Monthly Archives: January 2008

Using Visualization for More Accurate Time Estimations

Posted on January 30, 2008 by admin

Preface I hate time estimations. Tracking time for contract work takes a close 2nd. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen a lot of combination of both; estimating a project’s time line, and comparing the expectations with the realities at the end… and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Process, Programming | 3 Comments

Making the Business Case to Attend MIX 2008

Posted on January 28, 2008 by admin

Last December, I was invited to Microsoft to get a preview of what Microsoft was working on and would showcase more so at MIX 2008. They are definitely doing cool work, and I’m sure will have a lot of great … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, Microsoft, Personal, Silverlight, WPF | 7 Comments

Gaia Arguments, Real World Bridge Pattern, and gaia_internal

Posted on January 23, 2008 by admin

The Gaia Beta was released today by a friend of mine, Steven Sacks. Gaia is a Flash framework created for Flash Designers & Developers who create Flash sites. The reason this is an important is that it now supports ActionScript … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 21 Comments

A Flash G Talks about Silverlight

Posted on January 16, 2008 by admin

At Mix n Mash 2k7, I was interviewed by Nishant Kothary from Microsoft to talk about Silverlight and Flash Player for 10 minutes. It’s kind of quiet with ambient noise so use head phones, or blast your volume. That’s “G” … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, Flash, Personal, Silverlight | 4 Comments

When You Hit a Design Brick Wall in Flex…

Posted on January 16, 2008 by admin

…code it your bloody self. But first, weigh the consequences. I’m referring specifically to when you have a design that you are trying desperately to shoe-horn into the Flex components. Key phrase here being “shoe-horn”, meaning it doesn’t fit quite … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, Flex | 4 Comments