Archive for March, 2007

Taking a Crack at Flash Components: DateField Components

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Informal Tutorial – Intermediate
DateField Components
Learn how to calculate days in between two dates, using two DateField components.
After learning some basic concepts with the DateChooser component, it took me less time to build the ADG calculator using two DateField components. Unfortunately due to some legal concerns I can’t show my finished calculators just yet. I won’t [...]

Taking a Crack at Flash Components: the DateChooser Component

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

An Informal Tutorial – Beginner to Intermediate

I’ve been working on two small calculators. One is a gestation calculator, that predicts the due date of a calf. The other is an Average Daily Gain calculator, that allows the user to plug in their animal’s data and see what the animal’s weight gain has been for a [...]

Pop Quiz! Do you know what it is?

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

I recently heard a second grader talking about learning how to use Microsoft Powerpoint in school. Wow. I know kids suck up technology like sponges, but how well are adults keeping up? Need a quick and easy reference? Here’s a cheat sheet for the rest of us.
Social sites
Generally a social site allows you to store, [...]

Flash Resources

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Some excellent Flash resources I found recently:

For the few female developers out there, I give you Flash Goddess: a resource and community site, showcasing women who work with Flash.
For the QA Testers, how about Flash Switcher and KewBee Plugin Switcher, so you no longer need three dinosaur PCs just to test your Flash project in [...]

Web 2.0 Expo

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Hopefully things will slow down enough so I can get back to my regular posts. Until then, check out the Web 2.0 Expo that I’m hoping to attend.