Archive for the 'Flex' Category

I’m available for Flex / AS3 / Flash / JavaScript work

That’s right! I’m on the hunt for a great team and project to dive into. Obviously my skills are mostly Flex related, AS3 as well. However I also have experience with JavaScript and Java. I can do UI Design and animation as well. I’ve been working with Flash since 1998 so there aren’t too many [...]

Adobe is Hiring: Computer Scientist – Flex Engineering

Here’s a pretty awesome Flex job at Adobe I found searching their site this morning. Looks like the lucky applicant that is hired would be working in the Flex mobile space on the Flex team. WOW!!! The position appears to be in the San Jose (Headquarters) office. I had the opportunity to work in that [...]

Interview with Raymond Camden from Adobe

name: Raymond Camden (friends call me Ray, but I use Raymond when I’m trying to sound important) age: Above the age where I know it instantly. The age where I have to think for a minute. 38 employer: Adobe location: Lafayette, LA when did you first get started with computers/programming? how? why? My mom’s employer [...]

Interview with Kiran Ruth from Bangalore, India

name: Kiran Ruth age: 25 employer: Thoughtnet Technologies Pvt Ltd., location: Bangalore , India when did you first get started with computers/programming? how? why? I think I started using computer when I was in third grade.My uncle usually had (still has) loads of cool gadgets which I had access to . My cousin and me used to [...]

Flash and Flex Mobile and Tablet Development Books for Android and iOS Applications and Games

Here are a couple pretty interesting looking books that could be of use for anyone getting into the world of Flash and/or Flex mobile development for Android and iOS. Some of these titles are newer than others and one is yet to be published. They all look like they’re worth checking out a bit though [...]

My Getting Started with Arduino and Flex/AS3 Development Presentation at FlexMania Brazil 2011

Back in July I had the awesome opportunity to do a presentation for the FlexMania Brazil conference on getting started with Arduino and AS3/Flex communication. I got the link to the recorded presentation and decided I’d share it with everyone. I was going to give this presentation at the UK based try { harder } conference happening in [...]

Interview with Almog Koren from Almog Design

name: Almog Koren employer: Freelancer working under my own studio Almog Design location: Israel (Originally from Las Vegas) when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? That’s really good question I started to play around with Flash back in high school not sure what version it was but back them it was under Macromedia and it was [...]

Interview with Joseph Labrecque from University of Denver and Fractured Vision Media, LLC

name: Joseph Labrecque age: 235 employer: University of Denver / Fractured Vision Media, LLC location: Denver, CO USA when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I began using Flash here and there in 1999/2000 with Macromedia Flash 4. Previous to that, I was mainly doing straight HTML and a bunch of design work; Photoshop, Illustrator, 35mm [...]

Interview with Kathryn Rotondo

name: kathryn rotondo employer: none location: Tübingen, germany when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? in 2004, i started learning flash through evening classes from RISD’s continuing education department, and was delighted to discover actionscript. i had just completed a software engineering certificate at the harvard extension school (using mostly java), and actionscript really clicked with [...]

Interview with Omar Gonzalez aka s9tpepper from Almer Blank

name: Omar Gonzalez age: 32 employer: http://almerblank.com location: Venice Beach, California when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I first started working with Flash around 1999 using Flash 4, first adding “flashy pieces” to HTML sites and eventually starting to create small apps and video players. I didn’t start Flex until Flex 2 beta. I remember [...]