Archive for July, 2006

Apollo Podcast

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

If your interested in the future of Flash as a platform, then Apollo is the next new part of the equation bringing the strengths of Flash to the desktop.

All of you should know of Mike Chambers, the community voice and face of Macromedia for along time and the man behind the blogging intiative at Macromedia(you read MXNA right?), and now of course i can only presume he had alot to do with Labs. Mikes latest outreach to the community is a podcast that you can listen to on your way to work or during some downtime (hopefully from now on weekly).

As a member of the Apollo team, Mikes latest podcast contains an interview (more of a discussion) about some of the concerns people have been having about Apollo being a runtime (say like Java or .NET). Speaking with two of the engineers on the team, the discussion should answer all of your concerns.

More good stuff to come, i would imagine. So, subscribe to the podcast and listen on a regular basis for some straight-from-the-horses-mouth information.

Make sure you checkout this weeks update aswell.

Adobe MAX still doesn’t pay speaker expenses!

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Aral has the lowdown on why Adobe need to change their policy on covering expenses for presenters at MAX. Controversially in the past they have not paid for speakers flights and/or accomodation for the duration of the conference, similarly the speaker support is apparently “the worst” of all related industry events.

I was hoping that things would change when Adobe took over, but at present, its not looking that way. At $1000 per ticket surely they have some spare cash lying around to cover speaker expenses ;)

Still waiting for Apollo?

Monday, July 10th, 2006

An updated version of MDM Zinc V2.5 was released today, making the best projector tool able to support Flash 9 Movies and Flex 2 Applications. More info here, here and here.

Square Circle website is live!

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Its been along time in the works and the guy’s over at Square Circle have finally got it live. I helped them out during the early stages with some coding for the spinning zoom concept, the quicknav and the interactive telephone in the contacts section. The site is looking slick, awesome visuals and 3d renders, the portfolio section is sweet (great use of Flash video) and the overall experience is a pleasant one. Check it out for yourself. Great job guys!

Flash Monster Trucks

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Heres an addictive game for you to play during any downtime at work. Clever viral piece made by the gang over at Stimunation. Nice rigid body dynamics.