Archive for the ‘journal’ Category
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Catch me in .NET magazine “Where next for the Flash Platform” roundtable
As part of last month’s Flash Camp in London, I took part in a round table discussion on the Flash Platform for .NET magazine (Practical Web Magazine in the USA). The NET mag issue 188 is out now in the UK and will be worldwide very soon.
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Prudential Retirement Flex application wins Revolution Award
As I mentioned in a previous post the Adobe Flex project for Prudential that I worked on has one a prestigious Revolution Award in the financial category.
The retirement planner was the first RIA application for Prudential, however the …
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Flex app shortlisted for top award
I have just been informed that an Adobe Flex application that I worked on last year has been shortlisted for a Revolution Award in the financial services category.
The application is a retirement planning tool for Prudential in …
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Flash Camp London presentation
I was super excited to give a session at Flash Camp London today to Flash creatives from around the UK.
The camp was aimed more at the designer and creative side of Flash and we wanted to show some of the new and shiny features of Flash CS4. Some great speakers attended and I was honored to have presented on the same bill as some of the most renowned and respected individuals in the Flash scene.
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Flash Camp London 09 – Feb 26th
Flash Camp London 09 is a community run event sponsored by Adobe.
It’s a great meetup for all those people involved with the Flash platform and to listen to some great speakers including Mike Chambers, …
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8 Top Tips for Wordpress Theme development
Having moved this blogs CMS from ExpressionEngine to Wordpress 2.7 , I wanted to design and develop my own theme. You can start from blank canvas themes however I chose to start completely from scratch primarily so that I could get a good idea about how things work in Wordpress.
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Em based layouts – Vertical rhythm calculator
Typography on the web has become a point of focus for standards based developers recently. The pioneering work by Mark Boulton and Richard Rutter has highlighted the importance of good web typography. With the advent of more standards compliant browsers and a better understanding of the capabilities of CSS, more developers are spending the extra time and effort in pursuit of typography excellence within their designs.
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Custom iPhone web clip icon – how to
Yesterday’s MacWorld contained a few little gems of information in addition to the fabulous MacBook AIR announcement. What a great name, I bet Adobe were kissing Apple for bringing even more attention to the word AIR. Personally I’m not going to be queuing up for the MacBook AIR as I only run one machine, my MacBook Pro. Its getting on a bit now and is due for an update however I think I will wait for the 45nm chipsets and the integration of the new multi-touch trackpad before I invest in another Apple notebook, it needs to be a bit more of a work horse.
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