open
12 Nov 2008
Introducing Open Country Codes: easy to use ISO 3166 country codes for your apps.
Why are some things just much harder than they need to be? Finding a current, easy-to-use data source for populating a country selection box, for example.
The SWF format is now totally open. Rejoice!
This is big: Adobe is removing restrictions on the use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications as part of their new Open Screen Project 2008.
When Mark Doherty emailed me to tell me about his post on Adobe's Open Screen Project 2008, I wasn't expecting such an important announcement.