http://jameswhittaker.com Front-end Developer, Designer and Consultant Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:36:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After upgrading my Macbook Pro to Snow Leopard I found that my 3 Mobile Broadband USB (Huawei Mobile Connect E169G) stick no longer functioned. The quite frankly rubbish MobileConnect software that they have on the stick refused to start on Snow Leopard and promptly crashed every time. So after some fiddling ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/fixing-3-mobile-broadband-e168g-on-snow-leopard/ I have been looking to purchase an iPhone since the launch of the 3Gs. The original plan was to make a purchase while I was on holiday in Italy during August, the primary reason for this was because unlike our unhelpful country here in the UK Italy by law has ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/the-best-way-to-buy-an-iphone/ Yes that's correct I'm leaving my position as front end architect for Nokia Music and heading off down to London town to join the TweetDeck team. If your not sure what TweetDeck is then where have you been?! I have known Iain for a few years now and have been really ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/im-joining-tweetdeck/ I'm really excited to have my first tutorial published in the premier web design magazine .NET issue 192 (Practical Web Design in the USA). The 4 page tutorial uses Flex and Adobe AIR to create a desktop application for uploading and viewing your movies on YouTube. All tutorial files and ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/flex-air-tutorial-in-net-mag/ 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 ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/speaking-at-bath-camp/ 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 ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/skinning-flex-with-degrafa-and-fxg/ 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! For those of you who are not familiar with a Flash ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/flash-camp-birmingham-write-up/ 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 ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/start-using-the-pomodoro-technique/ Adobe Flex is a great platform to work with for creating rich engaging applications of all sizes for the web and now the desktop with AIR. Now we are at Flex version 3 and the next version Flex 4, which is the SDK, and the editor now called Flash Builder ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/flex-resources/ Here we go it's Flash Camp time again but in my area of the UK the Midlands! There is a great mix of sessions to be had by some fantastic speakers so there should be something for all including designers, developers and general others. There are some great sponsors too so ... http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/flash-camp-birmingham-uk/