Join me at this week’s FlashCodersNY meeting for my ActionScript 3.0 Robotlegs session. The meeting will be at Think Coffee on Mercer between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Manhattan starting at 7:00 PM and going until 9:00 PM. There is no cost to attend a FlashCodersNY meeting and everyone is welcome. Google Maps: http://bit.ly/9lP9yE
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I’m very excited to announce the launch of a new Flex RIA that I have been working on with a terrific and talented group of people at HBO called HBO GO. You can check out the application online at http://www.hbogo.com.
You can read about it on Adobe Labs http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
I just finished developing a site for the book “Night of the Gun” written by New York Times writer David Carr. You can see the site here http://www.nightofthegun.com.
I developed the site in ActionScript 3.0 using Papervision3D 2.0 (Great White).
The Flash on Tap website went live (http://www.flashontap.com/fot/index.html) today. This is one event I’m looking forward to. How can you pass up on a Flash conference wrapped in a beer festival located in Boston? Plus, the speaker line-up looks great.
Adobe released a new version of Director which have many new features such as support for up to 40 file formats for video, audio and images, DirectX 9, AGEIA PhysX engine, Flash 9 importing, Unicode support for multiple languages and an improved user interface.
Adobe release new betas today of AIR and Flex 3.
Adobe AIR Beta 2
Adobe® AIR™ lets developers use their existing web development skills in HTML, AJAX, Flash and Flex to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/
Adobe Flex 3 Beta 2
Adobe® Flex™ 3 is a cross platform, open source framework for creating rich Internet applications that run identically in all major browsers and operating systems.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/
If you are planning on attending the Flashforward2007 Boston conference and have not yet bought your ticket check out Thumbplay’s Widget Festival for a chance to win free admission, travel and accommodations.
The contest ends Aug. 31st, 2007 and for complete details see the Thumbplay website at http://partners.thumbplay.com/widget_festival
This summer two new Flash books are coming out that I had the pleasure of getting involved with as a technical reviewer. They are both very good books and will be excellent additions to my bookshelf.
The first book is “Flash Video for Professionals” written by two very good friends of mine Lisa Larson and Renee Constantini. The book is well written and has many examples on all aspects of Flash Video development in both ActionScript 2.0 and ActionScript 3.0. It’s a great way for developers not yet using AS3 to get started with Flash Video today and yet be able to continue to get more out of the book as they delve into AS3.
The second book is written by a colleague I haven’t yet met in person but have read many things by him before. William Sanders’ “ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Object Oriented Programming Techniques” covers all of the popular Design Patterns and how they can help solve common problems in Flash and Flex applications.
I’m now teaching a “Macromedia Flash: Animation and Introduction to ActionScript” at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. The class is a continuing education class with 3 CEUs and meets on eight Saturdays 10:000am to 2:00pm June 9th through July 28th, 2007.
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