Skip Intro – Episode 1

Here it finally is, despite having a bit of a cold, my first episode of Skip Intro — a bi-weekly podcast where I talk about Flash platform news and events.

Audio quality needs some improvement but please bear with me for now.

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Happy holidays everyone!

Skip Intro Episode 1 – show notes

Flash platform news

- Mike Downey joining the Apollo team
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/md/archives/2006/12/im_joining_the.cfm

- Mike Chambers video interview with Christian Cantrell
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2006/12/video_christian.html

- Kevin Lynch interviewed on Techcrunch podcast
http://www.talkcrunch.com/2006/12/16/here-comes-adobe-apollo/

- Photoshop CS3 Beta released
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=327&ref=swf

Feature of the week

- Flex Data Binding
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2006/11/fun_with_flex_d.cfm

- FlashDevelop
http://www.flashdevelop.org

Podsafe music

- James Brown – Gut Bucket
http://music.podshow.com

Reviews*

- ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook – Keith Peters, Darron Schall, Joey Lott – O’Reilly
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526954/peterelstmult-21/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596526954/peterelst-20/

- Advanced ActionScript 3.0 with Design Patterns – Joey Lott, Danny Patterson – Adobe Press
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321426568/peterelstmult-21/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321426568/peterelst-20/

- Flash on the Beach, Brighton
http://www.flashonthebeach.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6169853.stm

Upcoming events

- January 8-9th – Flashforward @ Macworld, Moscone Center – San Francisco, CA
http://www.flashforwardconference.com/

- January 18th – MMUG Belgium – Flex Showcase Event – Crowne Plaza hotel – Antwerp, Belgium
http://www.mmug.be

- March 5-7th – 360Flex, eBay – San Jose, CA
http://www.360Flex.org

- March 22-23rd – webDU 2007 – Hilton Conference Centre – Sydney, Australia
http://www.webdu.com.au

Email the show

skipintro at peterelst dot com

*The links in the reviews section are affiliate links, if you want to support the Skip Intro podcast consider using these links when you want to purchase a book.

9 Comments

  • December 22, 2006 - 2:04 am | Permalink

    Very good indeed Peter (execution was slick), and very entertaining, well done mate.

  • December 22, 2006 - 3:59 am | Permalink

    cool ! just cool :-)

  • December 22, 2006 - 4:47 am | Permalink

    Nice job, Peter! You have a natural voice and pace for doing voice work like this. Very entertaining.

    Regards,
    MD

  • December 22, 2006 - 10:56 am | Permalink

    Great podcast! Great accent :)

  • December 22, 2006 - 1:06 pm | Permalink

    Great stuff Peter! You sound sexier then in real life ;)

  • December 22, 2006 - 1:46 pm | Permalink

    I really like the simplicity of your podcast.

    A podcast is no more than a plain mp3 file, so using a simple mp3 player is the way to go.

    No extra links to click on, no subscribing to i-tunes, no messing with xml, …

    Great job Peter, thanks!

  • December 22, 2006 - 3:08 pm | Permalink

    I have to agree with everyone else, entertaining and informative. Great job.

    Have a good xmas and NY Peter!!

  • December 22, 2006 - 7:25 pm | Permalink

    Thanks guys, I just wanted to have something out before signing off for Christmas so the next ones will probably be a bit more polished ;)

    @Nicolas – lol thanks, a little bass boost and reverb do wonders — just need to get the levels and noise gate under control.

    @Wim – yeah, that was me just being lazy though — I’ve used podshow just to do a quick MP3 upload and submitted that RSS feed to iTunes but it’ll take some days to show up there.

    @Tink – Happy holidays to you too mate!

  • Savvas
    December 25, 2006 - 12:39 am | Permalink

    Happy holidays Pet.I just heard it and all i can say is OUAOU!
    It’s like reading the MXNA and a lot of other hot stuff of the last 2-3 weeks in just 22 minutes!
    Excellent!
    Merry Cristmass and a flashy new year!

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