Monthly Archives: August 2006

Geotagging, you’re it!

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Mims H Wright

My favourite website just got favouriter! Flickr has announced “Geotagging” which interfaces with the Yahoo! Maps API to let you drag and drop your pictures onto the location where they were taken. The result is a giant map. Now I … Continue reading →

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It’s a good time for us to be us

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Mims H Wright

A major sign that we’re doing something right (and a small justification of my rockstar post), this recent article from AdvertisingAge paints a very interesting picture of the industry. It makes me wonder a) if we’re just headed for another … Continue reading →

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[DefaultProperty] defines a default property. [duh]

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Mims H Wright

They must have been putting in some late nights at Adobe while working on the documentation for Flex… nevertheless, here is an excellent example of how [Not] to write (from Creating and Extending Flex 2 Components). DefaultProperty metadata tag The … Continue reading →

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Skip Intro

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Mims H Wright

The FWA is running a poll to vote for the most influential flash websites of the last 10 years (actually 8 years since they don’t consider anything before 1998 worth mentioning). If you’re feeling nostalgic for some drumloops, long intros, … Continue reading →

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ActionScript 3.0: The Display List and the Composite Pattern

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Mims H Wright

One of the greatest new features of ActionScript 3.0 is without a doubt, the Display List. This is, after all, one of the reasons that the Flash 9 Player runs so ridiculously much faster than the previous versions. But what, … Continue reading →

Posted in AS3, Architecture, Flash, Flex, Tutorial | 9 Comments