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Archive for March, 2007
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Reasons for upgrading to Creative Suite 3
Posted on March 29, 2007 | No CommentsIts safe to say that the general theme of Creative Suite 3 is “integration” and what a fantastic job they’ve done with it. In a way I see the March 27th announcement as the actual closure of the acquisition. Adobe and Macromedia tools now place... -
Adobe Creative Suite 3 announced
Posted on March 27, 2007 | 4 CommentsToday is the day, Adobe Creative Suite 3 is getting launched! Don’t got overly excited yet, it won’t be shipping just yet but the announcement of all those new goodies to play with should have you grabbing for your wallet to preorder (lets not get... -
Vedic Mathematics
Posted on March 25, 2007 | 12 CommentsI’ve been reading up vedic maths the last few weeks and its an absolutely fascinating topic. It basically consists of 16 formulae as written down in age-old sutra’s of India and allows for very easy mental calculation of complex division, multiplication, square roots etc. -
Conference season coming up
Posted on March 22, 2007 | 3 CommentsJust under a month to go and I’ve got a whole series of conferences to attend — starting of course with FITC in Toronto, Canada. It’ll be my first time to the city and have a few days extra so if you’ve got any suggestions... -
Apollo – FLVSnapshot
Posted on March 19, 2007 | 8 CommentsI’ve been having a lot of fun with Apollo so far and want to walk you through one of the first applications I built. The FLVSnapshot tool allows you to load in an FLV file from your local drive, scrub through it and take frame... -
Apollo has lift-off!
Posted on March 19, 2007 | No CommentsThe long awaited Apollo runtime public alpha and SDK are now available for download on labs.adobe.com! You can now start getting your Flex apps over to the desktop and work with HTML content rendered right within the DisplayList. Can’t wait to see what apps people... -
Apollo product naming
Posted on March 16, 2007 | 12 CommentsThere’s been a lot of talk around what the final product name for Apollo should be. Many people, including myself would like the code name to stick. Just think about all the publicity Apollo has gotten, would be a shame to have to go out... -
Flex Builder tips and tricks
Posted on March 15, 2007 | No CommentsWatch the recording of David Zuckerman’s session at 360Flex on “Flex Builder secrets”, a great overview of features in the tool that will make you more productive working in Eclipse. Also well worth checking out is the Flex Builder editor cheat sheet on David’s blog. -
Apollo coming soon…
Posted on March 14, 2007 | 7 CommentsFor the last few weeks there’s been a lot of excitement around an imminent public beta release of Apollo to Adobe Labs, with ApolloCamp San Francisco happening in just two days there’s no doubt that attendees will get their hands on the runtime and can’t... -
San Jose Semaphore update
Posted on March 13, 2007 | 1 CommentLast year I blogged about a wonderful piece of public art by Ben Rubin installed on the top floor of the Almaden tower at the Adobe HQ in San Jose. Turns out just a few days after I posted the story they announced that two...