I’m currently using the Flashplayer in more of an embedded system configuration. We’re evaluating multiple hardware configurations to decide what hardware to use and we’re also evaluating multiple version of the Flashplayer to decide which Flashplayer to use. So I made a quick open source test app to help with this evaluation. It allows you [...]

ActionScript, Adobe AIR, Experiments, Flash, Tools & Utils, Tweener | 2 Comments »

Adobe accepted me into the AIR on Linux Alpha tester program! I just finished downloading everything and will let you know how it runs shortly. On a side note, I’m hoping it will fix the long-standing “while connected over an XML socket to a server, play a sound file and the network connection gets dropped” [...]

Adobe AIR | 3 Comments »

With the release of AIR 1.0 for Mac and Windows, Adobe is now focused on getting AIR 1.0 out for Linux. Currently, they are at the alpha stage and are taking applications for “Pre-Beta Testers”. Here’s a video of Kevin Lynch (Adobe’s Chief Technical Officer) demoing Parleys.com AIR app in Ubuntu (about 1:15 in) at [...]

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Back in May 2007, I posted about Flash and UML. I mentioned Saffron in the post and Samuel Agesilas (author of Saffron) posted a comment saying, “I’m honored that you would like to be on the private alpha. I most certainly can put you on that list. I will email you all of the info,” [...]

Adobe AIR, Flash, Misc | 9 Comments »

I returned from Las Vegas a couple of days ago where the company I work for, DigiDeal, was an exhibitor at the biggest casino/gambling convention in the world, G2E (Global Gaming Expo). There were two highlights for me:
1. My parent company, IGT, has a distribution and development agreement with Microsoft for their Surface computing. I [...]

Adobe AIR, Flash, conferences | 3 Comments »

Prelude: So this post is sadly overdue. Life has gotten crazy recently. I finished building my new house (mostly), moved in, got settled, and have continued to do all sorts of stuff to it (like installing blinds, a garage door opener, adding a patio, etc). On top of this, work has really picked up as [...]

Adobe AIR, Personal, conferences | No Comments »

I’m headed to the Adobe on AIR tour in Seattle tomorrow. If anybody else is going to be there that wants to hook up and exchange geek talk, drop me a comment or an e-mail…

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