Category Archives: Flash

Kindle vs. iPad

Posted on January 31, 2010 by keith

There’s so much I could say about the iPad, particularly being a Flash guy. But I’ll stay out of that fray. Whatever will be, will be. The thing that bugs me about people’s reactions to the iPad is when people … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 19 Comments

AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation published in Japan

Posted on January 22, 2010 by keith

Just before I went out to FiTC Tokyo, I was contacted by Naoki Miyagawa, a translater working for OReilly Japan in Tokyo. He said that he was working on the translation of my book, AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 4 Comments

Emergent Behavior

Posted on January 17, 2010 by keith

I wanted to make a demonstration file for a talk I’m doing this week to show the difference between bitmap and vector performance. So I needed something that drew a whole lot of lines. Came up with this, which I … Continue reading →

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RunVis – Visualizing GPS Running Data from a Garmin 305.

Posted on January 4, 2010 by keith

A while back I mentioned on twitter, and the other day here on this blog about a pet project I was playing with, visualizing the running data gathered by my Garmin 305 GPS watch while on runs. Well, here’s what … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General | 8 Comments

Another year…

Posted on December 31, 2009 by keith

For the past few years, I’ve posted a review of the previous year and a look to the coming year. So, I’ll do it again. 2009 was a very interesting year. Like this year, last year I had a whole … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Technology | 6 Comments

Hello Tokyo!

Posted on November 24, 2009 by keith

On Thursday, I’m heading out to Tokyo to speak at FiTC! I’ll be getting in late afternoon Friday, Tokyo time. As I’m sure many know, my wife is from Japan and I’ve been over there several times. But when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash | 7 Comments

All BIT-101/Wicked Pissah Games iPhone apps now FREE!

Posted on November 12, 2009 by keith

Here are all my apps. Falling Balls was free from the start and has made me a small fortune in ad revenue. All the other paid apps have made me, all told, maybe $300 over the last year. When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 6 Comments

Gravity Pods one of the "Best 20 Internet Flash Games" according to Telegraph

Posted on November 5, 2009 by keith

Read it here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/6461245/The-20-best-internet-Flash-games-from-Doom-to-Stick-Cricket.html Coming in at 11: 11. Gravity Pods A simple concept – use a gun to fire a pellet into a target. But the pellet’s path is deflected by little gravity pods. Use them to guide the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 4 Comments

Buy me for $10

Posted on October 29, 2009 by keith

Well… buy my book. Today only (Thursday, October 29, 2009). AdvancED ActionScript 3.0 Animation, only $10 (ebook version). http://www.friendsofed.com/dotw/index.html

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 11 Comments

My thoughts on Flash CS5 and iPhone

Posted on October 13, 2009 by keith

I’ve been holding my tongue on this since the announcement, and slowly putting my thoughts together in what I hope is not considered to be a knee jerk reaction. First of all, a big dose of respect to the engineering … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, iPhone | 87 Comments