Yikes, it’s been nearly a month since I last posted anything, and it’s not as though I haven’t had anything to post. In fact, the problem is more about having too much to post, and not enough time.
Month / June 2004
Conference Session Notes
Here is a collection of some of the session notes and source files I have put together for various conferences (generally from newest to oldest). I will try to keep it up to date.
This list will have a permanent link on the right nav bar of my blog.
Newer talks will generally require the latest available Flash Player to view.
Experiment: Crystallization in AS2
I recently decided to see what would happen if I recreated my Flash 4 crystallization experiment using ActionScript 2.0. With the speed gains in Flash Player 7, and some pretty heavy algorithm optimizations, the results are pretty impressive, at least from a pure data handling perspective. Unfortunately, it still slows down on slower systems due to the heavy graphics requirements.
Back from Flashing London
I just got back from 11 days in London. I had an awesome time!
The 3rd run of my Flash MX 2004 Enterprise Development workshop was a big success, with 9 very smart students (with some really great questions). It went really smoothly, and the feedback so far is excellent. A big thanks to all the attendees, Aral & Emilie (Bits & Pixels), Guy and everyone else who helped make it possible. I’ll post some photos and comments from the workshop in the near future.
I also did a talk on “Playing God: Simulating Nature in Flash” (or “FlashHubris 101”) at the London MMUG, alongside Mike Chambers who spoke about the future of Macromedia’s projects. You can check out some photos of the evening here, including a shot of my beautiful title screen. You can also check out a screen capture of one of the experiments I put together for the session here (zoom).
I also had a great time meeting new people and hanging out with Peter, Guy, Aral, Mike, and exploring London and area with my darling girlfriend.