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Announcing the birth of Delaney Ann Hall

2 May 2008

I wanted to announce the birth of my second child, this time a daughter - Delaney Ann Hall was born on April 27th at 6:38am. She weighed 8lbs 14oz and was 21.5 inches long. She is amazing and joins her big brother Owen, who will be two in just a few weeks on May 14th. We are all doing great, just ve... continues
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Flash Player Socket Connections Now Require a Policy File

18 Apr 2008
by moock
In April 2008, Adobe imposed new security restrictions on socket connections made by Flash Player. Starting with Flash Player 9.0.124.0, all socket connections made to a server require authorization via a socket policy file. For a general introduction to the issue of mandatory socket policy files, s... continues
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Download Adobe AIR 1.0 for JavaScript Developers Book

17 Apr 2008
by mikechambers
Ajaxian has just posted the PDF download for the Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocketguide Book (published by O’Reilly). The book is released under a Creative Commons license, and has been update for Adobe AIR 1.0. You can find all of the information, as well as download the PDF from... continues
via [Mike Chambers]

public bug database for flash player

15 Apr 2008
by moock
Think you've found a legitimate bug in Flash Player? You now have a public place to report it: Adobe's new bug-tracking database for Flash Player. Beyond its usefulness as a feedback channel for developers, the bugbase should be a nice resource to check when researching known Flash Player issues and... continues
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Google Application : Code Formatting Service Example

8 Apr 2008
by mikechambers
I was lucky enough to get an invite to the new Google Application service beta, and have been playing around with it. I just put together a simple code formatting service application. This provides an html and web service for formatting / beautifying code. You can find complete details on the about ... continues
via [Mike Chambers]

Redistributing the Adobe AIR Runtime Installer

8 Apr 2008
by mikechambers
I am currently traveling through Europe as part of the European leg of the on AIR Tour (just wrapped up the Brussels event). The events have been great thus far, and the attendance and reactions have been very positive. One of the cool things about the event is that it gives me (and the other [...]
via [Mike Chambers]

In Europe for on AIR Tour

30 Mar 2008
by mikechambers
Just a quick reminder, but I am in Europe for the next two weeks, as part of the on AIR Tour in Europe. I won’t be updating this blog that much, but will be doing most of my blogging on the on AIR Tour weblog. Ill also be posting a bunch of videos from the tour [...]
via [Mike Chambers]

fitc toronto 08 in one month

26 Mar 2008
by moock
there is just under a month left until fitc toronto, one of the Flash industry's premier events. this year I'll be talking about the new features planned for the next version of ActionScript (i.e., features in ECMAScript 4). my lecture notes are already available online. if you are interested in att... continues
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360 Flex in Milan

24 Mar 2008
by mikechambers
I just posted this on the on AIR tour blog, and wanted to make a quick note here, but the 360 Flex conference is heading to Milan, Italy. I actually attended the first 360 Flex conference, and it is definitely worth it if you are at all interested in Flex development. I won’t be able to [...]
via [Mike Chambers]

flex builder 3 now free for students

24 Mar 2008
by moock
just thought i'd help spread the word that Flex Builder 3 is now free for students and faculty of eligible educational institutions. >> students: get your free flex builder here (Flex Builder 3 is a code editor and visual layout tool for making Flash applications using either pure ActionScript or MX... continues
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ActionScript 3 RIA Reference Guide

17 Mar 2008
by mikechambers
We have just released a PDF of a new reference guide that we have put together (with the help of frog design). This title is the Adobe technology platform ActionScript reference for RIA development, and it provides a complete ActionScript 3 API listing for Flash Player, Adobe AIR and Flex 3. They ar... continues
via [Mike Chambers]

Heading to Europe / eboy AIR Launch postcard

11 Mar 2008
by mikechambers
Just a quick reminder, but I will be heading across the Atlantic in a couple of weeks for the first leg of the European on AIR Tour. The event is free and I will be doing a session showing how to build your first AIR application with Flex. As I just posted on the tour weblog, [...]
via [Mike Chambers]

New Flash Apps: Aviary, Hobnox Audio

7 Mar 2008
by moock
Now that Adobe's new desktop runtime AIR has been released, the Flash industry is eagerly waiting for the first real killer AIR app. At least one potential contender comes from a company in New York called Aviary. Aviary is making a suite of graphics tools with some very interesting interactions for... continues
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Adobe AIR Express Install Resources

7 Mar 2008
by mikechambers
I am currently working on updating the “Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocketguide” (O’Reilly), and was looking for resources on deploying AIR applications via express install. If you are not familiar with it, express install allows you to deploy your application via a bad... continues
via [Mike Chambers]

XFL: Flash's New Source Format

6 Mar 2008
by moock
I recently met with Flash authoring product-manager, Richard Galvan, to talk about Diesel, the next version of Flash (i.e., Flash CS4, or version 10 for those counting). Adobe has already demonstrated a bunch of high-impact features for Diesel, including inverse kinematics, a new tweening model, 3D ... continues
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ActionScript 3 Class Interface Implementations

29 Feb 2008
by mikechambers
Below is a list of all ActionScript 3 classes in the Flash Player, Flex 3, and Adobe AIR 1.0 APIs that implement interfaces, as well a list of the interfaces that they implement. I had to create the list for a reference guide I am working on, so I figured I would post it here in [...]
via [Mike Chambers]

Video : Adobe AIR Running on Linux

25 Feb 2008
by mikechambers
In his Engage2008 session, Kevin Lynch shows the Parleys.com AIR application running on Mac and then Linux.
via [Mike Chambers]

Flex 3.0 and AIR 1.0 Launch Event Monday February 25 at Independents Hall in ...

24 Feb 2008

Flex 3.0 and AIR 1.0 have been officially launched (see a ton of related links down below), so please join the Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group, the Philadelphia Flex User Group, and the Philadelphia ColdFusion User Group for a joint "can't miss" meeting Monday, February 25th, 7PM at I... continues
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Happiness Is A New Machine & Other Tidbits

20 Feb 2008

I just had to post this as I had been waiting and waiting to get a new desktop machine for some time. I've relied primarily on laptops for the last several years, but I've tried to cut back my travel time as much as possible to spend more time with my family. I've got another child due, (this time... continues
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Upcoming Lecture: ActionScript 4.0??

16 Feb 2008
by moock
Last fall, the working group responsible for designing the next version of ECMAScript released an overview of proposed features for ECMAScript 4. ActionScript is based on ECMAScript, so the hypothetical ActionScript 4.0 will undoubtedly support some, if not all, of the proposed features. In February... continues
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munich ActionScript 3.0 training: spots still available

9 Feb 2008
by moock
i'll be in munich, germany on february 20 doing a free all-day seminar on object-oriented programming with ActionScript 3.0. apparently there are lots of spots still available, so if you're anywhere near munich and want to learn ActionScript 3.0, drop on by! >> register for ActionScript 3.0 training... continues
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Francis Cheng's New Blog

8 Feb 2008
by moock
Adobe engineer-turned-technical writer, Francis Cheng, recently started a blog about ECMAScript 4 and ActionScript. Francis was one of my main contacts during the writing of Essential ActionScript 3.0 (he responded to 334 of my emails during the book's writing!). Francis sits on the ECMAScript 4 com... continues
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ActionScript 3.0: Is It Hard or Not?

23 Jan 2008
by moock
In parts of the Flash community, ActionScript 3.0 seems to have gained a reputation for being "hard"particularly among those who have not yet tried the new language. Is the reputation warranted? To find out, read my article at O'Reilly's new InsideRIA.com... (there's a good discussion happening in... continues
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Second Annual Philly Creative Guide Mega Social - Benefits Toys for Tots

3 Dec 2007

A reminder that December 6th, this coming Thursday evening at 6pm at the North Bowl Lounge N' Lanes The Philly Creative Guides Second Annual Mega Social will be taking place.

More info here:
http://www.phillycreativeguide.com/news/2007/11_november/event/index.htm

And if you use upcoming.org -... continues
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Gary's Bike Jump

1 Dec 2007
In honor of the late, great, Evel Knievel let's have a little retro Flash gaming. Time to revisit the old easter egg that was Gary's Bike Jump
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Mozilla Prism - A blurred vision?

26 Oct 2007

There has been quite a few posts on Prism on many blogs and some comparing it against AIR and Silverlight. Thought will give it a shot to see what this new hype is about and to me it looks more to like an application that allows you to create a shortcut to a webpage on your desktop (the only diffe... continues
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Create rich interfaces with Microsoft Silverlight

17 Oct 2007
Well, if you thought I am going to be advocate the use of Silverlight by this post then you are wrong. This post is with reference to this article which I read in ZDNet India today morning. Tony Patton, the author of this article starts it this way - "Web developers often frown on the use of tec... continues
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Adobe MAX 2007 - I'm Here in Chicago

1 Oct 2007
I arrived in Chicago saturday morning after a quick flight from Philadelphia to O'Hare Airport. I grabbed a train from the airport to downtown and then hoofed it a few blocks on over to the Chicago Hilton and have been having a great time so far. I went to the final stop of the AIR Bus Tour here in ... continues
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Judging the Adobe AIR Derby - Winners Announced

1 Oct 2007
The winners of the Adobe AIR Derby Contest have been announced and are listed in an article posted to Adobe's latest revision of its Developer Connection site here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/air_derby_winners.html. I was really excited to be asked to be one of the judges for the conte... continues
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[OT] - 3D Flash Designer/Programmer with experience in Papervision or Sandy

7 Sep 2007
One of my contact is looking for a 3D Flash Designer/Programmer with experience in Papervision or Sandy (preferably in India but not a mandate). Here is the JD, if anyone is interested mail their CV to kp [at] lastashero [.] com 3D Flash Designer/Programmer with experience in Papervision or Sandy
Th... continues
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Flash Player 9 Update "MovieStar" Adds Support for H.264 Video and HE-AAC Aud...

21 Aug 2007

According to an official press release from Adobe, blog entries from RIA Platform Evangelist Ryan Stewart, Flash Player Engineer Tinic Uro, Flash Player Product Manager Emmy Huang, blogger Richard McManus and others, later today Adobe will be posting an updated beta of Flash Player 9 on http://labs.... continues
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Adobe AIR Update for Flash CS3 Up on labs.adobe.com

20 Aug 2007
Prior to today there had been a handful of unofficial ways to create AIR apps directly from Flash CS3: Guy Watson had put together a nice JSFL solution, which Grant Skinner and his team then built upon. Now there is an official release from Adobe to add in support for creating, testing and packaging... continues
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ActionScript 3.0 - Display Object Primer - Tutorial

25 Jun 2007
After a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly long time if found some free time to post a new tutorial in the tutorial section of the site. When I analyze the Google Analytics report of my site I find that even though I have not been actively posting for a while I still have a lot of people who be... continues
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Adobe AIR Bus Tour Coming to Philadelphia and More

11 Jun 2007
I'm sitting in my hotel room in San Jose, CA for Adobe Community Summit week, watching all the RSS feeds, blog posts, twitters, etc. about a ton of exciting news coming from Adobe this evening, not even sure where to start, but here goes:

First off several betas just hit labs.adobe.com: Flex 3 be... continues
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Reminder: Philadelphia Flash Platform Meeting May 31 - Arpit Mathur on Flex/F...

30 May 2007
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow May 31st at 6:30pm will be the next Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group meeting.

You do not want to miss this meeting, thanks to Comcast Interactive Media, we are giving away 4 iPods, and courtesy of Adobe, a copy of one of the Adobe CS3 Premium Softwa... continues
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Preview of Grant Skinner's first Apollo app - awesome!

29 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
Grant Skinner and his company have been working on a really kick-ass Apollo app for tracking time. He has a great write up of why they built it, how they built it, as well as some screenshots of what...
via [Mike Downey]

John Nack on new integration between Flash CS3, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrato...

29 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
Adobe Photoshop Product Manager John Nack has written a great summary of the great integration points that we all focused on for the new CS3 releases of Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator. My favorite: Flash does rich import of PSD files...
via [Mike Downey]

Apollo on Diggnation

27 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
Apollo is a featured sponsor on this week's episode of Diggnation, the weekly tech/web culture show based on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories. In the show, hosted by digg.com co-founder Kevin Rose and his former TechTV co-star...
via [Mike Downey]

Announcing Flash CS3 Professional

27 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
It's here! It's here! Today Adobe announced Creative Suite 3 which includes a huge new release of Flash, Flash CS3 Professional. Here's a summary of the new release: Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software is the most advanced authoring environment...
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Apollo Alpha release link roundup

20 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
As you've probably heard, we've released the first public alpha of the Apollo runtime. Woo-hoo! If you're not familiar, Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system runtime being developed by Adobe that allows developers to leverage their...
via [Mike Downey]

Apollo Camp photo group at Flickr

19 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
Kevin Rose interviewing Kevin Lynch at Apollo Camp Originally uploaded by Mike_Downey. Several people have uploaded a bunch of photos to Flickr taken at Apollo Camp last Friday. Check them out here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/296324@N25/....
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Apollo Alpha on Labs now !!!

19 Mar 2007

The long awaited public alpha of Adobe Apollo is out in the labs. Go grab you copy here: http://www.adobe.com/go/apollo You can find a lot of useful information in the Wiki.
via [Last ActionScript Hero - Blog - Flash & Related Technologies]

Photowalking in Sydney

16 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
I'll be arriving in Sydney, AU on Monday 3/19 for the WebDU conference. I plan to spend most of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday walking around and taking pictures. I have a few business-related things that I have to do along...
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What's in your bag?

15 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
I just had a strangely long conversation with some of my friends about what crap stuff we carry in our laptop bags when we travel. I found the conversation to be fun and interesting because I was able to pick...
via [Mike Downey]

North Face demo done with Flash, Papervision3D

5 Mar 2007
by mike.downey
This Papervision3D stuff is just too cool. After reading my post from last week, Lee Brimelow of Frog Design decided to build a version of the North Face Kiosk Demo (originally done in WPF) in Flash Player 9 using Papervision3D....
via [Mike Downey]

Coolest Flash demo - EVER! Flash video on 3D!!!

28 Feb 2007
by mike.downey
Wow. I've seen a lot of amazing things done with Flash. And as of late, I've seen some REALLY amazing things done with Papervision 3D. But this one resulted in me grabbing all of the co-workers that sit around me...
via [Mike Downey]

ActionScript 3.0 Tutorial - Timer Class

3 Jan 2007
Have posted a new tutorial on using the Timer Class in ActionScript 3.0. Check it out here.
via [Last ActionScript Hero - Blog - Flash & Related Technologies]

Is Orkut hacked?

29 Dec 2006
Social networking site Orkut has been down for almost 18hrs now and even the under maintenance page is not reachable. Usually when there is a maintenance it would be delayed for this long. I hope this is not another bad day for Google.
via [Last ActionScript Hero - Blog - Flash & Related Technologies]

Merry Christmas to my readers !!!

25 Dec 2006
Wish you all a Happy Christmas filled with joy and happiness !!!
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ActionScript 3.0 Tutorials - AS3 Primer - Packages

8 Dec 2006
I have started to write some tutorials on using ActionScript 3.0 in the tutorials section of this website. To start with, I am going to be covering some basic ActionScript 3.0 concepts under the heading AS3 Primer. As time goes by I will be covering more advanced topics to create realtime applicatio... continues
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Macromedia Flash Photos

Astro

savvas.malamas posted a photo:

Astro

Ένα νέο αστέρι λάμπει από σήμερα στο internet!

Create dynamic sound with Keith Peters' simple example at: www.bit-101.com/astro/sound01.html
and of course don't forget to see the Adobe examples here: labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashpla... continues