry →

Everyone codes differently and has their own way that they like to program, myself included. So, I thought I would take a second to share the typography choices I made for coding ActionScript and why.
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