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Guy Changes Job, Hopefully No One Notices

Steve Weiss
October 1, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (4)

For most followers of InsideRIA, this blog post will hold little relevance—for good reason—but as an FYI and an opportunity to toast others, I’ll be stepping away from managing InsideRIA and Adobe Developer Library and moving on to being associate publisher for the new Microsoft Press/O’Reilly strategic alliance (more here). http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/09/microsoft-press-oreilly.html

I really mean it in the header of this post: Hopefully no one will notice that I’m no longer involved, since that will mean I’ve done my job in setting up an operation that can thrive on its own.

Colin Moock video update: Extensive samples online, discounts are now live

Steve Weiss
April 24, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (3)

Just a quick follow-up to the announcement a few weeks ago about The Lost ActionScript Weekend. Two common questions have been coming in: 1. "Will these things be discounted at all?" A discount code is now in place. Here's the...

Will People Learn OOP and AS3 from Video? If it's Colin Moock? We'll See…

Steve Weiss
March 25, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (7)

Will People Learn OOP and AS3 from Video? If it's Colin Moock? We'll See…

This month, O'Reilly and Adobe Developer Library are releasing the 13+-hour-long Colin Moock's Lost ActionScript Weekend, a two-part video series of some heft and ambition, the outcome (or logical extension, actually) of a longer, larger process. The back story may be of interest to some.

Where else do you want InsideRIA?

Steve Weiss
February 26, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

We're ready to extend the reach of the InsideRIA community beyond its home site, and can use your input. We're on Twitter--@InsideRIA--and will soon be adding a widget to the site that enables you to track InsideRIA-generated Tweets. Here are a few other things we're considering:

New Book Excerpts Feature on InsideRIA and O'Reilly Digital Media

Steve Weiss
December 18, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

You may have noticed that from time to time we post excerpts of O'Reilly Adobe Developer Library titles on InsideRIA. We've reached an agreement with Adobe to provide approximately 20% of each ADL title for Adobe's Community Help program. The...

O'Reilly Needs an RIA Developer

Steve Weiss
November 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (5)

Calling All RIA Developers: O'Reilly Media's Head First Division is working on some interesting projects, and seeks an experienced RIA developer to help as we create online experiences related to our books using HTML + Javascript and Flash for the...

InsideRIA: Here's Where to Find Us--and what we're up to--at the Adobe MAX Conference

Steve Weiss
November 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

This will be the first year InsideRIA's been around to cover the Adobe MAX conference. The bad news is that Rich Tretola won't be with us at MAX. That said, we'll miss him, and do what we can to soldier...

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adobe max
air
flex

Public Service Dept: The Blogger Challenge for Public Schools

Steve Weiss
October 3, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

At InsideRIA, we don't make a habit of going off topic, so forgive the quick digression in the name of greater causes: O'Reilly has signed on to the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge, inviting our readers to join us in supporting a...

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o'reilly
orm

Web 2.0 Expo bits

Steve Weiss
April 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

I've been holed up in meetings or in my hotel room working more than I've been over at the show, so my ability to speak as johnny-reporter-on-the-spot is rather limited. That said, here are a few impressions: --General Web 2.0...

Using Flash Remoting for Authentication to your AFCS/Facebook AIR Application
Russ Ferguson

If you have had an opportunity to look at the Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) you could see that there is a huge opportunity to do interesting multi-user applications without needing to write all of the server side code. However... Continue Reading
Decorator Design Pattern
Sean Moore

Overview Purpose of this article The goal of this article is to help you gain a better understanding of the Decorator design pattern. The Decorator pattern is used to attach additional responsibilities to an object at run time dynamically. Decorators... Continue Reading
Flash to iPhone
Veronique Brossier

The proliferation of cellular phones has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another and is the foundation for a more mobile lifestyle. Adobe, a long time player in rich internet applications, wanted to, once again, be an active participant.... Continue Reading
AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview
Elad Elrom

Adobe just released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. The new version will be deployed on Flash player 10 using Flex... Continue Reading

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Guy Changes Job, Hopefully No One Notices

Colin Moock video update: Extensive samples online, discounts are now live

Will People Learn OOP and AS3 from Video? If it's Colin Moock? We'll See…

Where else do you want InsideRIA?

New Book Excerpts Feature on InsideRIA and O'Reilly Digital Media

O'Reilly Needs an RIA Developer

InsideRIA: Here's Where to Find Us--and what we're up to--at the Adobe MAX Conference

Public Service Dept: The Blogger Challenge for Public Schools

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