Category Archives: Technology

Good bye 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 by keith

As usual, it’s time to make my year end post. I’ll keep it relatively brief. A few changes this year. This spring, I got kind of fed up with Apple, their control-happy policies, and the general direction they are heading. … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Silverlight, Technology, Windows Phone 7 | 8 Comments

Structure Synth 1.5.0 Released

Posted on November 22, 2010 by keith

This past year I gave my “Programming Art” talk at five different conferences: Multi-Mania Belgium, FlashBelt, and FiTC in Toronto, San Francisco and Edmonton. I think the two things that stood out the most for people were Context Free Art … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 5 Comments

What is Flash?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by keith

This weekend I was at FITC Edmonton, where I presented my Programming Art session for the last time. I’ll be working on something new for next year. It was a fun conference. Very relaxed, and for the first time ever, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Technology | 43 Comments

Consumers vs. Creators

Posted on November 3, 2010 by keith

Great quote from Leo Laporte on this week’s Mac Break Weekly. this is the risk inherent in treating your users as consumers as opposed to creators – is that you could actually breed the creaters out of userbase and by … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | 5 Comments

On the “death” of Silverlight

Posted on October 31, 2010 by keith

This week, Microsoft announced their changing strategy regarding Silverlight. You can read more about that here: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-our-strategy-with-silverlight-has-shifted/7834. [Edit: 10/01/2010] Note, this post just came out today, which clarifies things a lot. http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/pdc-and-silverlight/ [/Edit] The key points are that going forward, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Silverlight, Technology | 63 Comments

Java on OS X for the uninformed

Posted on October 26, 2010 by keith

By uninformed, I count myself as number one. I’m writing this because I didn’t really get the whole Apple deprecating Java situation. It sounded serious, so I educated myself a bit. This post might be helpful for people who don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 12 Comments

More thoughts on Mac

Posted on October 21, 2010 by keith

I’ve been thinking a lot more about yesterday’s thoughts, and it occurred to me I’ve maybe been thinking about it all wrong. I’ve been into computers since about 1986 when I gained control over a Commodore 64 at work. On … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 17 Comments

Thoughts on the 10.7 App Store

Posted on October 20, 2010 by keith

Today Apple announced OS X 10.7, aka “Lion”. One line reaction: I’m really glad I switched back to Windows when I did. The most troubling aspect of the whole announcement was the unveiling of the OS X App store. Why … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Technology | 49 Comments

Things I like this week

Posted on September 19, 2010 by keith

1. Internet Explorer 9. Go ahead, laugh. It’s a good browser. Just made it my default. 24 hours in and I don’t miss Chrome yet. 2. Fences. Organize your Windows desktop icons. Killer feature – double click desktop and all … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Silverlight, Technology | 2 Comments

Kindle 3: Under the microscope!

Posted on September 3, 2010 by keith

Yeah, this took a while, but I finally got around to sticking my new toy under the ‘scope. To be honest, the differences between the Kindle 2 and the new version are amazingly apparent the first time you turn the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Kindle, Technology, Uncategorized | 16 Comments