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I'll be speaking at next year's 360|Flex conference in March 2010. There are only twenty tickets left at the discounted price of $499 before the price goes up to $599. Register now . San Jose is a hot bed of technology and the 360|events in the area always sell out. Don't wait, because …
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A brand new tale in the world of Monkey Island is out, and I'm hoping for a fun old style game in the vein of the classic adventure genre. I went ahead and pre-purchased all five episodes, and can't wait to delve in. But, before starting to the new stuff, I decided to refresh my memory …
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This question comes in from Corey
I'm a newbie to the world of web development and Flex. I'm currently working on a project that will allow visitors to post stories and allow other users to comment on these stories. Similar functionality to Facebook's "wall." Would you describe for me …
keywords flex, flex show, functionality, helpful tips, newbie, panel component, professional, sponsorship, web development, well thanks
This question comes in from Andrew, who heard me talking about the Flextras Calendar in the last episode of The Flex Show.
Hi Jeffry, I just listened to the October News issue of The Flex Show podcast. I heard you mention a calendar app you've been working on. I've been tangling with …
keywords adobe, beta program, community blog, demo, e mail address, ely, flex, flex calendar, flex components, flex show, flexibility, greenfield, hearts, mash, preview release, professional, scratch, video series
Every once in a while on the Flextras Friday Lunch the conversation turns to business related topics. I talk about the difference between infinite digital goods and scarce goods. Digital goods can be easily copied and distributed. Scarce goods, such as services, are not easily …
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A financial analyst recently found me on the web. He works for an independent company that collects data on market trends and then sells reports to other companies. We had spoken once before about Adobe's Omniture acquisition. I told him about the differences between infinite digital …
keywords acquisition, adobe flash player, business, business models, catalyst, designers, financial analyst, flash flash, flash player 10, iphone, kool aid, market trends, omniture, professional, six months, smart phones, traction, using flash
I'm in a writing mood, so decided to tackle this question:
One of your pages talks about how to get a/the filepath from a URL path; so if I know the URL where a file is, can I obtain the (absolute) path, on the server, where this file is? I will gladly supply more details, I just now …
keywords absolute path, air, cf, coldfusion, domain name, flex, merapi, professional, sandbox, server side, system path, thanx
This question comes in from Gina, and it is a follow up to my series on Cairngorm.
From your blog Learning Cairngorm (Part 6) Dealing with the Singleton You mentioned the following: "Unless you write code to "Destroy" / get rid of the stuff you are storing in the ModelLocator, it will …
keywords array, cairngorm, flash player, flex, garbage collection, images, memory issues, performance problems, podcasts, pointer, professional, singleton, variables
A brand new tale in the world of Monkey Island is coming out, and I'm hoping for a fun old style adventure game in the vein of the classic genre. I went ahead and pre-purchased all five episodes, and can't wait to delve in. But, before starting to play episode one, I decided to refresh …
keywords adventure game, game reviews, homage, old style, personal
My big wedding reception is over, and I'm wearing a silver-esque titanium band on one of the fingers of my left hand. We hiked out to a waterfall for our wedding ceremony in the middle of the woods with around 30 friends and relatives. Then we took a lot of photos, with and without …
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