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FlarToolkit made easy : SimplAR

As cool as bell-bottom pants according to Keith Peters! Which is pretty damn cool. And it can be really fiddly setting up the FLARToolkit, so I’ve finally released some of my AR code. Just in time for it to go out of fashion. 🙂 It uses the Alchemy branch of the FLARToolkit and includes everything […]

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Flashbelt may just change your life…

I’ve just come back from weeks of travelling, through Amsterdam, San Francisco, Cologne, LA, Stuttgart, New York, Boston, and Cape Cod. And I’m barely back in the UK for a couple of weeks before going back to the US for FlashBelt in Minneapolis. And I can’t wait! This’ll be my fourth FlashBelt (I think?) and […]

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NYC Flash games training – $50 off SALE!

It’s on Thursday! And I’ve only got 4 tickets left! So I’m putting them on sale! YAY! Get your $50 discount by clicking here : //flashgamestrainingnyc.eventbrite.com/ And using the discount code “SALE”. Unsure about whether this training is any good? Here’s what other people have said about it : “The course was awesome, it was […]

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Making a multi-track recorder in Flash part 2

On Tuesday night I did a last minute ad hoc presentation to FlashBrighton to share the experiments I’ve done with the microphone capabilities of FlashPlayer 10.1. You should be able to see the recording at live.flashbrighton.org (if it’s not there, bear with us while we try to get it working). Click “media” to see the […]

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Making a multi-track recorder in Flash

Original Photo : PhotoCapy I’ve been playing with the Flash microphone input to record and playback multiple tracks. I thought it’d be really easy, but sadly it’s been really really tricky. The main problem is to do with knowing exactly when data from the microphone was recorded, particularly relative to when some audio was played! […]

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Crazy conference travel schedule

Photo : Ned Richards If you were wondering why I’ve been a little quiet, it’s because I’ve been flying around like a nutter! First I was in Cologne for the brilliant FFK. It was my first time at this conference and I loved it. Marc and Sacha should be proud of their achievements – this […]

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How we broadcast FlashBrighton meetings

I’ve just written a post for Influxis explaining how we used their TVStation app, to broadcast Branden Hall’s remote Hype presentation last week. Streaming a remote presentation with TVStation

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FFK Cologne – last few tickets left!

I’ve just been told that there are only around 30 tickets left now for FFK in Cologne in three weeks time! It’s the conference from Marc and Sacha who also run the Flashforum; a user group with over 100,000 members! And I thought FlashBrighton was big! This is my first FFK but I’ve heard great […]

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New York City training course announced

In association with Flash and the City, I’ll be running my new Flash games programming workshop in New York on the 13th May. I first ran this course in Brighton last month and it went really well with over 97% approval rating. Whether you’re an beginner or advanced coder you’ll get something out of the […]

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Branden Hall on Hype at FlashBrighton

I’m really pleased to say that we have Branden Hall speaking at FlashBrighton tomorrow night (March 23rd 2010) about Hype. Hype is Branden and Joshua Davis‘ love child (now there’s a scary thought!) and I’m really excited about it. Josh was inspired by the way Flash made it easy to hack around with script and […]