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I am a developer from a bit west of Boston.
Blog Posts
23 Aug 2016
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Some of the things I would have done differently with ScrumDo
18 Jul 2016
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Some advice when asking for support
06 Jul 2016
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Tech Stack
04 Jul 2016
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Moved to Jekyll
01 Jul 2016
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Published my first NPM module
08 Dec 2015
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Dev -> Marketing Day... 85?
26 Oct 2015
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Angular JS rules of thumb
13 Oct 2015
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Dev -> Marketing Day 22 - An interview
12 Oct 2015
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Dev->Marketing Day 21 - Drip Campaign
07 Oct 2015
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Dev->Marketing Day 20 - Blog Post
05 Oct 2015
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Dev->Marketing Day 19 - Collating some feedback
04 Oct 2015
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Dev->Marketing Days 17 & 18 - Sub tool videos
30 Sep 2015
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Dev->Marketing Day 16 - Subscription Messages
29 Sep 2015
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Dev->Marketing Day 15 - Brand Conformity
29 Sep 2015
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Dev->Marketing Days 11-14, and a big country fair
24 Sep 2015
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Geek to Marketer Day 11 of 30 - Mostly Adwords
23 Sep 2015
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Geek to Marketer, day 10 - Blog Day
22 Sep 2015
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Geek->Marketing Day 9 - Engaging past trial users
21 Sep 2015
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Geek->Marketing Day 8 - Engaging past trial users (email campaign)
20 Sep 2015
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Geek->Marketing Days 6 & 7 - weekend recap
18 Sep 2015
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Geek to Marketer Day 5 - The Content Site
17 Sep 2015
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Geek to Marketer Day 4 - Help content, Blog Post, and some Stats
16 Sep 2015
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Geek to Marketer Day 3 - The Getting Started guide
15 Sep 2015
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30 Day Geek Marketing Challenge - Day 2 - The Welcome Email
14 Sep 2015
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Geek to Marketer in 30 Days
27 May 2014
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Filtering lists in your angular dart templates - take 2
07 May 2014
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AngularDart 0.11 released
29 Apr 2014
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Angular.Dart ShadowDom / applyAuthorStyles / upcoming changes
16 Apr 2014
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Filtering lists in your angular dart templates.
18 Mar 2014
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Quick update on uwsgi/nginx migration
20 Feb 2014
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A/B testing for performance
07 Jan 2014
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Debounce function for Dart
04 Jan 2014
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Serving angular.dart app files from an external CDN
03 Jan 2014
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Dynamically drawing to an HTML canvas in angular.dart app
02 Jan 2014
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Dart Mixins, JSON and Logging
22 Dec 2013
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Parsing JSON with Ruby
19 Nov 2013
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Learning some new tech
21 Oct 2013
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Tools Used
28 Sep 2013
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1 Week on my own
26 Mar 2013
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Sparkbooth
25 Mar 2013
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Cloudfront and GZip
20 Mar 2013
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Resolving git merge conflicts
20 Nov 2012
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Time to grow up (at least my tech stack)
11 Aug 2012
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The big leap
27 Mar 2012
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Quick/Cheap website technology stack
24 Mar 2012
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Moving the website / blog
28 Mar 2011
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Technology Nomad
30 Jan 2011
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Instant gratification of GitHub and AppEngine
18 Jan 2011
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ScrumDo - new release and open source!
22 Nov 2010
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Scrumdoo.com
08 Nov 2010
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Backlog Management Software?
01 Sep 2010
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Hour a day
30 Aug 2010
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Still time to teach your reps math Verizon.
14 Jul 2010
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GIT
06 May 2010
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A lesson on AIR certificate signing
22 Apr 2010
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Scholastic / Tomsnyder hiring in Boston area (Watertown)
03 Apr 2010
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Alternative "skin" for ObjectHandles
24 Mar 2010
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Todo-Board.com - another shot at project management
22 Mar 2010
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Trying out Mercurial
16 Feb 2010
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An experiment in funding open source software
16 Feb 2010
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Just say no to dell
04 Jan 2010
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SimpleDiagrams - An ObjectHandles usage
27 Dec 2009
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Archives
17 Dec 2009
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Why educational software
06 Dec 2009
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ObjectHandles - Multiple Selection and Decorators
29 Nov 2009
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ObjectHandles Version 2, first release
25 Nov 2009
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Flash Builder Beta2, Catalyst, asset organization, FXP->SWC
13 Nov 2009
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One week with Droid - my impressions
11 Nov 2009
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Scheduling meetings
23 Oct 2009
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TSP Build Notification Board
23 Oct 2009
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Pulse Particles MXP
07 Sep 2009
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Arduino fun
07 Sep 2009
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27 Jul 2009
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Implementing interfaces in MXML
18 Jul 2009
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Learning Flex 4...
13 Jul 2009
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Profiling experience
26 Jun 2009
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Nudger - my latest mini-project
25 Jun 2009
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Why I like my proposed catalyst workflow
12 Jun 2009
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My wish type Checking in CSS
06 Jun 2009
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ByteArray writeUTF vs. writeUTFBytes
05 Jun 2009
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Compiling FXP->SWC, a Catalyst workflow
02 Jun 2009
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Boston area job opening Project Manager
02 Jun 2009
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A Flash Catalyst / Builder workflow method
28 May 2009
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My Flash CS4 favorite new feature
22 May 2009
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ObjectHandles V2, sneak peek
15 May 2009
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Flicker related to modules and custom components
13 May 2009
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Reminder Floats are not precise
12 May 2009
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Creating nested objects with JSON in Rails
08 May 2009
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Bookpool update
07 May 2009
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Long commute? Optimize it!
14 Apr 2009
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Bubbling events in data models
13 Apr 2009
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How far does your email address go back?
08 Apr 2009
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I'm on twitter now...
03 Apr 2009
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Essential Guide sample chapter
02 Apr 2009
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ADigitalBook, another ObjectHandles usage
02 Apr 2009
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Bookpool RIP?
02 Apr 2009
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Easy object reflection with Spicelib
30 Mar 2009
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Job vs. Work
28 Mar 2009
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Quick web-dev environment found.
22 Mar 2009
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My recurring anti-pattern
12 Mar 2009
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A single command that costs $325 to run!
10 Mar 2009
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BFug meeting tonight.
02 Mar 2009
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Flex modules not rebuilding correctly
02 Mar 2009
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Safari 4
02 Mar 2009
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AgileAgenda Basecamp Edition (Basecamp + Actionscript)
01 Mar 2009
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Basecamp + Actionscript = AgileAgenda Basecamp Edition
01 Feb 2009
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Two event handler simplifications
26 Jan 2009
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Digital golden stars, alternate ways of rewarding progress.
23 Jan 2009
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23 Jan 2009
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firefoxscreensnapz035
21 Jan 2009
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tf2stats
21 Jan 2009
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stackoverflow
21 Jan 2009
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wowachievement2
21 Jan 2009
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wowachievement1
15 Jan 2009
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Flex ADDED_TO_STAGE event and scrollbars
14 Jan 2009
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One good reason for IoC
06 Jan 2009
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Backup pricing model?
08 Dec 2008
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Boston Flex Camp
04 Dec 2008
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Weak CS4 sales? Adobe Layoffs?
02 Dec 2008
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Debugging an AIR problem
02 Dec 2008
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osxcrash
21 Nov 2008
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ApolloCoders / Full Screen HTML
20 Nov 2008
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AIR Full screen & hosted swf content in HTML control
24 Oct 2008
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Globe Trotting - Using the AIR Derby prize
24 Oct 2008
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Amazon EC2 - SLA available
11 Oct 2008
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XRay AS3 post + XRayViewer source
07 Oct 2008
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Uservoice
30 Sep 2008
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Lost focus
20 Sep 2008
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AIR + OSX + OpenId = Broken
15 Sep 2008
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OpenID only...
12 Sep 2008
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Alarm clock user interface gripe
12 Sep 2008
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TSP Hiring Flex developers
09 Sep 2008
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BFUG Download
08 Sep 2008
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Talking at BFUG 9/8/2008
30 Aug 2008
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Wordle
29 Aug 2008
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Amazon EC2 - I'm sold...
21 Aug 2008
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Amazon EBS
20 Aug 2008
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First AIR app to ship?
19 Aug 2008
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OpenID from AIR movie
08 Aug 2008
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AgileAgenda Beta Signups
05 Aug 2008
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OpenID From AIR
05 Aug 2008
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26 Jul 2008
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Object Handles Spotted?
26 Jul 2008
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18 Jul 2008
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18 Jul 2008
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18 Jul 2008
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18 Jul 2008
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18 Jul 2008
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18 Jul 2008
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17 Jul 2008
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Model Adapters - A binding pattern using an Adapter
14 Jul 2008
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The Essential Guide to Open Source Flash Development
07 Jul 2008
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Talk tonight on ObjectHandles+Degrafa (Attend online!)
17 Jun 2008
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Printing horrors
16 Jun 2008
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Xray Viewer updated
14 Jun 2008
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AgileAgenda, Basecamp, and third party API's
09 Jun 2008
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Creating a simple diagramming application
09 Jun 2008
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06 Jun 2008
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Gonna try out this CFML stuff, where to start?
05 Jun 2008
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ObjectHandles Spotted - KwikUML
05 Jun 2008
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29 May 2008
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C02 Cap & Trade thought
26 May 2008
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OSFlash book
14 May 2008
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New Object Handles release
12 May 2008
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Case Study Three large Flex/AIR applications
09 May 2008
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AgileAgenda on Linux
09 May 2008
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09 May 2008
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09 May 2008
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09 May 2008
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09 May 2008
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09 May 2008
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09 May 2008
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Cairngorm, n1 eventcommand?
06 May 2008
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Universal Design / Keyboard Access / Drag and Drop
06 May 2008
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06 May 2008
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06 May 2008
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06 May 2008
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06 May 2008
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03 May 2008
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03 May 2008
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09 Apr 2008
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Book content edits are done!
01 Apr 2008
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Bug base recommendations?
30 Mar 2008
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AIR & Temp Files
27 Mar 2008
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Useful Stuff
27 Mar 2008
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27 Mar 2008
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27 Mar 2008
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AIR License Agreement
27 Mar 2008
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Multi user computers & AIR
26 Mar 2008
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WordPress here I come
25 Mar 2008
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25 Mar 2008
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25 Mar 2008
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25 Mar 2008
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25 Mar 2008
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contribute.mpg
25 Mar 2008
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contribute.mp3
25 Mar 2008
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25 Mar 2008
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25 Mar 2008
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About Marc
24 Mar 2008
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AIR / Browser API example
23 Mar 2008
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Interacting with an AIR app from a browser based app
22 Mar 2008
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ObjectHandles Demo
22 Mar 2008
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Boston Flex Users Group
17 Mar 2008
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The power of RSS
17 Mar 2008
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Custom Cursors + Multiple Windows
15 Mar 2008
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Flex-Spreadsheet update
14 Mar 2008
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Degrafa + ObjectHandles
14 Mar 2008
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Flex-Spreadsheet first release
13 Mar 2008
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Kasai
09 Mar 2008
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Timezone freakiness
08 Mar 2008
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New pulse particle build posted
06 Mar 2008
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OSF Book on Amazon
05 Mar 2008
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Any open source user management/subscription systems?
05 Mar 2008
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PS
02 Mar 2008
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Detecting whether running in ADL vs. installed AIR
01 Mar 2008
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Self signed vs. CA signed AIR apps
28 Feb 2008
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ArrayCollection weirdness
26 Feb 2008
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Been a crazy couple AIR days
26 Feb 2008
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Ifdef
13 Feb 2008
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Pulse Particles + BitmapData
11 Feb 2008
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Pulse Particles - StopMovementRule
10 Feb 2008
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AIR Install Badge + Google Analytics
08 Feb 2008
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Are there any open source user management systems?
07 Feb 2008
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Agile Agenda update
28 Jan 2008
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When a circle isn't a circle...
27 Jan 2008
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Spam backscatter troubles + SPF
26 Jan 2008
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Don't center popups
25 Jan 2008
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Pulse particles update
25 Jan 2008
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Text size & zooming nightmares
20 Jan 2008
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Egads! Another Pulse Particle update
19 Jan 2008
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New Pulse Particles build
18 Jan 2008
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XRayViewer is back
16 Jan 2008
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My Time
16 Jan 2008
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Another example & new build of Pulse Particles
15 Jan 2008
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Pulse Particle Update + New Example
11 Jan 2008
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Pulse Particle Explorer introduction
09 Jan 2008
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Pulse Particle System + Flash IDE
07 Jan 2008
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AgileAgenda - New Version
04 Jan 2008
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Synergy2 - Multiple computers, one set of input devices
03 Jan 2008
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Pulse Particle system interactive explorer
02 Jan 2008
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Pulse Particle System
26 Dec 2007
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Customizing TileList selection
21 Dec 2007
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Spam 10k
21 Dec 2007
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Drawpad concepts
17 Dec 2007
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FB2 style constraints are back!
16 Dec 2007
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Lazy day, playing with papervision
15 Dec 2007
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AIR Badge installer + swfobject + ExpressInstall
14 Dec 2007
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AgileAgenda - New Version
14 Dec 2007
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AIR Beta 3, Flash 9.0.63 requirement
05 Dec 2007
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onSoundComplete broken in 9.0.r60 Leopard
04 Dec 2007
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ObjectHandles 1.0.9 available for download
27 Nov 2007
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Spreadsheet Demo
25 Nov 2007
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Spreadsheet Component
23 Nov 2007
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ObjectHandles - 25,000 Downloads!?!
22 Nov 2007
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New ObjectHandles Build
21 Nov 2007
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Flex 3 Anchoring
19 Nov 2007
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XML Facade instead of value objects?
18 Nov 2007
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Beta AIR apps & commercial releases? + Spreadsheet Component
17 Nov 2007
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Website Update
13 Nov 2007
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I love my job
09 Nov 2007
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Pagerank? Neat!
08 Nov 2007
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FB3 Beta expiration extended?
07 Nov 2007
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GMail upgrade
05 Nov 2007
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Want to work with me?
05 Nov 2007
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Typed Actionscript Arrays? Yay!
04 Nov 2007
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Slow Flex Builder compile and refresh solution - Modules
31 Oct 2007
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Math, Schools, and Screenweaver HX
29 Oct 2007
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AgileAgenda - new version
28 Oct 2007
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FB3 Beta 2 Design View not showing up? Quick "Fix"
22 Oct 2007
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AIR Mime type
19 Oct 2007
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Top 10 Flash/Flex requests from a developer
10 Oct 2007
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Real time log viewing with flash and red5
04 Oct 2007
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Thank you
01 Oct 2007
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I won!
01 Oct 2007
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Pictures? MAX
01 Oct 2007
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Native code in air apps?
30 Sep 2007
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MAX - D1
28 Sep 2007
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Modal dialog blur
27 Sep 2007
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Red5, 1&1, and epoll
26 Sep 2007
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AMFPhp -> RED5
25 Sep 2007
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DataGrid can go DIAF
25 Sep 2007
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1&1 Internet woes
23 Sep 2007
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My first Red5 experience
22 Sep 2007
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Moving to a new webhost
16 Sep 2007
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Developer interface to schedules
13 Sep 2007
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Upcoming conferences
11 Sep 2007
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What's the right amount of copy protection?
10 Sep 2007
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New tutorials
10 Sep 2007
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AIR + Flash Player Beta = bad?
06 Sep 2007
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AgileAgenda Light Table
06 Sep 2007
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Flex SDK nightly builds
05 Sep 2007
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AirDerbyEntries++
31 Aug 2007
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Happy email
30 Aug 2007
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XRayViewer download page
29 Aug 2007
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XRay Viewer
25 Aug 2007
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AgileAgenda progress
24 Aug 2007
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AlivePDF Flex/AIR Example
24 Aug 2007
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Generate PDF's from Actionscript!
22 Aug 2007
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Mysterious flex compiler error
20 Aug 2007
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Debugging a screenweaver application in Flex Builder
17 Aug 2007
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Waiting on Flex Builder
12 Aug 2007
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Image/screenshot viewer with hotspots
30 Jul 2007
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Object Handles updated
27 Jul 2007
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Custom DataGrid headerRenderer based on Canvas
26 Jul 2007
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Sharing Flex Projects
25 Jul 2007
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OSX Flex app is slow...
24 Jul 2007
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Getting closer to beta ... AgileAgenda
21 Jul 2007
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Agile Agenda - Web View
19 Jul 2007
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AgileAgenda is born
18 Jul 2007
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Spam record
18 Jul 2007
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Name my project (Scheduling Software)
09 Jul 2007
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Update on Scheduling Software
08 Jul 2007
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Project Planning
06 Jul 2007
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Object Handles now availbe from Google Code
05 Jul 2007
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SwfControls (Graphical Buttons and Popup Menus)
04 Jul 2007
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LogViewer updated
02 Jul 2007
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XRay Updated!
30 Jun 2007
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Popup Menus and Graphical Buttons
21 Jun 2007
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Time for Linux
10 Jun 2007
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Log Viewer & XRay
07 Jun 2007
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ObjectHandle component updated
07 Jun 2007
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Open source licenses
07 Jun 2007
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AS3 Drawing API oddity
03 Jun 2007
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ObjectHandles now has mouse cursor support.
01 Jun 2007
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Log Viewer
25 May 2007
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Object handles user interaction improved.
19 May 2007
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ObjectHandle component updated
15 May 2007
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Garden Time
10 May 2007
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ObjectHandle updated, and binary now available
10 May 2007
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TSP (Boston Area) - Hiring a software engineer
08 May 2007
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ObjectHandle source now available
07 May 2007
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First look at a Flex Component to resize on screen objects.
06 May 2007
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Programatically add constraints through Actionscript
04 May 2007
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Blog Strip / Power of Flex
03 May 2007
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Google adsense
03 May 2007
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Automated website testing
02 May 2007
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Website updates
27 Apr 2007
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Using Flex Builder 2 with Perforce
13 Mar 2007
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SWC Refreshing
12 Mar 2007
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Code in front
15 Jan 2007
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Building a Flex 4 based iPad application
14 Jan 2007
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Web-hosting revisited
13 Jan 2007
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Web-hosting revisited
12 Jan 2007
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PyAMF and SourceMate make my day
11 Jan 2007
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Using Moccasin with Flex 4
11 Jan 2007
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ObjectHandles 6 month plan
10 Jan 2007
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Release mode
09 Jan 2007
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Web site idea
08 Jan 2007
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Object reflection
07 Jan 2007
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AA - Basecamp Edition
06 Jan 2007
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EC2 Impressions - 5 Months Later
05 Jan 2007
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Customers really get in the way of progress.
04 Jan 2007
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Scheduling meetings...
03 Jan 2007
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ObjectHandles use - KwikUML
02 Jan 2007
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Quit designing for screen resolution
01 Jan 2007
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Open Source Software Monetizing schemes
31 Dec 2006
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I hate Microsoft Project