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  • Job: Director Lingo Programmer

    I need someone with good lingo skills, probably 4-5 years of lingo experience. This is a pretty quick project the spec is simple….

    Basically, the programmer needs to read the filenames in several folders and place buttons on the screen with the filename on them and have them displayed in alphabetical order and in quadrants based on folder type, such as: specials, transitions, music. Attached to the button is a script that will cause the file to be loaded and played by QuickTime. If a second button is pressed the sound must cross fade to the new sound. On screen timers will show how long a particular piece is and how much has played with a scale showing apx where in the music we are. I have a working piece now and wish to update/rewrite it for some additional functionality. A good programmer should be able to knock this out in 2-3 days easy. I would like to get this going as soon as possible as well.

    If you have the skills and availability to help out with this project, Please give me a call asap.

    Thanks,

    Britt Stephens
    New Media Registry
    404-932-3159
    www.newmediaregistry.com

  • Jobs: Sr Coldfusion Developer & MS Access DB

    The first positions is in Alpharetta- GA and its a 3-6 month contractual position with a possible extension, must have good communication skills.

    Sr Coldfusion Developer
    Migration Project -CF MX 5.0 platform to 7.0 platform

    Description of Position:(Including application, project & range responsibilities)

    Senior Web Designer whose responsibility is to migrate the current SPL Online application from CF MX 5.0 platform to 7.0 platform.

    Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: (including # of years of experience by skill)
    ColdFusion MX experience is must HTML development experience
    Java Script
    development Oracle/SQL skill LoadRunner experience is plus
    Fluent verbal English skills are required.

    Education:
    B.S. Degree in Computer Science or equivlent 5+ years Web Development experience in Information Technology.

    2) This is a MS Access DB ongoing assignment that can be done offsite and would require from 10 – 20 hours per week. MS Access DB programming knowledge is required. If you or someone you know is interested and qualified, please contact me directly at 404-932-3159.

    Britt Stephens
    New Media Registry
    404-932-3159
    www.newmediaregistry.com

  • Flex & Flash: Refreshing Screen During Processor Intensive Operations

    I did this to help illustrate to a homey on the Flexcoders list how you update the screen during intense operations. As was suggested by multiple Macromedians, you should have a counter keep track of where you are in the data processing, and only process a set chunk amount, update the screen, and continue processing.

    You can accomplish this through a series of doLaters. They are not perfect because they don’t ensure the same method isn’t called more than once per frame unecessarely, but trying to explain to a Java developer what:

    functon onEnterFrame()
    {
    callMethod();
    delete onEnterFrame;
    }

    …does really isn’t worth it.

    Anyway, here’s a good example any Flexer or Flasher can use to see how to update your GUI with a ProgressBar for example when you have a very processor intensive loop going on in the background.

    Update GUI While Processing

  • Your Arm Is Worthless

    “We don’t take arms here, sir.”

    That’ll be the reply in 2012 from a fast-food-dispenser machine mechanic when they start inserting microchips into your wrist that contains credit/debit card information, and you go to an establishment that doesn’t accept that as a method of payment.

    “Uh… wtf? My arm works just fine thank you; I can code with it AND pay for this meal you twit!”

    I guess since I live in the boonies, Mickey-Dees-nuts assumes us country folk don’t use dem dere creh-dit kards…

    Dude, it’s the 20th century, cash & checks are so for my parents generation… and there IS a difference between a debit card and a credit card… idiots.

    I can go 2 exits further towards Atlanta, and they take debit cards there… idiots.