Apache Flex Logo Contest
POSTED IN Apache Flex, News | TAGS : apache, branding, contest, Design, Flex, logo January 11, 2012
The Apache Flex project is throwing a logo contest! Since the old Flex logo is still trademarked under Adobe, we need all new branding. Here’s your chance to flex your creative muscle and get a globally recognized design out to the world. It only started yesterday, but there’s already been a few entries. One of my favourite as of yet is this one:
New Year, New Site, New Outlook
POSTED IN General, News | TAGS : branding, creativity, Design, focus, idea, logo, new year, news, notes, outlook, output, perspective, planning, Project, re-branding, technology, website January 3, 2012
The New Year is a time a celebration for most, as for me it’s a time of reflection and learning. Since I don’t get a lot of time for myself during the year to unwind, the holidays bring more than just family and the copious amounts of alcohol that follows; it brings me clarity. It’s the only time of the year where everyone just stops, probably because we’re all sleeping off that food-coma. I don’t think I received a single shred of work related email during the whole time. Since my mind can relax while I munch on a second serving of turkey or seafood, it gives me time to ponder what could have changed in the past 365 days. In my case, I feel like I’ve worked very hard in the past year, but haven’t accomplished much. I’ve sacrificed sleep, free time and my health all for menial returns.
Actionscript Label Statements for Loops
POSTED IN Actionscript, Flash Platform, Flex | TAGS : Actionscript, break, Flex, label, loops, statement August 28, 2011
I have to say that I’m ashamed that I didn’t know about this beforehand. I’ve recently discovered a little feature in Actionscript called label statements. I always expect to learn new things in the industry since it’s every-changing, however I did not think I would learn something new about Actionscript since I’ve used it since AS1 and have thoroughly studied AS3 when it came out.
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Presenter vs. Mediator
POSTED IN Design, Flash Platform, Flex | TAGS : design patterns, Flex, framework, front-end, Jens Halm, lab49, mediator, mvc, parsley, presenter, robotlegs May 19, 2011
This discussion has raged on for some time. Both are fairly common patterns used for front-end development; it’s a new take on the classic MVC pattern. Recently, the argument has been re-ignited by the choice between two great application frameworks for Flex: RobotLegs and Parsley.
New York Flex Meetup Videos
POSTED IN Flash Platform, Flex, Mike's Flex Channel | TAGS : Adobe, Flex, franck wolff, graniteds, lab49, New York Flex Meetup, paul taylor, tinytlf, tlf, videos May 10, 2011
Last night we had another meetup at the Lab49 hideout. This time around, we had my co-worker and friend Paul Taylor present on Adobe’s RTE & TLF engine as well as his alternative project, TinyTLF. As an added bonus, we had the founder of GraniteDS, Franck Wolff, come talk to us about what Granite can do for us and our project.
Videos for both presentations are available after the break.
