Flash Lite running on the iPhone

07/01/2008 12:54 am by Peter Elst in Flash Lite

I got an email from Thomas Joos tonight saying he had something I might be interested in, and you’re not wrong there! Using the b.Tween framework (currently in beta) which in turn uses barefootsoft’s EyeGT technology they were able to port mobile content, in this case a Flash Lite app to the iPhone. While that [...]

My New Pet Peeve - Required Toll Free Numbers

06/30/2008 11:41 pm by Ben Forta's Blog in Stuff

Toll free numbers are all about customer convenience, right? Maybe, but maybe not. Too many U.S. based companies neglect the fact that there is civilization outside of the U.S., locations from where U.S. toll free numbers cannot be called. When I was in Europe a few weeks ago I ran into this problem, and ended up having to call a co-worker in the U.S. and having him dial the toll free number and then conferencing me in. And today I ran in to the problem again! I am in London, and need to contact a financial institution but can't because they only provide a toll free number. And when I contacted them via a form on their web site, I received a message asking me to call - can you guess? - yep, their toll free number! And I've only run into this on occasion, and am guessing that those who actually live outside of the U.S. have to deal with this regularly. Toll free numbers are all about customer convenience, but they must be optional, and good old fashioned paid call numbers must always be provided, too! Grrrr!

Ray Camden To Lead MAX CF Unconference

06/30/2008 11:31 pm by Ben Forta's Blog in AdobeMAX08

What's an "unconference"? Imagine a technical conference without strict rules and timetables, a more free format, more interaction than sessions, lots of presenters discussing topics of their choosing, casual seating arrangements ... you get the idea. And MAX North America this year will host 4 Unconferences, including one on ColdFusion. And, Ray Camden has announced that he's leading the CF Unconference. ColdFusion has a major presence at MAX this year, which is a great reason for you to be there!

Tried Wordle Yet? Generate Tag Cloud Art From Your Del.icio.us Bookmarks

06/30/2008 05:20 pm by Visualrinse | Design and Development by Chad Udell in Mashups

It’s no secret that I dig mashups. There is a particularly cool one that popped up recently called Wordle. It generates a word-art style tag cloud from a collection of text, an RSS feed or uses your Del.icio.us bookmarks tags. A very nice packing algorithm and some good color and typography customization options make the [...]

Saving Twitter in Three Easy Steps

06/30/2008 05:13 pm by Peter Elst in General

I don’t think I’m alone in seeing Twitter’s service deteriorate to the point where euthanasia seems like the only humane option. Without any obvious intimate knowledge of how the service is architected, these are my three easy steps to hunt and kill the fail whale. 1. Stop accepting new registrations In the current situation I can’t [...]

Snackr: A Flex RSS Ticker

06/30/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Snackr is a simple RSS ticker built using Adobe AIR 1.0 and Adobe Flex 3. It pulls random posts from RSS feeds and scrolls them across the desktop. As it tries to store and update its FeedDatabase whenever it is opened, it can be run even offline. The constant scrolling on the desktop can be annoying, [...]

MatrixGrid Component - Extending The DataGrid

06/30/2008 12:49 pm in ActionScript

MatrixGrid is a complex component I made that displays a bi-dimensional array and gives the possibility to change its values using combo boxes. These are the changes you can do: change one single item change one row at once change one column at once The MatrixGrid component receives for objects: array with the possible values in each combo box the [...]

Hands On FlexCamp Scheduled In MI

06/30/2008 12:04 am by Ben Forta's Blog in AIR

The Michigan Flex User's Group will be hosting a FlexCamp in Lansing, Michigan, on the 30th and 31st of July. This FlexCamp is targeted at Flex and AIR beginners, and attendance is being limited to 150 people. And this is a hands-on conference - all sessions are designed to allow you to follow along on your laptop. Details posted online.

James Ward And James Governor To Present Enterprise Flex In London

06/29/2008 04:40 pm by Ben Forta's Blog in Flex

RedMonk's James Governor has announced that he's tag-teaming with our own James Ward to present a "SAP Enterprisey Nanoconference" at Adobe's London office on July 11th.

ColdFusion Position In PA

06/29/2008 01:09 am by Ben Forta's Blog in Jobs

Just the one this week:

Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA) is looking for a senior ColdFusion developer. Requirements include strong design and layout skills. Flash/Flex skills and experience with Model-Glue preferred. Details posted by Luis Mathews on his blog.

Adobe MAX North America 2008 Schedule Posted – Wow!

06/29/2008 12:05 am by Visualrinse | Design and Development by Chad Udell in Industry

Lots of great sessions listed there. Looking forward to this one. I attended last year’s MAX in Chicago, since it was basically in the neighborhood. I’m going to do what I can to make it out to San Francisco for this one. I haven’t been to the West Coast at all for a couple years, [...]

Yahoo! GeoPlanet API makes backwards-incompatible change, keeps it secret?

06/28/2008 10:03 pm by Aral Balkan in APIs

I just noticed that the Yahoo! GeoPlanet API made an API change to its JSON API that breaks existing apps. (I noticed because it broke the sign-up process for the new Singularity teaser site.) Googling around, I couldn't find any announcements from Yahoo! about this. I don't know if there's a notification feed somewhere that I'm [...]

Flex Programming Tips of the Week 0806d

06/28/2008 03:35 pm by Flex RIA United in Flex Programming Tips

Skin Flex with Flex 3 and CS3 - The reason you are doing Flex is not because you can’t resist the appealing of ActionScript, over Java, C# and all sorts of languages, or even Flex Builder. It’s because Flex offers you the sky as the limit to express your creativity. If you are a visual [...]

Some flexcoders stats

06/28/2008 03:11 am by Doug McCune in flexcoders

I’ve recently compiled a fairly complete database of all the messages ever sent to the flexcoders mailing list. I’ll be posting the sqlite database file that you can load into your own AIR applications to start playing with this data. But before anything else I thought I’d post a few fun tidbits: Top 10 Posters Poster # Messages # [...]

Can’t Apple and Adobe Just Get Along?

06/27/2008 11:37 pm by Flex RIA United in Adobe Flash

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it looks like all of those rumors of of Flash for the iPhone are wrong: Adobe Systems Inc. felt the sting of the iPhone in March when Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs dismissed a cellphone version of Adobe’s flash media player as not fit for the iPhone. Ever since, an [...]

Gates Through Rose Colored Glasses

06/27/2008 10:33 pm by Brooks Andrus in Misc

I call bullshit. These are unprovable assertions based on purely imaginative history. The web has proven that cooperation and standards can emerge from billions of diverse voices. If anything TCP/IP probably had as much to do with where we’re at today as anything. Computers were just expensive word processors until the Web emerged. Most of [...]

Source | Programatically Drawing Trees With Recursion

06/27/2008 08:11 pm by Flash Enabled Blog in AS3

Great example by “Grant Skinner”, showing how to create tree by using recursive algorithms. The source is also available for download. Read full article and download source

Saving Encrypted Data in AIR

06/27/2008 07:56 pm by Daniel Dura in AIR

Have you ever wanted to store a users password, you know, that little checkbox that says 'Save Password' on any login form. Or maybe you just want to persist a session token or other information. You could use the Local Shared Objects or even the File API, but that isn't very secure. How do you [...]

Tutorials | Developing, Extending and Styling Flex Components

06/27/2008 07:18 pm by Flash Enabled Blog in AS3

Do you want to create your own flex component? Or you simply don’t like the style of the component you need to use, or even there are some features you would like to have in your actual component? The following 5 tutorials will show how to achieve these goals. Developing Flex Components This tutorial aims to teach [...]

Here’s a Quick Way to Flashing out a Laugh

06/27/2008 05:28 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

It’s Friday (for some of us). As expected, we are all in the Friday mood. How about a quick laugh to end this week and enjoy the weekend. Just need watch this Flash piece. Turn on your speaker. Or click here.

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