Andy Trice Introduces app-UI

Apr 24th, 2012

Andy Trice has created app-UI, a collection of reusable application container user interface components that may be helpful to web and mobile developers for creating interactive applications using HTML and JavaScript, especially those targeti...

Bruce Bowman On Shadow + LiveReload

Apr 24th, 2012

LiveReload reloads pages as soon as they are saved. Check out Bruce Bowman's explanation of Shadow + LiveReload workflow.

US Census Browser v2.0

Apr 24th, 2012

I am happy to announce the US Census Browser version 2.0!  Back in December of 2011, I released the US Census Browser as an open source application intended to demonstrate principles for enterprise-class data visualization and applications developed with web standards.  This version has some fairly substantial changes – See the video below to check out features [...]

Products Are Hard, May 1 in San Francisco

Apr 24th, 2012

If you are a developer, designer, or product manager in the Bay Area you should check out this event put on by an old friend of mine: Products Are Hard. Looks like lots of great speakers, including folks from Zynga, YouTube, Clorox, Red...

Using Fullscreen Interactive and Mouse Lock in Flash Player 11.3

Apr 24th, 2012

Fullscreen Interactive Feature In Flash Player 11.3 (currently in beta on labs.adobe.com) there is a new feature that allows applications to use full keyboard input in fullscreen mode. To use the new fullscreen interactive feature you must first set the "allowFullscreenInteractive=true" value in the HTML embed code. Then in ActionScript you set the display state [...]

The New Adobe Creative Suite (CS6) is a Sign of the Mobile Times

Apr 24th, 2012

  First, I would like to congratulate my former Adobe colleagues, who worked on the new Creative Suite 6 apps. After watching the launch presentation yesterday and keeping an eye on what people are saying about it on Twitter, I think it’s safe to say that this has been one of the most impressive and [...]

Introducing app-UI

Apr 24th, 2012

I’d like to take a moment and introduce app-UI, a new open source application framework that I’ve been working on. app-UI is a collection of reusable “application container” user interface components that may be helpful to web and mobile developers for creating interactive applications using HTML and JavaScript, especially those targeting mobile devices. app-UI is [...]

Paul Trani Explains Adobe Creative Cloud Membership

Apr 24th, 2012

Fellow Adobe evangelist has posted a series of YouTube videos to answer questions pertaining to Adobe Creative Cloud membership.

Andy Trice On Extending PhoneGap With Native Plugins

Apr 23rd, 2012

Fellow evangelist Andy Trice has posted an article on Extending PhoneGap with native plugins for Android.

This Week in mLearning Podcast – Thinking Mobile-First [Episode 3]

Apr 23rd, 2012

Welcome to our third episode of our new podcast entitled “This Week in mLearning.” Below is a summary of topics we discussed this week. Great news, our Podcast is now live on iTunes and you can subscribe HERE. Please let us know your comments by leaving a comment here and thank you in advance for [...]

Text-to-Speech in Adobe Captivate 5.5 – Create and Reuse!

Apr 23rd, 2012

There are different ways of adding audio to an eLearning project in Adobe Captivate 5.5 and one of the ways is to convert Text to Audio with the powerful functionality of  Text-to-Speech in Adobe Captivate. As I was thinking about it, a thread in Link...

Coloropus in Flash goes Mac App Store

Apr 23rd, 2012

Coloropus created by Pigsels Media has been launched on Mac App Store / download here. The game uses AIR 3.2 and you can read an article by Pigsels about the publishing process. Also note that the upcoming AIR 3.3 has better Mac App Store and we highly recommend using AIR 3.3 for publishing apps to [...]

New Site: Adobe & HTML

Apr 23rd, 2012

Check out the new Adobe & HTML site to learn what we're doing with HTML and web standards.

ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1 Extension Updates

Apr 21st, 2012

One of the most critical features of ColdFusion Builder, in my opinion, has been its extension API. ColdFusion Builder 2.0.1, currently in beta, adds some very nice updates to the API, including... Extensions can get a list of projects...

Computerworld On The Future Use Of Flash

Apr 20th, 2012

David Weldon interviewed me in researching his Computerworld story Time to de-Flash your site?. His key message? Mobile and desktop site needs are different, and on devices apps are often preferred to mobile sites.

What do you look for before joining a team?

Apr 20th, 2012

Ben Riordan emailed me an interesting question a while back and I promised to bring it up here and see what my readers think. Here's his question: When working with a team of developers what should I look out for / any best practices? ...

Starting with Starling: Ep 3 and 4

Apr 20th, 2012

Episodes 3 and 4 of Starting with Starling series are now online. In the 3rd episode, you will understand how the artwork and animation for Hungry Hero game were built. We will also explore how they are exported to PNG files. Later, publish them into a sprite sheet using Texture Packer. The last step will [...]

Demo of Handlebars, and why you should consider a templating engine

Apr 19th, 2012

For a while now I've been thinking I need to pick up, and start using, a JavaScript templating engine. I had used a jQuery-based one a few years back, but that project was abandoned and I've yet to really look what - if any - solution wo...

Esta Semana en el Aprendizaje Móvil [Episodio 2: Apps Nativas vs. La Web Móvil]

Apr 19th, 2012

En Nuestro segundo episodio, abordamos los siguientes temas: Historias destacadas de la semana: a- Google´s Project Glass: Realidad Aumentada y sus potencialidades b- Post: “Designing Learning for the Ultimate Mobile Learner´s Experience” (en español, Diseñando aprendizaje para una mejor experiencia del estudiante móvil) A fin de crear conocimiento portátil, espontáneo y contextual, necesitamos concentrarnos en tres [...]

Making Awesomeness*

Apr 18th, 2012

15 years. Yep, that’s a long time. In fact, it’s so long that it’s hard to remember “not” working for Adobe. But as of May 4th, I will be leaving the “big red A” to set off on a new adventure. I’ve accepted an offer to join Stremor, a start-up here in Phoenix as their VP [...]

Job Posting: Council for Logistics Research, Inc.

Apr 18th, 2012

Quick note - they want me to let you know this is for Washington, DC candidates only. Web Development Internship Council for Logistics Research, Inc. Crystal City, VA Council for Logistics Research's Software Development Team (SDT) is ...