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HTML5 Gauntlet #1

OK, so here’s the deal, I love the internet, it’s been a great place the last ~25 years and it seemed like we were going in the right direction.
But Apple’s recent HTML5 demo page finally did it for me, proclaiming that they’re the bastions of the “open web” (what ever the hell that is – [...]

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So they put “Flash” on the iPhone

It wasn’t that much of a surprise, all the hints were there from the press releases yesterday morning (19 of the top 20 handset manufacturers) to the big grid of Open Screen Project partners with room for 1 more logo.
But the thing that concerns me most about Adobe’s announcement (that Flash CS5 can compile to [...]

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My 30 seconds of fame

After my 3 minute wonder @FOTB Andrew Shorten grabbed me and asked me if I’d answer some questions on camera. At the time I hadn’t realised he would be posting them on the internet for the whole world to see.
They’re a nice insight into the future of Flash, the Flash Community and Flash Catalyst.

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Nice implementation of Beziers in AS3

There have been a couple of times when I’ve needed to do some serious work with Beziers. Annoyingly I’ve only recently found a google code project called Bezier, which is the best implementation of Beziers in AS3 that I’ve found.
Go and have a look at the demo, the loose rope in example 7 is pretty [...]

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The obligatory post Flash on the Beach post

As a follow up to my pre Flash on the Beach post, here’s my post Flash on the Beach post.
First of all a big thank you to John, Jo, Joey, Hippie all the Lifeguards – you guys rock and continue to put on an amazing conference. Of course a big thank you to John for [...]

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The obligitory pre Flash on the Beach post

With less than a week to go I’ve got my Elevator Pitch pretty much nailed and with a little help from the awesome FOTB iPhone app I’ve got my schedule almost sorted.
Hopefully this year I’ll get to see some of the people I’ve mistakenly missed the past 2 years, on that list are: Rob Chiu, [...]

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A little down time

There will be a little down time while I spruce things up a little.

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