Archive for June, 2009
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Speaking at Bath Camp
I’m really excited to be presenting a session on Adobe AIR at Bath Camp on July 1st. It’ going to be an introductory session into what Adobe AIR is, how you can develop for it and a view of some cool apps created using the framework.
Bath Camp is going to be the first non Adobe focused event that I’m speaking at so it’s a great chance to meet up with other developers and designers from the Bath & Bristol region.
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Skinning Flex with Degrafa and FXG
For my session at Flash Camp Birmingham I wanted to introduce people to declarative skinning within Flex. I was skinning Flex applications back in Flex 2 and to get the right visual appeal it was quite a tricky thing to get right. There was a reliance on heavy external assets brought into Flex and scaled using Scale9 techniques. There were many times I wanted to have better control of the UI I was creating through not only a more advanced CSS capability but without having to resort to creating skins from scratch directly with the Flash drawing API.
Posted in: journal | Tagged with: degrafa, flashcamp, flex, fxg, presentation
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Flash Camp Birmingham write up
Flash Camp Birmingham (UK) organised by the Flash Midlands user group. After a very good Flash Camp London it was always going to be interesting to see how the format would work outside of London. The answer very well!
Posted in: journal | Tagged with: events, flashcamp, speaking, video
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Start using the Pomodoro technique
Having been in an agile working environment for the last few years, I’m certainly becoming more aware of how similar techniques can be used outside the office.
I have recently come across the Pomodoro technique, it’s an interesting take on how to improve your personal productivity. As I do a lot of work outside of the office on personal and freelance projects I have struggled to get focus sometimes, this is where the Pomodoro Technique can be applied; to get your focus back on track. I have seen it referred to as one technique for a solo scrum.
Posted in: journal | Tagged with: agile, pomodoro technique
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