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Write me an app on paper…

Saw this on Rob Rohans blog. I have to say, I 100% agree with his outrage (irritation? Anger? annoyance?). Yes, interviewing a coder is hard because the proof is in the puddin’ but the solution isn’t to ask them to write an app on paper, whiteboard, napkin, etc. It’s to learn about the person, are [...]

360Flex, less than a week away!

I don’t know what you call the emotion that is between excitement and knee knocking nervousness, but that’s kinda what I’m feeling. I’m super excited to meet everyone, super excited to get some networking and schmoozing done (I am trying to run a business after all), but I’m also super nervous about the few sessions [...]

weird webservice error in my Cairngorm 2.1 app… solved!

not by me. but a solution is a solution. I had posted on flexcoders a while back, some said they were experiencing the same problem. The problem WAS :) fire up the app, do a WebService interaction, no problem. do another to the same wsdl. no problem. do a third, Flex came back with the [...]

I was on The Flex Show!

Tom Ortega and I were interviewed for an upcoming episode of the The Flex Show. It was incredibly fun! The primary topic was our Conference, 360Flex. Tom and I, and Ted Patrick from Adobe are doing, you might have heard of it. :)   Ryan and Jeff are incredibly fun to talk to, so if [...]

mx:Modules, are frakkin neat

I was talking to a potential client about using swf loader to build apps that coud use smaller apps as plugins more or less. IE. "let’s use a data grid to show this information from the main app, instead of the chart we’re using now." I knew that modules had been added to 2.0.1, and [...]

I’m Linux

Just too damn funny. Saw this on Wil Wheaton’s blog        

My Dev setup

In reading a post recently on Universal Mind’s blog about getting FDS installed on a mac, it occured to me, i should post my set up, not only for my reference in the future, but in case anyone is wondering how to do CF and Flex on a mac. I followed the Definitive guide, with [...]

Looking for new Flex Projects

I figured I’d announce my availability to a larger market, so here goes. If you have a Flex project and need a skilled Developer, I’m right here. I’m open to telecommuting possibilities and travel isn’t a deal breaker either. I’m currently in the market for new Flex projects. I’ve been developing Flex apps of various [...]