Noteflight: Every Musician’s Flex App

10/10/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

For the musically illiterate, be sure to read this wiki entry. Music is written, using what are called notes. Not surprisingly, there are softwares for this too. Even though most musicians still write music in the traditional way, on paper like “old-fashioned” writers, today they are increasingly being saved and edited using music notation softwares. [...]

An Excuse in Flash

10/04/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

I know we have been very irregular this week. My mistake and my apologies. Does this stand a chance as an excuse? (Image Courtesy: XKCD)

Head for the head Now

09/29/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

This is to remind all those interested in attending the <head> conference to head to this page and register before the $99 early-bird tickets close tomorrow. You can also micro-sponsor the conference for $199. <head> is a global web conference being held from Oct 24-26, 2008 in what is being touted as a “green” way. Green [...]

Google Chrome has Microsoft Gene

09/15/2008 06:28 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

At least part of it, some important parts though. As you know and Google disclosed, there are many open source codes used within Google Chrome. It turns out that includes Windows Template Library (WTL). WTL is a C++ library for Win32 development and is kind of like MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes), but a lot more lightweight. It [...]

Favorite Adobe AIR Apps

09/10/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Adobe Systems posted a press release a couple of days ago that “there have been more than 25 million installations of applications deployed on Adobe® AIR™ in the first six months since its release.” Sure, the number is a product of various parameters and an unknown procedure but it still is a great achievement! I love [...]

For Bookstore Lovers

09/08/2008 06:15 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Publishers Marketplace, a rich resource for all writers, has launched a small and useful RIA that all bibliophiles will enjoy. Bookstore Maps is an application made with Google Maps API that allows users to find bookstores throughout the USA. Publishers Marketplace has already loaded the backend database with tons of bookstores in this beta version. It [...]

Subliminal Advertising vs RIA (Video)

09/08/2008 10:31 am by Flex RIA United in Fun

Why doing RIA? There are many answers to this questions. I think the mother of all answers is to make users do what the RIA application wants the users to do. That’s the reason why my mind started spinning after watching this video. “Subliminal Advertising”, is that what RIA really does? The fonts, texts, color, ease [...]

From Java to AJAX to Flash - GWT2SWF

09/06/2008 07:30 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

I’m sure some time putting different breeds of technologies together is really just for fun, rather than necessity. Fun, is it we are all looking for?GWT2SWF is piece of fun technology. It all begins at GWT (Google Web Toolkit), which is a Java development tool to generate pure AJAX (JavaScript + HTML) web application after [...]

100+ Murphy’s technology laws

09/05/2008 07:43 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Bring out my collection of Murphy’s laws in technology and wish you read each of them so that what ever you do with technology will be in peace or peace of mind from now on (ya’r right): Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some [...]

Calling All RIA Students

09/04/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

If you are outgoing and organized, love RIAs and know Flex/AIR, this is an opportunity you might not want to miss. Adobe is looking for eligible students to represent RIAs – to represent Adobe’s RIA technologies to be precise. The eligibility criteria aren’t demanding, nor are the responsibilities. The role comes with an attractive package of [...]

Rounding Up Last Week

09/01/2008 06:30 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

We have one smart phone at last to view videos on the Internet. The latest product of Nokia N-series, N90-3 comes with Flash Lite. On the other hand, the world refuses to get over the fact that Apple’s iPhone can’t support Flash yet. It is the UK watchdog Advertising Standards Authority’s turn to give vent [...]

For Passionate Developer

08/29/2008 05:00 pm in Fun

Another nice movie clip about developers. Sometimes, developers express themselves different.

By devshop. Click here to see it on blip.tv.

Another Social Software Client

08/28/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Exactly a month ago, I reviewed Twhirl, the social software client. Posty is another such AIR app and it is not very different. For the sake of unified microblogging across Twitter, FriendFeed, Jaiku, Pownce and Identi.ca accounts, it is definitely a very simple and straight-forward tool and works well. (Check this vimeo video for a demo.) [...]

Hug a Developer

08/28/2008 03:48 pm in Fun

Today… I found a very heart touching movie about developers. I don’t know how many of you found himself/herself in a situation like that but developers that has found at least one time behind the schedule will enjoy this.

Thank you devshhop. Click here to see it on blip.tv.

Mapping Names and Faces

08/27/2008 05:30 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Don’t we all have trouble remembering faces of some acquaintance we’ve met in the elevator, after a very long time or after a very brief duration in the recent past? Facesaerch (not Facesearch) is a “people face search engine” that comes to our rescue during such times. You can search for any name and the engine, [...]

Love These Programming Quotes

08/23/2008 06:12 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time…The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time.Tom Cargill Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.Larry Wall Measuring programming [...]

Your Baby’s Scrapbook

08/22/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Babies! They fill our lives with awe and beauty. They simultaneously make us proud and humble. We would like to freeze each moment and store it forever, but neither can most of us afford it nor do we have such time to spare. That is where HowFastTheyGrow.com enters the picture. The people behind the website developed [...]

On AIR Tour

08/20/2008 06:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Until recently, I had no idea about this cool workshop that taught Adobe AIR. The on AIR European tour was an eleven city train tour through Europe where people could learn how to bring their web applications to the desktop using Adobe AIR. It was a hands-on experience for registered participants to learn this RIA [...]

Market Yourself Using Sprout Builder

08/14/2008 05:00 pm by Flex RIA United in Fun

Widgets are in. Sprout clubs all widgets, mini-sites, banners, mashups and other rich media Web content under one category called "Sprouts", and provides an awesome platfrom called Sprout Builder to build, publish and manage these sprouts. These sprouts, which are just Flash content, can be embedded on any social media sites with a single click, and [...]

Sorry to do this to you all, but I just couldn’t resist.

08/12/2008 02:04 pm by Visualrinse | Design and Development by Chad Udell in Fun

Yes… here is the video that ensures that Obama can’t win in November. The GOP will use any means they can to besmirch him. This is pure mudslinging politics at it’s worst… Just watch: Ouch!

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