Viaas: The best project I ever worked on, with the best client I’ve ever had. Â This is where my Agile Chronicles came from. The front-end portion I worked on was built using Flex. Â Congrats to the Third Iris team for launching!
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AIR App: Powerz – Play Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Faster
This is a long post, so I’ve provided a short version, and content links to relevant sections if you want to skip around.
Short Version
I’ve built an AIR application in my spare time using Flex that helps you play Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition faster. It took 6 months in my spare time and cost around $50k to build, and $40 a month to maintain.See and download it here.
It was created in response to my new players, who are tech saavy, having a slow time getting a game going. I copied the design metaphor used in MMORPG games, as well as creating an online database via Django of user submitted content to help the process go faster, as well as supporting house rules. In doing market research, I found my product is for a younger generation, and this makes it challenging to market. I used an Iterative/Agile development process to ensure it got completed.
The app had 3 goals: make money, make our games quicker & easier, and prove to myself I could execute. I succeeded in the latter 2, and failed in the making money… so far.
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Wish List for Flash Player 11
The following is my wish list for Flash Player 11. Â My agenda is making my job easier, and making the job of those who need to work with me, such as designers & middle-tier developers, easier. Â Additionally, I’d like to do things I couldn’t do in the past, or had to “fake” in the past.
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Rowan Tivonah Warden
Rowan Tivonah Warden (Daughter & child #2), 7 lbs 13 ozs (3.5 kg) was born at 12:04 pm on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009. Mom and baby are fine. We showed her sister, Sydney, some videos and she’s excited to meet her new sibling.