Here is another tutorial for all those craving to add some more eye-candy to your apps. In this sample app that I’ve created, all I did was create various effects and applied them to a simple panel container. Some of the effects are basic, out-of-the-box effects, but others are a little more complex […]

If you take a look at my “Projects” page, you’ll see that one of the bigger undertakings that I’ve had here at Adobe is writing an eBay Library in ActionScript 3. This project actually originated from another project that I was involved in, we deemed Project San Dimas (way cool name suggested by Alan […]

After reviewing the questions and comments that I got bombarded with from the recent set of Tech Talks that I’ve done, there have been a few notable issues brought up. One in particular that I think would be beneficial to mention here for everyone is accessibility for Flex (i.e. compatibility with assistive technologies for […]

Hi everyone,
I just got back from my trip and we’ve had some great events! I’d like to thank everyone who attended and especially those who helped out in making these events a success. Anyways, for those that are interested, the materials from the university tour (the sample code as well as the slide deck) are […]

That’s right, Adobe has made a move to open source code from their ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2), which is the powerful scripting engine used in the Adobe Flash Player. A very big contribution, it bodes well for web designers, web developers, and dare I say, all Internet users in general. In fact, I […]

As you may have picked up from my previous post, I’ll be coming back to my hometown, Vancouver BC to do some presentations at the local universities. While I’m in town, I will also be meeting with the Vancouver Flash User Group. Thanks to Ross Ladell, the user group leader, for inviting me and helping […]

For a looong time now, I’ve been working on this project. It was originally quite small, with the notion to build a simple Flex interface to eBay using Flex and the eBay APIs. Done. Simple. I would work on it alone, and in a bit of time, have a small app […]