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Adobe MAX 2008 day one

taterboy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:56:30 +0000

The first day of MAX has ended at 10:30 pm Monday night. East coast time is taking it’s toll, but I know I am not the only one. I just finished moderating a video tips group that was full of drooping eyes. Today was a success with 4 new t-shirts and a few new tips [...]

MAX continued

taterboy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:11:25 +0000

Max keynote is available online now. keynote I cannot do it justice from my iPhone, so check it out. Updates: Apparantly the keynote video does not live at the address I placed above, that is what was on the big screen at the end of the keynote. sorry about that. Here are a couple links of real live [...]

Abobe MAX 2008 San Francisco

taterboy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:13:46 +0000

Adobe MAX 2008 kicks off with Shantanu Narayen, Adobe CEO. I will do some live blogging from MAX. All post are being typed on my iPhone, due to my broken laptop, so do not expect a lot of details. Over 5000 in attendence. Followed by 2 more MAX conferences in europe and Asia. Flash catalyst announced, previously Thurmo. [...]

Adobe launches Tour de Flex

taterboy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:56:19 +0000

It is official, Adobe launches Tour de Flex, the update to the Flex 2 Component Explorer. Check it out here Tour de Flex. Check out the About link in the drop-down in the upper right, to find links back to this blog (Todd Williams) and our company HD Interactive. Also Greg Wilson has more background on how [...]

HD Interactive launches new site

taterboy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:42:49 +0000

HD interactive launches a new website. Check it out here, www.hdinteractive.com Related Posts: MAX continued Adobe MAX 2008 day one Abobe MAX 2008 San Francisco Adobe launches Tour de Flex Tampa Flash, Flex and AIR Developers Group

Adobe Max and Taterboy blog update

taterboy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:46:35 +0000

Adobe Max is just a few days away and we are so excited about some of the events planned this year. Unfortunately the little bit that I know can’t be discussed until Monday November 17. I will try to do some live blogging from the keynote as well as the rest of the conference. Some of [...]

Free Fullscreen Kiosk Web Browser

taterboy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:15:19 +0000

Building a Fullscreen Kiosk Web Browser using Flex and AIR. There are a number a fullscreen web browsers/plugins out there, but not all of them are free. We have used a couple different ones over the years for kiosks that need Web Browsing capability or to display an HTML based kiosk application. Next time I can [...]

Illustrating In Illustrator 101 part 1 of 5

taterboy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:55:36 +0000

Sketches & Guides This series will cover the basics of illustrating with Adobe Illustrator from start to finish, geared more toward novice Illustrator users with a few intermediate tips along the way. Some of the principles discussed are applicable to most illustration programs and illustration in general. This collection of posts will be based on a philosophy [...]

New Political Flash Game

taterboy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:05:50 +0000

I like to at least add a post once a week, but this past friday I had an idea for a quick flash project. Like everything quick, it never is. Finally here is the result of that idea. WhackyVoting It is a whack-a-mole styled game based on a scenario that voter turnout in the upcoming election is [...]

Is AS3 Ready For Prime-Time? (part 3)

taterboy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:38:28 +0000

Targeting Loaded swfs and Streaming As we move into the Object Oriented mindset, communication between a host and loaded swf can be a little controversial. Though using bubbling events is great for easy plug and play type communication, establishing a direct connection to pass information can be more efficient. As a comparison, to load an swf into [...]