I was playing around with WordPress, trying to create some custom functionality on a page and I quickly ran into a quandary. When do you put code in a plugin and when do you put it in your theme/child theme? It turns out the answer is not what you think, … Continue reading
Yet another good checkpoint for the Apache Flex project. As I’ve mentioned earlier, getting Adobe Flex fully contributed to Apache involved quite a bit of legal footwork; much more I imagine than anyone imagined, other than legal itself perhaps. From an outsider’s standpoint is easy to wonder what could be … Continue reading
I’ve been giving several talks lately, talking about the different CSS standards Adobe is involved with, and the contributions we’re making to WebKit. In order to make things easy, I had created a single web page with links to various demonstrations. But I wanted something subtle on the link page … Continue reading
Wow! What a huge milestone for the Apache Flex community. The legal trials and tribulations are over. The code transfers are complete. The votes are in, and the Apache Flex community has truly come together to produce the first official release of Apache Flex, Apache Flex 4.8.0-incubating. You can find … Continue reading
Anyone playing around with CSS Shaders has probably discovered very quickly how difficult it is to debug your shader. There are no debuggers, no breakpoints, not even a simple console.log. Fortunately, I’ve found a few simple things you can do to prevent you from ripping your hair out.
CSS Shaders are a new and relatively easy way to bring cinematic effects to the web. You can find out all about them on the ADC, on the Adobe & HTML site or you can read the actual W3 draft proposal. While there are many articles out there showing how to … Continue reading
Andy Trice recently forwarded me this link: http://selection.datavisualization.ch/#, a great site which showcases the current state of many visualization toolkits & frameworks. Upon investigation though, it looks like this is a mix of JavaScript & ActionScript libraries, applications for creation of data visualizations and generic helper tools. Navigating through the list … Continue reading
Normally when I’m presenting and want to show some functionality on a mobile device, I use an IPEVO Point 2 View USB camera to display the device in a window on my laptop. The IPEVO is inexpensive and works very nicely. Greg Wilson was telling me earlier about Reflection and I … Continue reading
I just registered as a speaker for 360|Flex 2012 in Denver, CO – April 15 – 18, 2012. You can find more details at the conference website: http://360flex.com. Should be a great conference. Tickets are cheaper on a first come, first serve basis, so buy your tickets asap at http://360flex.eventbrite.com to … Continue reading
I’ve been using Apache software in one form or another for about 15 years. But it’s only recently, with the advent of Apache Flex that I’ve started to actually understand what Apache is all about. I’m not referring to the Apache web server here, which in some circles is … Continue reading