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So earlier today I posted a community challenge on the Ribbit blog. The idea was to throw some interesting use cases at the community and see what everyone can come up with. Ribbit is such a simple yet interactive service, there are a lot of different ways to apply various fundamentals of Flash …
A lot of Flex developers resort to Flex 'states' when adding interactivity and transitions to their applications. I built the sample below to show a colleague that using Flex 'effects' are some times easier and involve less code than 'states'. This simple example (very beginner) shows how you …
I almost called this post 'The politics of technology', but thought better of it.
Just found out via Mashable that Obama's administration has chosen to steam the swearing-in ceremony on their site. For some reason, rather than offering up the steam in several available technologies, they've …
To support my prediction for Flash in 2009, I'd like to make the argument that while Flash Platform has become a proven Application platform, Flash Player is being used mostly for other purposes. I'd like to review my assumptions on Flash Player usage, and show why, along with the recent key …
While we wait for the Blu-ray release of Back to the Future, this announcement got me excited. It appears Universal will be releasing each movie individually in a feature-packed 2 disc set in February 2009.
Features include a few 'making of' documentaries plus the entire 'The Ride' …
The new year hasn't even started and already there have been nearly a dozen Flash and Flex conferences announced. With the recent demise of the mega-conference, smaller, more focused events should be all the rage in 2009. As an evangelist in the Flash Platform space, I'm considering several …
You know, I don't remember how old I was when I first went to Dairy Queen. And I don't remember what day it was when I had my first Blizzard. But I do remember the taste... oh that sweet taste... of the very first Pecan Cluster Blizzard I had. The problem is, kids today are [...]
Ted has announced the initial videos of sessions from MAX North America are starting to be posted. This is exciting. Having videos from 360Flex San Jose has been excellent. Since I was working the Ribbit booth during the conference, I missed out on a lot of sessions I wanted to see. I've asked …
If you're in the Seattle area, come to the Seattle Flex User Group tonight. I'll be going over the latest Ribbit release including how to code new features like SMS into your Flex app. I'll also have an overstuffed bag of goodies to give away (including those very cool Moleskine notebooks from …
Ribbit has filled a treasure chest full of $100,000 to reward the winners and participants of it's Killer App Challenge. The contest is mostly tailored towards the Flash Platform community and we expect to see many quality entries building Ribbit into Fl
