Blog

February 24, 2008

Ext Updated To Support AIR

Jack Slocum has released Ext 2.0.2 which includes support for AIR. He has also posted an updated examples app and notes.

AIR

February 24, 2008

Flex SDK Open Source Site Online

We've been talking about the open sourcing of the Flex SDK for a while, and now you can check it all out online at the new Adobe Open Source Flex SDK wiki.

Adobe Flex

February 24, 2008

Flex 3 And AIR Launched!

Title says it all. Flex 3 and AIR have officially launched and are now shipping! Yeah!

I am in Atlanta to take part in 360Flex starting here tomorrow morning. I previously presented at 360Flex in San Jose and Seattle and both were amazing events - so I am looking forward to this first East Coast venue. Matt Chotin is presenting the opening keynote, and both Greg Wilson and myself...

Appearances ColdFusion Flex

February 21, 2008

ColdFusion And Flex Positions In TX, Montreal, GA, And NY

Multiple ColdFusion and Flex positions this week: TrialSmith Inc. (Austin, TX) is looking for a ColdFusion developer. Requirements include BS degree in Computer Science or related coursework, experience with ColdFusion 7/8 and SQL Server, and familiarity with framework methodologies. Preference...

Jobs

February 20, 2008

Jared Rypka-Hauer Chats With Bruce Chizen

Jared Rypka-Hauer had the opportunity to interview former Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen, and chatted about the future of ColdFusion and more. Jared has posted his notes and comments online. Included is this quote by Bruce: "We see ColdFusion as being tightly married to Flex, AJAX and AIR. We understand...

Flex Based Discovery Channel Earth Live

Discovery Channel recently released Earth Live , a 3D Rich Internet Application that can be used to interact with climate data and more. The site is intuitive, engaging, and allows contributors to post stories to enhance the data collected from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

My Flex 30onair Video

First the disclaimer: I am not the creative designer type (in case you thought otherwise). But, that being said, I tried. Here is my "Why Flex?" video for 30onair :

My ColdFusion 30onair Video

OK, it runs a bit over 30 seconds, but ... here is my "Why ColdFusion?" video for 30onair : Oh, and as for those Flip cameras , I have given 4 away so far, and still have a few left.

Want A Flip Video Camera? Tell Me How You'd Fill 30 Seconds

30onair is a series of 30 second videos answering "Why Flex?" "Why Flash?" "Why ColdFusion?" and more. These YouTube videos (all with the tag "30onair") were recorded with a wonderful little video camera called Flip which lets you shoot and post quickly and easily. And, I have a stash of these...