Flash | Retrospective

Let me apologize up front for this very non-Flash blog post.
Yesterday morning, I got up early to go clean up my yard, in particular, clean up the weeds. We were gone over Xmas and due to that trip and some laziness (ok… a lot of laziness), I let the landscaping go for a “bit”. […]

I just read about this on a Flash blog and thought I would jot it down here so I don’t forget.
http://www.kaourantin.net
“For scroll-wheel zooming in Flash,
Hold SHIFT-CTRL while using the scroll wheel in the Stage.”
Pretty nice and much quicker than mousing over to the toolbar, grabbing the magnifying glass, zooming down and then back over to […]

My last class on "Introduction to Using Video in Flash" went well. I didn't start pulling together the presentation until last night, but I knew I only had to produce about an hour of content. I had plenty, in fact, I went over. The students looked interested the entire time and I didnt' see anyone [...]

Saturday morning is the last day of class for the beginning Flash class I am co-teaching. I will be teaching my own ActionScript class in the spring (starts April), but this has been a good introduction into teaching a entire course.
On Saturday, the class will be turning in their final projects. The left over class [...]

Another year, another MacWorld SF and Steve Jobs doesn't dissapoint again.
The new Mac Mini and iPod Shuffle are two pretty cool products. The new iLife suite is good upgrade and I am very glad to see iWork released. This will at least keep MS innovating with MS Office since Mac users now have a good [...]

Guess I am back quicker than I thought.
I decided just before the end of 2004 that I would go for my Flash Dev certification. I have never been someone who put much value in certification. I come across a lot of people certified from many programs (MS, Macromedia, A+) and it was [...]

Well.. today I decided to start my own blog. My wife started up her blog some time ago as a sort of personal diary. I read tons of blogs but never felt I had enough to say.
I guess that is changing. I started fulltime freelance in November and recently started co-teaching a beginning Flash class [...]