I really can't wait for this week to be over. I am looking forward to seeing my beloved Brighton again. I haven't been away from it but rather, it's been taken from me by the Labour party conference. Everywhere you look, you see Labour posters hanging from street lamps, the streets are full of policemen [...]

Are the goals of the Flash, HTML and web standards communities really all that different? I don't think so and neither does Andy Budd. He has a nice post titled The New Face of Flash. From his post: "It struck me that Aral was coming at things from exactly the same angle as me, wanting to build [...]

I can't believe it, I'm in a Macromedia video *without* a red nose! Will wonders never cease. See if you can spot the Aral in this very cool behind-the-scenes video titled Flash Development Team. So nice to see so many familiar faces (and relive some great memories.) You did an amazing job guys and gals. [...]

Just read this disturbing article from a journalist and computer enthusiast who was arrested on the London Underground as a suspected terrorist for using a laptop and, among other things, *not* looking at the police officers as he entered the station and looking carefully at the steps as he walked down. All in all, very [...]

If my previous post didn't alert you to the fact, I'm a very big fan of the new video functionality in Flash 8 Professional. The new video importer wizard is an amazing workflow enhancer and the new alpha channel and event/navigation cue points features offer a world of creative possibilities for integrating video into Flash [...]