Archive | September, 2009

So what really is Google Wave

As of right now, I do not have a Google Wave invite, but the blog buzz is kinda interesting to see. The one thats prompting me to write this post is the one by Ryan Stewart titled “Google Wave pisses me off”. I commented on his post but it was such a long comment that [...]

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Thoughts on Commercial Ecosystem for the Flash Platform

This post is in response to Grant Skinners post on a thriving commercial ecosystem for the Flash Platform. For those who are just getting caught up with the conversation, it all began with Adobe labs releasing Squiggly, a spelling library for Flash apps which may compete directly with Grant’s own Spelling Plus Library which prompted [...]

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On Innovation in big companies

These notes are from BarcampPhilly ’08 that were lost in the depths of my computer’s hard disk and I only just found again. At the event, a few of us from CIM held a round table discussion on innovation, especially developer led innovation in big companies. Here are the points that people mentioned: Innovation only [...]

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Are you in/around Philadelphia and into Flash, Flex or AIR? You should be at FlashCamp!

I am pretty excited that Rob Hall has formally announced FlashCamp Philadelphia to be held on Nov 7th. The event promises be pretty fantastic with some of the biggest names in Flash and Flex circles coming in to participate. While the event promises to be technically very educational, I am personally excited to see how [...]

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Migrating to Java 1.6 on a Mac (Warning: Flash CS3/Flex Builder/Eclipse wont work with it)

[Update: Changed the title, added "on a Mac" because everything mentioned here is applicable to that platform alone] After not looking at it for 4 years, today I started playing with Java again for a new open source project called RedCar, a programmers text editor that is now being ported to SWT and JRuby. Mat [...]

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Is CSS the best metaphor for styling for a UIToolkit? Maybe not

Writing your own UI Toolkit is, if nothing else, educational. As the OpenPyro framework continues to evolve, every time a new feature is added, I look around at prior art in the domain and evaluate the choices made by different frameworks which has been fascinating. Of course, the first framework I look at (since I [...]

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