FITC has been a good time as usual. A highlight for me so far was the announcement of Adobe’s new Flash Player penetration numbers, featuring figures through March. According to the report, 83.4% of internet users around the world have version 9 of the player, and the number is slightly higher in North America.
So start coding that AS3!
April 23rd, 2007 by Stephen / 2 CommentsI will be attending and participating in the inaugural Future of Web Design conference this week in London, and the always super fun FITC conference next week in Toronto.
These events are great chances to hear from leaders in the industry, be inspired, and learn about what Adobe is up to .. specifically more info about Apollo and CS3 .. straight from the source.
In London, I am giving a three hour workshop this Tuesday and speaking and sitting on a panel on Wednesday. In Toronto, I will be on a panel on Tuesday, April 24th.
If any of you are at either event, come introduce yourself.
April 15th, 2007 by Stephen / 6 CommentsIf you can answer YES to all of these questions:
- I am legally allowed to work in the USA
- I can work fulltime, on-site at Big Spaceship HQ in Brooklyn
- I have skills programming some or all of the following:
Actionscript 2
Actionscript 3
HTML/Javascript/CSS
PHP
MySQL
Any other front-end or back-end Web technologies
- I think Guitar Hero and Foosball are keys to a quality work environment
We are looking for developers at all levels, from intern to senior. Please send resume, cover letter, and code samples to dev.work (at) bigspaceship.com.
April 12th, 2007 by Stephen / 4 CommentsNew in ActionScript 3.0 are user defined namespaces. ActionScript 2.0 already came with built-in namespaces, public and private. These gave you the ability to, at compile time, check your code for inconsistencies in your class definitions and timeline code.
Along with more predefined namespaces (public, private, protected, and internal) ActionScript 3.0 now comes with user defined namespaces. Those familiar with lower level programming languages (such as C++/C# or Java) may already be well acquainted with these concepts. If not read on and you’ll be on your way in a couple of minutes.
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