So, I lied last week when I said I wouldn't talk about the architecture of the example file I revamped to work with Maté. On further consideration, I thought it might be useful to go over it briefly, if only...
Over the next little while, I am going to be exploring some of the more popular Flex Frameworks, and getting into the nitty gritty of what you need to know to get started with them. I'm not going to...
I think a lot of times we as developers get caught up in our own world, and we forget how all of the things we do to make our code clean and easy to maintain for ourselves and other...
I have been saying for a long time that I don't understand why anyone would develop for the iPhone, and today I took the time to read over the iPhone 3 developer license. I find it deeply disturbing–it only confirms...
There seem to be two types of Flash users: those who do virtually everything on the timeline, with very little code, and those who do virtually everything through code, as if the timeline doesn't exist. In theory, there ought to...
Many designers creating assets for Flash create them in Photoshop, and with good reason–Flash has pretty robust tools for importing Photoshop files. The way that psds containing assets are constructed can have a lot to do with how much time...
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day where bloggers all over the world will be blogging about a woman in science or technology who has inspired them. I find it hard to point to just one woman, especially since I...
I'd like to introduce you to Allison. Allison is an example of the things that are right about T Mobile's customer service. It's not that Allison is the only example of great customer service at T Mobile, but I...
I'm really looking forward to going to 360|Flex. When I've gone to conferences in the past, I've taken my laptop along, and this conference will be no exception. However, my plan is to only use my laptop during the hands-on...
Sometimes when we are working in Flash or Flex, we need to work with the raw pixels of an object on screen. Maybe we want to create a lightweight component to pull in photos off the web, make intelligently scaled...
Introduction Google Wave is a collaboration platform that was announced by Google last year. It is a web based platform where participants can come together and collaborate both for work and fun. The developers of Wave have kept the platform... Continue Reading
I remember the first time I heard of User Centered Design. It was around 2003, and it hit me as if the truth has been revealed to my eyes. Since that, I started to face interface design in a different... Continue Reading
A whole lot of people seem to be moving from web page development to building RIA-s these days. But while the emergence of the new client side technologies is easy to notice, with names like Flex, Silverlight or JavaFX appearing... Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself avoiding rolling your mouse over part of the screen, knowing that something was going to pop up under your cursor that would keep you from getting on with what you were trying to do? Conversely,... Continue Reading
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