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Blowing things up in Toronto

[kml_flashembed movie=”/wp-content/uploads/manual/2007/introweb.swf” width=”445″ height=”340″ FVERSION=”9″ QUALITY=”high” /] Having a fantastic time here in Toronto, although in a supreme display of poor planning my session is at 9am this morning! Never fear! We shall fight the hangovers from the awesome party last night (thanks Influxis) and produce more crazy particle effects! As ever, bring your laptop […]

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Next stop : Toronto FITC

Right at the last minute, Shawn’s invited me to speak at FITC Toronto! And not only that, but we’ve been nominated for a coveted FITC award! So it’d be great if you could vote for us. We’re in the self-promotional section for our Plug-in Media website. Pretty please 🙂 AND! Not only that! I’ve got […]

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Arduino workshop at FlashCoders New York on Wednesday

I’m flying with fellow Plug-in Media colleagues Juliet and Sarah to New York on Tuesday to meet with clients that I’m not sure I’m allowed to talk about… but we’re producing some cool Flash 3D for a massive US sports company… seriously exciting work so watch this space for more details. And I’m taking the […]

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Particle tutorial now on Lynda.com

After the Computer Arts article last month, you can now see my full particle presentation over on lynda.com [sorry, no longer available]. It’s a screen-cast of my presentation at Flashforward in Boston last September. So if you want to know how to make Flash smoke, sparks, or blow things up, this is the best place […]

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FlashBrighton Big Day Out FREE event!

Some of you out there will know that I manage our local Flash user group FlashBrighton. And we were in a meeting a few weeks ago where we were all complaining about all the new stuff we always had to learn. AS3, Flex, and now AIR!? Where will it all end? So we could have […]

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Hollywood, Flash on the Beach and digital fireworks

It’s been quite a few weeks, and I’ve been unbelievably busy. First of all, there was FITC Hollywood and the excitement of the Phlash5 debut gig. Then back to Plug-in Media where I got straight to work on Pyrotechnics to the People, a digital interactive fireworks display (but more about that later). And then Flash […]

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FITC Hollywood Session – AS3 Particle effects

[kml_flashembed movie=”/wp-content/uploads/manual/2007/introweb.swf” width=”445″ height=”340″ FVERSION=”9″ QUALITY=”high” /] All set for the Phlash5 gig tonight (see previous post), or at least as ready as we’ll ever be! By the way the venue has changed now to BB Kings – it’s next door to Howl at the Moon, by the way. I’m not sure who’s responsible for […]

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Flash stars form rock supergroup!

Don’t you hate it when Flash speakers act as though they’re rock stars? After show parties, crowds of fans, and not to mention the inflated egos. Well now I think we’ve taken it a step further with the announcement of Phlash5, a rock band made up entirely of Flash speakers! And our debut gig will […]

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AS3 Particles – 1000% extra free!

[kml_flashembed movie=”/wp-content/uploads/manual/2007/intro.swf” width=”445″ height=”340″ FVERSION=”9″ QUALITY=”high” /] Bit of a last minute one this! But here are the source files for my AS3 particles session at FlashForward. As ever, please bring your laptops – this is an interactive session! Check out the submissions from last year’s session. [no longer available, sorry] One of the most […]

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Y Design Awards, FlashForward and New York City

I’m just in Manhattan at the moment for a couple of business meetings, before I take the train tomorrow for FlashForward Boston. It’s all a bit of a mad rush but it’s looking like it’s going to be a superb conference, the speaker line-up is impressive, and I’m finding it hard to make decisions on […]