Category Archives: Apollo

KClipper: Save Text Clips to your Kindle

Posted on June 19, 2009 by keith

A couple of months ago I got my Kindle 2. I was a bit skeptical, but fell in love with it. Even then, I thought, well, it’s new and shiny, see how much you like it in a few weeks. … Continue reading →

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Vote for AS3 AIR Projects in Flex Builder

Posted on March 28, 2008 by keith

Currently, there is no way to create an ActionScript-based AIR project. There is a workaround where  you create a Flex-based AIR project and remove the XML file and add a main class file instead and set that as your main … Continue reading →

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FileFilter.macType

Posted on July 7, 2007 by keith

I was recently doing a bit of work with the File class in AIR, and in creating some dialogs ran across this “macType” property of the FileFilter class. The documentation is pretty scant on it, but a quick Google search … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on distributing Apollo Apps.

Posted on May 31, 2007 by keith

So, Apollo is catching on, and the apps are starting to roll out. Some of them sound cool, and I’d like to try out more of them, but I run into a couple of things… 1. While it’s relatively easy … Continue reading →

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"Apollo Outside of the Box" FiTC Presentation Files Posted

Posted on April 26, 2007 by keith

Have at ’em. http://www.bit-101.com/fitc/2007/FiTC%20Files.zip I want to see a better looking sheep and additional ways to destroy my desktop!

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Building Apollo Apps. Rethink your rules of thumb.

Posted on March 14, 2007 by keith

My friend, former co-worker, current co-author, and Yahoo! Maps genius, Chuck Freedman, made an interesting observation about the size of Apollo apps today. As Flash developers over the years, we’ve had it beaten into our heads to keep apps small. … Continue reading →

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Apollo is coming! Apollo is coming!

Posted on February 28, 2007 by keith

Mike Chambers just gave us all the heads up. http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mesh/archives/2007/02/quick_apollo_up.html So dust off your Flex Builder, stretch out your fingers, stock up on your favorite all-night-coding-binge food and beverage, and warn your significant other that one day soon you’ll be … Continue reading →

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Apollo coming soon…

Posted on January 31, 2007 by keith

Soon as in, “…a developer release of the product in the next couple of months.” At least according to GigaOM’s live blogging from DEMO’07. A “developer release” likely means it will be up on labs by the end of March. … Continue reading →

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Speaking about Apollo…

Posted on November 30, 2006 by keith

I am. At FiTC next April. Description here: http://fitc.ca/presentation_detail.cfm?festival_id=12&presentation_id=419 FiTC is always great. See you there!

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Adobe Gone Wild!

Posted on October 26, 2006 by keith

In the last week: Digital Editions, Flex Builder 2 for Mac, Soundbooth, Flex Scheduling Framework, Flash Lite 2.1 Authoring Update. That’s quite a week for any company. And so much more in the works…

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