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This is the blog of Jesse Warden, a Rich Internet Application Architect. He specializes in using Flex and Flash to create Rich Internet Applications.

Archive for May, 2006

My Website + Google = My Online Identity

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

I just got an email from a recruiter of sorts. They want me to do phone Flex / Flash consultation for a 20 – 40 minute paid phone call. Apparently, Ether could make money if they employed some sales teams. It seems all of California is reaching out worldwide, looking for people [...]

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What You Want to Hear From a Client

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

A client I did some Flash work for 6 months ago sent me an email today inquiring about more potential work. It was a small engine to play a series of SWF’s in a loop; when one SWF is done playing, the next plays, and this process repeats indefinately. These SWF’s would be [...]

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Code Reuse: Pros and Cons

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Introduction
Notes of a soldier from the oh-so-bloody front. Depending on the scope of your project, you may have the opportunity for code reuse. The reasons you might want to do so are two-fold.
First, you reduce duplication of efforts. If you have already created a Hyperlink enabled CellRenderer for your DataGrid once, why [...]

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E4X Doesn’t Suck

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I’ve spoken on past occasions about how un-excited I am about E4X (ECMAScript for XML) with regards to ActionScript 3. Macromedia (now Adobe) made a strong push for XML for 3 player versions. Flash Player 5 had both a built-in XML parser as well as the XMLSocket connection. Flash Player 6 greatly [...]

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Searching for Warmth in a Label

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I’m having a tough time at my current job. The project itself is going well, though, and the code I’m writing is cool and fun. I’m a consultant working with a small team on a large software project. My 2 failings are being ineffective in communication with the client and not giving [...]

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