ActionScript 3

ActionScript 3 Training»

Late last year I wrote a new curriculum for developing Flash Applications using ActionScript 3. The class has been a huge success and continues to fill classrooms with students eager to learn what is new in AS3.

Flex

Now Offering Onsite Flex 3 Training»

Take an onsite class with led by me and learn Flex 3 with Adobe’s Certified hands-on curriculum. Build Rich Internet Applications, explore Java/ColdFusion integration, and leverage LiveCycle Data Services.

Objective-C

Great Objective-C Resources»

If you do not have experience programming in C, Objective-C can be a hard language to learn.

Something about it and its very unique syntax (and memory management – remember alloc and dealloc) takes a while to fully, grasp.

iPhone

App Store Sales Amaze, Dazzle»

Early signs from Apple’s iTunes AppStore have been extremely positive with one developer reporting an average of $1700 a day in sales over the last 3 days. The Crossword Puzzle app in question managed to become an Apple Staff Pick and sells for only $5.99.

Videos

Technology

Building a Smart Home with INSTEON»

Of course, as any one reading this blog already knows I’m a nerd through and through, and knowing this I had to integrate technology in every niche and cranny I could. So far I’ve settled on using Smart Home’s INSTEON system.

Training

Chocolate and Bacon…»

Anyone who has sat in my classroom knows that I have a “small” obsession with bacon. Something about its smoky and salty flavor just makes it the best piece of meat any man (or women) can have.

Misc

The King is Dead, Long Live the King»

As some as you know my old firm worked with Michael Jackson on his last album “One More Time”. Being a web developer for Michael Jackson, who is arguably the greatest artist of all time, was one of the most unusual experience of my entire life.