Software, Fitness, and Gaming – Jesse Warden

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  • Central: What an app should NOT be named

    I’m sitting here coding broadcasters… and I thought of an idea to put all my mini apps into Central. Should help me distribute my stuff easier and help people manage them as I take a different approach every 4 months in my distribution of them (components, window SWF’s, FLA’s, etc.).

    … and I thought about what NOT to name my apps. If you’ve seen an installation, or the marketing ad, it says, “Central is AccuWeather!” or whatever app your installing. Naturally, being immature and a geek who wishes he was clever, I started kickin’ it ActionScript.com-comment style, and came up with these…

    Central is…
    – a ham sandwhich
    – a prog with a phat icon
    – a cheesemuffin
    – an MM brainchild
    – just south of Houston
    – COMING IN FAST ON MY SIX!!!
    – breathtaking
    – central to this discussion
    – a teenage mutant ninja turtle

    No, I didn’t patent those names, but if you make an Central app, clearly think of how it will fit into the installation sentence and not sound silly, hehe!

  • Central: Another Benefit – Sharing

    Just wanted to add another cool benefit/feature of Central that I’ve found in just the past week. It has made it very easy for my fellow developers and I to share apps. I’ve found I just leave Central always running now, alerts or not, cause I always have some new app to try, or a not-so-new one to look over again; like loading in the new blog entries to John’s RSS reader.

    It’s so easy to play with someone else’s app, too. I just click some install link, and after a dialogue, poof, it gets installed in Central. Usually, they send me a link to the source, too. Finally, if I ever want to see it again, I don’t have to search my hard drive for it, open the FLA in Flash, and compile… I just tab back to Central, and there it is!

    So, it’s not just for users. Making it easier for developers to share ideas and work is just fantastic!

    …besides, <a href=”https://www.jessewarden.com/archives/000072.html”>I’ve said</a> that Central’s TRON’ish looking icon is my favorite in the whole MX line, so it looks phat on my taskbar next to my clock.

  • Can you write an article on Data Binding?

    If so, <a href=”mailto:jesterxl@jessewarden.com?subject=DataBinding”>email me</a>.

  • Why Do CEO’s/Organizations Fail?

    School Essay #2. Long too…