Relief efforts of an unprecedented scale are being organized to help survivors of the catastrophic earthquake and resulting tsunami that has devastated twelve countries in Asia, displacing at least 5 million people and killing over 125,000. All the major charities are accepting donations. Emilie and I contributed our small share to Oxfam (UK), (US, International), who [...]

Has your DevNet subscription expired? If so, you may want to write down your serial numbers and download all the software you're entitled to as soon as possible. I just read the following on my (expired) DevNet page: "On January 15, 2005 Macromedia will disable access to the DevNet portal for expired subscribers. Software downloads, [...]

I personally find it heart-warming when my favorite HTML editor is smart enough to know the season and highlight my code accordingly. Here's an undoctored screenshot of a line of PHP code from Dreamweaver. You see, it's half-red, half-green. It's uncanny but true: Dreamweaver knows it's Christmas! Now if only all editors could be as [...]

London, UK - FlashAnt.org today announced that, effectively immediately, it will be scrapping its current policy of requiring members to request permission to obtain comment posting privileges. According to prolific blogger and part-time Flash guru Aral Balkan (he takes over the night shift when Guy's asleep), this was a move "long overdue." "The old process [...]

I will be teaching two classes at the start of 2005: Hands-on: Introduction to ActionScript 2. View the e-brochure: FlashPaper (620kb), PDF (865kb) Hands-on: Best Practices Flash & Flex Development. View the e-brochure: FlashPaper (591kb), PDF (836kb) The course price is £595 + VAT for the introductory course and £695 + VAT for the best practices course. Both [...]