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My review of 2011

flickr/adobeusergroup It’s become a bit of an annual tradition for me to review my year. And it’s also a bit of a tradition for me to leave it quite late! I guess this process is a little self-indulgent, in truth, I’m so frantic most of the time that’s it’s a great opportunity to take stock […]

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Creative JavaScript training courses for 2012

A quick heads-up : I’m in the process of putting new courses together for March and April in Brighton and Amsterdam. There’ll be a new Creative JavaScript course for complete non-coders, ideal for designers and artists to learn to code in a visual and fun way. But the existing CreativeJS is getting an overhaul too […]

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Live iPhone coding video now online

I posted about this a while ago, but it’s taken Aral a little while to get the videos together. So here it is : me coding a kind of Angry Birds type thing in Corona live at the Update conference. Enjoy! (More information and links to the files on this post). (And you’ll be pleased […]

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Christmas round up!

It’s been a busy December so here’s a quick round-up of Christmas related things I’m involved with this year. 12 days of CreativeJS – for each of the 12 days of Christmas, we’ll be posting a bite-size CreativeJS tip. Festive Creative Coding Podcast with Dan Shiffman, author of “Learning Processing” and creator of the Processing […]

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My review of the year in .net magazine

It’s been quite a year, so I was really pleased that .net magazine gave me the chance to talk about everything that’s happened in the world of Flash and CreativeJS, my other projects like PixelPhones, and my plan to teach more designers and artists to program. I hope to do a full review of my […]

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Live coding examples from Beyond Tellerand

Sorry this one’s taken a little while to post! At Marc Thiele’s excellent conference Beyond Tellerand a couple of weeks ago, I live coded some snow and other things in JavaScript, and here’s the code. Keep an eye on the Beyond Tellerand Vimeo channel and you’ll be able to watch all the presentations as they’re […]

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Flashageddon – the aftermath

If you’re wondering about my thoughts on the recent turbulence at Adobe, you could do worse than check out the Creative Coding Podcast, where myself, Iain Lobb and Stacey Mulcahy try to make sense of the current situation. As always with these off-the-cuff discussions, there were several points that I forgot to make, but on […]

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Fronteers conference files

Picture by Wilfred Nas Just a small post to say thanks for such a warm welcome in Amsterdam and here are the files on github. Enjoy!

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CreativeJS coming to Manchester and Leeds

I was recently the target of a twitter campaign to get me to bring my CreativeJS workshops to Leeds and Manchester. So many people expressed their interest and who am I to refuse them? So I’m delighted to announce that I’ve set up venues and dates – tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 4th October) […]

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Happy 5th birthday, blog

It’s been 5 years to the very day since my very first post, and I must admit, it seems like a very long time ago. Now I want to hear from you – my dear readers. But first, please indulge me this short retrospective. A picture from FlashForward 2006. Yes, that’s how good mobile phone […]