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Friday July 30,2010

The surface and the depth of rich internet applications continues to evolve over time. The technologies at hand improve, developers and designers are afforded more power, and more usability issues are being solved.

These are certainly exciting times in which to be a designer/developer/engineer.

We welcome Flex 3, the AIR runtime, ActionScript 3.0, Spry, various AJAX libraries, FlashLite 2.0, Thermo, Silverlight (meh), and much more. We embrace these juicy morsels of technology, and churn out seven course cuisine for our users.

Macromedia, we shall never forget you and how you changed the internet. Now that Adobe has reached over and grabbed the reigns, we look for continued greatness in the inherited products they purchased and the employees they took on.

This site has always been about interactive experimentation and giving back to the community. I will continue this tradition in the year 2007 and beyond.

I thank you for taking the time to visit.

What is this site all about?

For several years this site has allowed me to communicate and to network with the interactive community. Flash, Flex, 3D, video, and just general thoughts on interactive design and development topics that interest me.

This site has also allowed me to experiment with various web technologies. Its a place to share things I have discovered, a place to query the community about certain things, and a place to keep in touch with those who follow (generally) the work that I do.

Clients

This is also a place to serve as a conduit for the clients for whom I work with on projects and various consulting activities. Clients get their own dedicated, password-protected areas here which allows for business activities to run smoother than simple emailings of prototypes/code/work/business forms. It has provided my clients a further degree of sophistication which they deserve.

The site also provides a mechanism for potential clients to peruse and decide whether or not they are interested in contacting me in regards to potential project work.

Family

I am able to keep in touch to a certain degree with this site as well. I can upload specific mini-sites (ie. wedding, family events, etc.) without much trouble. Normally these URLs are private, but sometimes in the past I have made things public (especially when they are quite exciting). You're probably not interested in that though, so please feel free to check the blog, and in the coming months I will be restoring my resources and podcasting areas.

The views expressed within this site are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer.

"Thank you, gentlemen. The year has been a good one for the society. This year, our members have put more things on top of other things than ever before. But I should warn you, this is no time for complacency. No, there are still many things, and I cannot emphasize this too strongly, *not on top of other things.* I myself, on my way here, saw a thing that was not on top of another thing in any way."

"If you do something that you truly love, you'll strive to better and have more fun doing it than in doing something just to get by. That is if the pay is favourable enough to warrant its pursuit."

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There are many resources from which you can learn online on how to carry out a site's development. Most articles would recommend using coldfusion as it is easy to learn. They would also suggest hiring a professional to make a professional web design. Some articles would advise using a wireless modem and internet connection for convenience sake. And most would focus on keeping a sql backup of the database to avoid critical data loss. Also the use of business software is mentioned in some articles to efficiently carry out the business.